Archive for the 'literature and intellectual crap' Category

Run, Bank, Run

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

I had a dream last night that I pulled up to Dunkin Donuts drive-through and David Foster Wallace was working the window. He very routinely handed me my order, two donuts - one glazed, one chocolate cake- and a coffee, and then conspiratorially asked if I had anything else for him. I reached into [...]

Sartre

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Another good BBC documentary. Sartre…philosopher, playa. That picture of him with Robert Plant hair as a child kills me.

Camus in Algeria

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Eventually, I knew something with Albert Camus would turn up on The Youtubes, which should be renamed JesusTubes, because it is as awesome as Jesus, and maybe even more influential. I don’t think I’ve ever seen video of Albert Camus before, but here he is being interviewed at a soccer game in Algeria, the country [...]