At New Year’s, I decided to call an end to the weekly Unrequired Reading posts, figuring that it was easier for people to just follow my Twitter feed (twitter.com\/groth18) and\/or Facebook posts. But at that party I attended a few weeks ago, two other old acquaintances told me that they enjoyed this feature and were kinda bummed that I’d decided to stop posting it.<\/p>\n
So I’ve decided to compromise: Every month (or thereabouts), I’ll post a mega-Unrequired Reading for those of you too goshdarned lazy to just add me to their Twitter feeds! Enjoy! (yes, I left the hashtags in so you’d have some idea of what the posts are about.)<\/p>\n
I loved this episode of Taxi<\/a> when I was a kid. #viennawaits<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n I’m wearing mine right now<\/a>. With pants. #pantslesssweater<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Blah blah blog<\/a> blah blah: http:\/\/bit.ly\/eZBqDw #notaviablebusinessmodel #stillfuntho<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n To quote Broadway Danny Rose, “I’m just the beard!”<\/a> #keisel #steelers<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n On the plus side, he has primo Lakers tickets<\/a>. #jacknicholsongetsold<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n The Most Interesting Man in the World buys a dog at a boat show<\/a>.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Curiously inventive<\/a> #altoids<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n One of the Fantastic Four has died? Oh, no! How will they bounce back<\/a>? #igotbetter #FF #cheapstorytellingtricks<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n I prefer the White Castle<\/a> in Nanuet, where the Haitian ladies chirp to each other like birds. #whitecastle<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n A little bit of Shutter Island, right over the border in Rockland County<\/a>. #abandonedloonybin<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Does this mean Kinbote was right about Pale Fire too<\/a>? #Nabokov #butterflies<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Just another awesome splash page by the King<\/a>. #kirby #manhunter<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n China! Land of (financial) mystery<\/a>! #getrichquick #getpoorquick<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n When I interview people, I say, “My job is not to get anyone fired,” but I work at a trade magazine.<\/a> #havecompassion<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n America doesn’t have the abs to be Sparta<\/a>. @dandrezner on misapplying Thucydides in IR.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Go ape<\/a>! #ookook<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Rick Poynor’s Arcades Project<\/a> (via @DesignObserver) #alwayshaveparis<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Social tips for people with Asperger’s syndrome<\/a>. Or me. #notnecessarilyonthespectrum<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Libraries of the Rich and Famous<\/a>! #celebritiescanread<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n What happened to NYC’s Korean greengrocers<\/a>?<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Possibly the most boring reading of Ferris Bueller ever<\/a>.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Original forgery<\/a>: I’m sure William Gaddis would have had something to say about this. #therecognitions<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n F you, Mom<\/a>! #brusselssproutssuck<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n When Oscar met Walt<\/a>. #imjustwildeaboutwhitman<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Scenes from the MHL<\/a> #mennonitehockeyleague<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Food & the City<\/a>. #illhavethemoscowmule (via @jeremoss)<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Like @khoi, I need to give Mad Men another shot<\/a>. The Wire really ruins it for other shows. #midcenturymania<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n The Odysseus Syndrome<\/a>. (via @GreatDismal)<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n The hotel reviews are priceless<\/a>. #fleabaghotel #timessquare<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n LBJ Orders Pants!<\/a> courtesy of @putthison!<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Look out! Sharktopus!<\/a> #rogercorman #debbiegibson #tiffany<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Boom goes the centrifuge<\/a>! #stuxnet<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Shh! It’s a secret!<\/a> #kappabetaphi #noalpha #wallstreetbozos<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Great Rao<\/a>! #notasupermanreference #joeycupcakes<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Death wears bunnie-slippers<\/a>. #youdroppedthebombonme<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Jim Woodring & Nibbus Maximus<\/a> #mypenishuge<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Say it with me! “Monorail!<\/a>”<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n To quote @bigboi: “Ooh, I need a backup plan to the backup plan to back up my backup plan.”<\/a> #hiphopgeekery<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Robert Moses: The Musical<\/a>! #robertcaro #lbjupdate<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Tommy Ton shoots street styles in Florence at Pitti Uomo for GQ<\/a> #beitalian #wishicoulddressthiswell<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n @thom_wong minds the Gap<\/a>.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n @garancedore considers a faux pas<\/a><\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Jack Kirby drew Jack Ruby<\/a>? #kirby #whentitansassassinate<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Milton Glaser on Old Jews Telling Jokes<\/a>: graphic! (ha-ha) #notactuallygraphic #moreborschtplease<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Only 1 I’m anticipating is the Chester Brown book<\/a>. Thanks, @dandq! #payingforit #boredbymodernlit<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Great @franksantoro post: drawing sizes, Maus, & the experience of comics in the museum & home<\/a>. #comics #storeyville<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n The Symposium = Davos? Wonderful essay on Athens, chaos, and freedom, by Andre Glucksmann<\/a>.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Old Mt. Soot<\/a>: I laughed more than usual, @pooralmanack #culdesac<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Salt & Pepa in the house<\/a>! #shakersnotrappers<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Nothing but Flowers<\/a>? #adampurple #gardenofeden<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n I’d prefer a “300”-style Davey & Goliath<\/a>, instead. #absofclay<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n “When did men stop dressing as well as Don Draper or Roger Stirling? And why?”<\/a> #savoirfaireiseverywhere<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Wait! Now the Chinese WANT<\/em> to build railroads in California<\/a>? #insertinappropriateblazingsaddlesreference<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Dave Matthews Band: parting people I tend not to like from their money<\/a>. #dmb<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n NYC & the Confederate secession<\/a>? Used to have slaves; now they have interns.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n “Fat, twitchy and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”<\/a><\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Yes, we have no bananas<\/a>. #bananas<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Hanging up the Cajun Reeboks<\/a> (that’s “shrimp boots” to you and me) #honorarycoonass * * *<\/p>\n Am I taking a big risk by hitting the “Read Later” button for this article<\/a>? #youllbesorry<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Boom goes the chemical depot<\/a>! #dependablehandlingofchemicalproductsFAIL<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Coffee: occasionally a force for evil<\/a>. #coffee #wontstopdrinking<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n True confessions of a private label chef<\/a>. #moreinterestingthanitsounds<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Annual Vaporware awards<\/a> #dukenukem #4never<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n #hitchens #orwell #tea<\/a> Any questions?<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Boredom: worse than PTSD<\/a>? Someone tell @jonathanames<\/a>!<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n
\n6 Jan<\/p>\n