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  1. "snow assassinating insects and numb thumbs of grass" - check out kyle mccord's wonderful "autumn crocus" at http://bit.ly/IYFcK
  2. passion, three ways, via rachel rothbart: http://bit.ly/6z8RZ, http://bit.ly/2j9t9Y, and http://bit.ly/4yboR
  3. confused about praise for rosales's "halfway house" after reading - a case where rvwrs praise it b/c of its subject, and author's life story
  4. spending my day off retrofitting the failbetter site - new template and style sheets
  5. AMZ realizes its core Kindle offering isn't the device itself, but bundled services: http://is.gd/1mmr4 (via @jennifertribe)
  6. feeling a little dark, in the wake of reading these new emily lutzner poems: http://bit.ly/HRO2q, http://bit.ly/iiPH7, http://bit.ly/1qXdS
  7. thinking about jonathan keats's "longest story ever told," or rather, after reading about same, wondering, "what *is* a story, anyway?"
  8. realizing that a week off work is never enough
  9. reading adam ross, wondering, what's the right millhauser comparison, to describe his work? http://bit.ly/OVwke
  10. sarah bodeau is light: http://bit.ly/a8Csm. karen rigby is dark: http://bit.ly/19rrKW. together, they're a black and white cookie of poetry
  11. julie speed! new paintings on f'b: http://bit.ly/Y0Cjk. new book w/am homes fwd: http://bit.ly/BGEVr. new s. colvin vid:http://bit.ly/14nqCv
  12. failbetter has a new look! check it out at http://bit.ly/6h5CY - and drop us a line to let us know what you think
  13. richard stacy nails it: for many writers, the desire to be published is less a desire to be read, than to be respected:http://bit.ly/Vmli8
  14. Jeez, before I read http://bit.ly/Bst0N, I was worried I couldn't trust anything on Wikipedia!
  15. a question, re: http://bit.ly/4rrM2t: is anarcho-capitalism the same as socialism? or is wired rebranding it for the era of the newnew left?
  16. "hung fu!" - would that any of us could write a story that uses language as well as the post's headline writers: http://bit.ly/AGS2f
  17. if han solo had a been a (TV) private eye (in the 80s): http://bit.ly/dSJDo
  18. I feel better about all the books I've bought but haven't read - that pile isn't a sign of sloth, but a giant refdesk: http://bit.ly/EtlGA
  19. #Condalmo - bummer that there's no such dixon collection in the pipeline. I'll drop SD a line to find out if he's pubbing with s'one else
  20. a forthcoming three-volume set of stephen dixon stories? so says dan wickett of dzanc, at http://bit.ly/FANcI. hmm...