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Old blogger, Lileks

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LILEKS (James) :: Interior Desecrators

horrifying

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Lileks: Why can't Minnesotans take the last piece?

Lileks: Why can’t Minnesotans take the last piece?

You need to know about St. Louis-style bagel cutting, so you can be outraged.

What’s that, you say? You’ve reached Peak Outrage? You’ve been living in a state of shaking rage for years, and if one more thing sets you off, there will just be a fine red mist where once you stood and an empty set of clothes on the floor?

I understand. I am frequently behind a car whose bumper sticker tells me that…

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I think I’ll be fine; what are the alternatives? To decide not to be fine? You meet the new thing and you surpass it, endure it, or of course you suppress and ignore until the entire edifice collapses with a thunderous roar. Actually, I like that option. Worked so far. Usually does until, you know, thunderous roar.

LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat 2018 TUESDAY

The inimitable James Lileks, talking about his daughter’s transition from high school to college cosmopolite.  He might as well be talking about any of the many vagaries of life.

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Rain and sleet and snow. November came in like a lout sent by the boss to go to a shop that's balking at paying protection. Knock over a few things. Menace a customer or two. Nothing big. Just let him know the score.

LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat 2017 Thursday 2 November 2017

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From James Lileks, also at Lint. 

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The virility of a society can be determined by the number of questions the men have about coffee. At the minimum, they should have two questions. 1) Is there any? and 2) If not when will there be coffee? The more questions they have about coffee, the more the country has trouble meeting its recruitment quotas.

LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat 18 July 2016