Querying: The Worst Process
I just don't understand why literary agents didn't smell my finished novel pheromone and come rushing to my front door. Aw.
Really Close
I'm within a week of finishing my manuscript, so hey-o, here's a cop-out update featuring a graph and a song!
Things I Liked This Week
“Liked” being used loosely.
In These Times | Apple Store Workers Share Why They Want to 'Work Different'
“Money shouldn’t be an issue when you’re employed at Apple.” Instead, managers said, the chance to work at Apple “should be looked at as an experience.”
Apple engaging in shady labor practices? Perish the thought!
Brad DeLong | This Is Very Bad: Barack Obama Fail Department
An economist gets sad over Obama being a bad president.
The Transport Politic | Freight as Passenger Rail's Worst Enemy-- Or Something Else?
Clarifying some differences between American and European freight v. passenger rail. Yeeehaw!
ProPublica | In U.S. Monetary Policy, a Boon to Banks
Another one of the “we’re just along for the ride, overlords, we swear” kind of stories that are so prevalent now.
Or, at the very least, trap David Brooks and Tom Friedman in an impenetrable bubble.
And now, a multimedia extravaganza!
Friday, Friday
Going away this weekend-- I won't be posting anything long 'til next week.
Here are some of my favorite pieces from the last few days:
Salon | Scott Adams takes on Salon
This is an ongoing issue: that of Scott Adams being literally garbage. Best case scenario through that exchange, he comes out as a terrible writer and way emotionally stunted.
NY Review of Books | The Busts Keep Getting Bigger: Why?
Paul Krugman and Robin Wells review Age of Greed, a book that I now want. There's also some decent discussion of the financial crisis contained within the review, so, really, it's a two for one deal.
New Yorker | Obama and Gay Marriage
Article calls for Obama to be a good guy. This will not happen, but it's sweet to see.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution | State officials reaping what they have sown
Apparently kicking out the pool of easily-exploitable labor does bad things to our 'standard of living.' It's alright: just jerk people around, push for abolishing the minimum wage, and get some red-blooded American wage slaves!
And to make this a multimedia extravaganza:
Nice. Nice.
Fridays and Saturdays Are Rest Days
Back off, man!
No, but seriously, Mick Karn shouldn’t be dead.
Friday Cop Out
The awesomest in recent posts from places I like.
Salon: Arabic for right-wingers
In ominous tones, Islamophobes toss around terms like "taqiyya" and "Shariah." Do they even know what they mean?
As readers of The eXiled know, Mark Ames and I have thoroughly exposed America’s anti-TSA “movement” as a rightwing union-busting PR campaign designed to prevent TSA workers from unionizing, pushed by an alliance of Koch-funded libertarians, warmongering neocons, notorious DC union-busting front-groups and rabid Christian homophobes. Well, the anti-TSA movement in Texas pretty much fits the bill…
Without a commitment of more federal funds for improvement, an initiative to transfer rights to private entities to operate trains along the Northeast Corridor would not accomplish much.
Robert Reich: The Growing Desperation of the Don’t-Raise-Taxes-on-the-Rich Crowd
What are anti-tax Republicans to do now?
For one, continue to distort the arguments of those who believe corporations and the rich should pay more taxes.
And then, music!
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