Eolake Stobblehouse thoughts

Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman are nuts, but in very different ways. I have much respect for him for hooking up with a girl who seems to be l...

My personal money article has been updated. A few years ago, TTL pointed me to Harry Browne, mentioned in that article. And today he mentio...

[Thanks Carter] I'm not sure I get exactly what the joke is here. Is that she is too-obviously a hooker, or is it more subtle? (If the f...

[Thanks Jim] A young family moved into a house, next to a vacant lot. One day, a construction crew turned up to start building a house on th...

Complete New Yorker ( DVD ). (Also from Amazon (even cheaper).) Being European, I'm not really familiar with The New Yorker. It seems t...

Here's an interesting addition to the discussion about what is art. There are some insightful comments under it, as is common on tOP, f...

[Thanks Charles]

[Thanks tOP] Karen Bjornson, Portrait by (c)Timothy Greenfield-Sanders article, pictures . I think these photos and women are gorgeous. And ...

True Stories , a film by David Byrne. Just a quick mention, wonderful, quirky movie, very funny too. Oh, and some great music, performed by ...

Why Is It (Not) Art? , article . Ctein touches on a subject with which I've conflicted with many readers before: what makes something ar...

Amazon UK has changed their home page to a slightly different popup menu displaying departments. It's different visually, I'm not su...

The ebook pricing wars are heating up.