Here we are, nearly a month past Bloomsday, and what do I discover? I write likeJames Joyce I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing! James Joyce! 😎 Except that it’s F. Scott Fitzgerald I really try and emulate… :-/ Thanks to David McIntee for the link…
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On Fun With Slate
I love reading Slate. It’s an online magazine with eclectic content. Politics to video games, pop music to the ethics of cloning, columnists from Christopher Hitchens to Timothy Noah, Slate has insight into almost everything. Here are my two finds of today. First, a 45-minute audio discussion of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. OneContinue reading “On Fun With Slate”
On Kelsey Grammer's Second Act
F. Scott Fitzgerald said that there are no second acts in American lives. Kelsey Grammer is one of the great actors of our time. Frasier is one of the great television programs of all time. Unfortunately, Kelsey Grammer’s second act blows chunks. FOX debuted tonight Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show. Half an hour ofContinue reading “On Kelsey Grammer's Second Act”
On F. Scott Fitzgerald and Heroic Fantasy
Little known fact. F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby and coiner of the term “The Jazz Age,” wrote heroic fantasy. Why bring this up? On a mailing list I subscribe to the question was asked, “It’s interesring to note that though Hemingway and Fitzgerald did make it big, they still were miserable andContinue reading “On F. Scott Fitzgerald and Heroic Fantasy”