July 2010

Friday Links

July 30, 2010

Here’s a picture of beautiful and grand Union Station I took when I was there for a meeting earlier this week.  It’s just one more thing I love about DC. This weekend, Mr. B and I are headed to the Poconos with a bunch of family with no Internet connection.  Morituri te saultant. From the blogs: Jodi on marketing and how it affects us Registan on Wikileaks Goatmilk’s sweet play and cover The Harpies on why Chelsea’s wedding doesn’t matter ...

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Gary Shteyngart kind of acknowledges me on Facebook

July 28, 2010

So, last week, MODG wrote about how she got to meet my fave snarky, no-bull TV reality star  Bethenny Frankel while Bethenny was signing bottles in a liquor store while MODG was pregnant AND MODG made her laugh. Well. I don’t have anything nearly as epic to report, but Gary Shteyngart ANSWERED ME ON FACEBOOK ON MONDAY. People, this is a huge deal. As you may know, as I continue to work on my wretched novel that attempts to satirize Russian ...

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What were YOU doing instead of getting heat stroke?

July 26, 2010

at a water stop. Thoughts I had while biking the Mt. Vernon trail from Crystal City to almost-Mt. Vernon this weekend in record-high temperatures (Mr. B abstained from joining me, for some reason): Mile 1: I’m going to get skin cancer, despite the fact that I have so many layers of SPF 45 sunblock on that I might as well be wearing  hijab.   If I get skin cancer, will my insurance cover it, even if it was kind of ...

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Friday Links!

July 23, 2010

Yesterday, as Mr. B and I are taking a walk: Me: So, a Pinkberry just opened in Denver and there are ridiculous lines. Mr. B:  Pinkberry’s going to be a mainstay in the future. Me:  I think this whole frozen yogurt thing is a huge fad and the market is oversaturated, just like it got in the 1980s. Mr. B: (defensively) No it’s not. Frozen yogurt is here to stay and so is the healthy food movement. **20-minute argument about ...

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Book Review: The Debba (with Vicki-suggested cover art!)

July 21, 2010

(Full disclaimer: Thank you to Other Press for sending me a copy of the book.) I  always judge books by their covers.  I have no remorse over this, and it’s lead me to great selections.  Based on simply cover alone, I surmised that The Debba is a spy thriller, much like The Moscow Rules, which would result in someone lying facedown in an unmarked sewer in Cairo. So, for the next release, I recommend  a cover change that will appeal ...

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