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[Sedition · I think just about anyone I know would say that cat and I have more in common than is any good for anyone but me. I could have saved him. I think. I really wonder how much of it is brain chemistry and how much is conflicts accidentally accepted as truths.]
I think this Rolling Stone article would be worth a read as well.
I've been a bit too shy to ask, but have you read Infinite Jest? I remember reading somewhere a remark that Infinite Jest was part suicide note (it'd be a pretty long one at that). Reminds me of your post on the topic. I have wondered in that "I-would-give-my-left-thumb" kind of way what his take would have been on that piece...
In an eulogy, Johnathan Franzen put it in a notable way: "He'd gone down into the well of infinite sadness, beyond the reach of story, and he didn't make it out."
[Sedition · I think just about anyone I know would say that cat and I have more in common than is any good for anyone but me. I could have saved him. I think. I really wonder how much of it is brain chemistry and how much is conflicts accidentally accepted as truths.]
I think this Rolling Stone article would be worth a read as well.
I've been a bit too shy to ask, but have you read Infinite Jest? I remember reading somewhere a remark that Infinite Jest was part suicide note (it'd be a pretty long one at that). Reminds me of your post on the topic. I have wondered in that "I-would-give-my-left-thumb" kind of way what his take would have been on that piece...
In an eulogy, Johnathan Franzen put it in a notable way: "He'd gone down into the well of infinite sadness, beyond the reach of story, and he didn't make it out."
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Updated 2010.09.02 21.28.02 UTC
Who Is IOZ?
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Harvey Mansfield is a confused man. He's incoherent, totally self-contradictory. Justice is a virtue. No, it's some kind…[more]
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If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger,There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats
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Antiwar.com Original
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Violence remained fairly light today; however, at least 11 Iraqis were killed and nine more were wounded across the…[more]
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- Flying the Flag, Faking the News
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Edward Bernays, the American nephew of Sigmund Freud, is said to have invented modern propaganda. During the first world…[more]
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- Iraq: The Never-Ending Story
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'Advisory' troops will still kill and die, says Tom Knapp
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Mises Institute Daily Articles (Full-text version)
- The 'Ground-Zero Mosque' and Grand Staircase Escalante
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Regarding the media frenzy about the "Ground-Zero Mosque," Ryan Long asks: if the land surrounding the World Trade…[more]: - Sir Thomas Smith: Mercantilist for Sound Money
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Twitter / wikileaks
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