Exhuming McCarthy

Sep. 1st, 2025 07:02 am
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Posted by chavenet

What makes [Cormac] McCarthy's library so intriguing is not just its size, nor the fact that very few people know about it. His books, many of which are annotated with margin comments, promise to reveal far more about this elusive literary giant than the few cagey interviews he gave when he was alive. For as long as people have been reading McCarthy, they have speculated about which books and authors informed and inspired his work, a subject he was loath to discuss. They have wondered about his interests and true personality because all he presented to the public was a reclusive, austere, inscrutable facade. from Two Years After Cormac McCarthy's Death, Rare Access to His Personal Library Reveals the Man Behind the Myth [Smithsonian]
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Posted by Wordshore

(with apologies to Tom Jones) Tote bags vary wildly, fron the cheap to the not so cheap. In a recent thread, an outbreak of tote bag chat [1][2][3][4][5][6] occurred. How do you hold yours? Do you have a beloved Tote bag? How did you acquire it? Do you have a tote bag anecdote? Or chat about things going on in your life, your neighbourhood, your world, your head, because this is your free thread.

Labor Day open thread

Sep. 1st, 2025 04:03 am
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Posted by Ask a Manager

It’s Labor Day! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on anything (work-related or not) that you want to talk about. If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still your best bet*, but this is a chance to talk to other readers.

* If you submitted a question to me recently, please do not repost it here, as it may be in my queue to answer.

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Posted by The Pluto Gangsta

"Each row of the corn cob corresponds to the length of a different season of Game Changer, with one pixel per episode: and referencing the highlighted episode of every season reveals a different unique description tag for each episode." Despite previous rumors to the contrary, there was never a secret bonus episode of Dropout's Game Changer meant to be discovered through intense scrutiny by the streaming service's fans. Until suddenly, in Season 7, there was... [argn.com]

Sam Reich & Dropout previously on MetaFilter.

赤白帽! Red Cap!

Aug. 31st, 2025 11:00 pm
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Posted by mugumogu

まるさん、今年もその赤白帽、よくお似合いですよ! なんか、帽子を被ると顔の大きさが余計に際立ちますね。 顔の主張が強いと言いますか、存在感がすごいです! Hey Maru, the red cap looks great […]
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