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Great Hunter S Thompsonesque story on the US election, and McCain's totally screwed up campaign. Great read.
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Interesting opinion piece on the dumbing down of film/entertainment criticism and of newspapers in general. Agree with him largely, but at the same time, he misses the change brought on by mass reviewing/criticism online, and the fact that newspapers are shedding audience in droves, and their desperation will just drive themselves out of existance.
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Crazy historical event that Ellis pointed out on his blog, where people literally danced themselves to death. Likely either a psychotic event or something caused by a bacterial infection. Weird history.
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Really good post about agent query letters that were successful, with specific and detailed examples. Useful stuff.