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Oct 1st

[Shared Files] Intuitional Philosophy.mht http://is.gd/3liq

Oct 1st

[Mad Men] Re the Hollis-as-novelist thread: I’m a small press book publisher and one of my...

Oct 1st

[Star-Tribune] Religion and Censorship in Publishing: When publishers are too intimidated t.....

Oct 1st

[Fact Check] Obama’s Stem Cell Spinning: His radio ad is wrong: McCain still supports feder.....

Oct 1st

[Fact Check] Not Coming Clean on Coal: A McCain-Palin ad claims the Obama-Biden ticket oppo.....

Oct 1st

[Mad Men] Not to go all Tommy Westphall (as in the last episode of St Elsewhere), but what if th.....

Oct 1st

[Mad Men] I appreciate at least one person here acknowledging this potentially HOT character dev.....

Sep 30th

[Mad Men] Did anyone else notice that toward the end of the episode SC was planning an ad campai.....

Sep 30th

[Mad Men] Did no one else catch that line at the blood drive? “We’re in the lead,”...

Sep 30th

[Fact Check] Are the Republicans really trying to keep people from voting whose homes are in .....

Sep 29th

[Shared Files] Why Friending Will Be Obsolete.mht http://is.gd/3hwp

Sep 29th

[Cantaraworld] Steve’s pulling a Don Draper on me. What is this thing you men have with caves?

Sep 27th

[Fact Check] FactChecking Debate No. 1: Facts muddled in Mississippi McCain-Obama meeting....

Sep 27th

[Fact Check] FactCheck.org’s Debate Coverage: Double the FactChecking, with live coverage a.....

Sep 27th

[Fact Check] Call of the Wild: A wildlife group’s ad attacks Palin for supporting the shoot.....

Sep 27th

[Fact Check] Obama’s Trade Trickery: An Obama ad implies that a Pennsylvania plant sent job.....

Sep 27th

[Shared Files] How to Write a TV Spec Script.mht http://is.gd/3aBG

Sep 27th

[Fact Check] The Whoppers of 2008: Where McCain and Obama have misled voters. A partial tally....

Sep 26th

[Filmgoing] On son’s recommendation watched The Fall (Tarsem, 2006) last night. Wow. Now onto...

Sep 25th

[Shared Files] Maureen Dowd on Edwards Affair.mht http://is.gd/34GR

Sep 25th

[Shared Files] Kelly Jolley, Philosopher at Auburn.mht http://is.gd/3537

Sep 25th

[Fact Check] Keeping Quiet?: A McCain-Palin ad claims Obama has been “mum” on the...

Sep 25th

[TV & Films] The New Hovis Bread Ad: Here’s a UK ad that’s as wonderful to w.....

Sep 25th

[Mad Men] Oh Don, Don, how could you have done that to me?

Sep 25th

[Mad Men] When @ken_cosgrove compared you to Gertrude Stein, @peggyolson, he meant to pay you a...

Sep 24th

[Mad Men] Why, @FatherGill, the artist left plenty of room for the Holy Ghost.

Sep 24th

[Mad Men] Don’t let my @Dick_Whitman fall back into old habits, @Freddy_Rumsen.

Sep 24th

[Fact Check] Guilt and Associations: McCain once again tries to tar Obama with the controve.....

Sep 24th

[Filmgoing] Just watched Wallace Shawn’s The Designated Mourner. I’m not Howard....

Sep 23rd

[Star-Tribune] The End of Literary Criticism: Criticism isn’t powerful anymore. It doesn’t .....

Sep 23rd

[Fact Check] Out of Context on Health Care: Obama ad twists McCain’s words on health care...

Sep 23rd

[Mad Men] Champagne is called for.

Sep 22nd

[Jukebox] Blue Tango.mp3 http://is.gd/2XVP

Sep 22nd

[Mad Men] Rules!!!

Sep 22nd

[Fact Check] Obama’s Social Security Whopper: He tells Social Security recipients their mon.....

Sep 22nd

[Jukebox] Grant Avenue.mp3 http://is.gd/2Xv4

Sep 22nd

[Shared Files] Why We Love a Good Yarn.mht http://is.gd/2XkB

Sep 22nd

[Web Snips] Get the Cantarabooks Big Yellow Messenger Bag: http://www.snurl.com/baggo

Sep 22nd

[Mad Men] We have not yet received your answers to the questionnaire we sent, @betty_draper....

Sep 22nd

[My Writing] About Cantara Christopher: I own and run the small press Cantarabooks, home to w.....

Sep 22nd

[Star-Tribune] Beating Her Tiny Fists: The SubtleTea Interview: Originally published in Sub.....

Sep 22nd

[Cantarabooks] New postings with comments at http://snurl.com/iread. New author clips at...

Sep 22nd

[Shared Files] When Audiobook Casting Goes Wrong.mht http://is.gd/2V9N

Sep 22nd

[Cantaraworld] Waiting for the last beach weather of the year.

Sep 21st

[TV & Films] Sunday in New York: I swear I had a dress like that. Read and post co.....

Sep 21st

[Fact Check] Obama’s Social Security Whopper: He tells Social Security recipients their mon.....

Sep 21st

[Fact Check] Scaring Seniors: An Obama-Biden ad says McCain supports “cutting benefits in h.....

Sep 21st

[Cantaraville] I think I’ve finally found my hook for Steve’s writing: Stephen...

Sep 21st

[Mad Men] The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan: Chapter One: http://www.snurl.com/mysti

Sep 20th

[Digital Cafe] Again, hits on Bildung in Hollywood (http://snurl.com/bildu) are spiking like crazy....

Sep 20th

[Films & TV] Colma: The Musical is now on the Sundance Channel. Richard, Paul, Jake, HP, LA, you...

Sep 20th

[TV & Films] Colma: The Musical!: In commemoration of Colma: The Musical! making it .....

Sep 20th

[Star-Tribune] The End of the Book Business: HarperCollins occupies floors 1 through 22 of .....

Sep 20th

[Fact Check] This Little Piggy Went to the Makeup Counter: http://bit.ly/Uexfp

Sep 19th

[Cantarabooks] : Cantaraville Summer: The entire issue of Cantaraville’s Summer...

Sep 19th

[Mad Men] This is the first series that’s ever made me want to write slash fiction....

Sep 19th

[Cantaraville] Cantaraville’s Summer “Showbiz” Edition now available as a FREE...

Sep 19th

[Shared Files] The Return of Goodness.pdf http://is.gd/2Osx

Sep 19th

[Fact Check] There He Goes Again: McCain ad misrepresents Obama’s tax plan. Again....

Sep 19th

[Fact Check] Stretching with Biden: Obama’s running mate gives a twist to McCain’s words...

Sep 19th

[Cantaraville] Cantaraville Summer: Download for FREE the entire 246-page issue. http://is.gd/2Oxo

Sep 19th

[Mad Men] Bad, Father Gill! Bad! http://is.gd/2NC9

Sep 18th

[Mad Men] First it was “Who killed Laura Palmer?” Now it’s “Where’s...

Sep 18th

[Mad Men] Goodbye, Rosie…: One of the advantages of setting a show in an advertising firm .....

Sep 18th

[TV & Films] Homegrown: And here’s a toke from my beloved Stephen’s Homegrow.....

Sep 18th

[Shared Files] Myth and Arc in Episode Drama.mht http://is.gd/2LPN

Sep 18th

[Shared Files] How to Email a Professor.mht http://is.gd/2LfA

Sep 18th

[Star-Tribune] On Soren Kierkegaard: After the abattoir of two world wars, there was a new .....

Sep 13th

[Fact Check] Energetically Wrong: Palin says Alaska supplies 20 percent of U.S. energy. Not.....

Sep 13th

[Cantaraworld] Neal Stephenson’s Anatham reviewed in the Washington Post. Oh dear, I just...

Sep 13th

[Filmgoing] Watching Three Comrades on TCM. Wonderful script co-written by the great Scott...

Sep 13th

[Jukebox] Bei Mir Bist du Shoen (Amanda King).mp3 http://is.gd/2utP

Sep 12th

[Shared Files] A Unified Field Theory of Publishing.mht http://is.gd/2xo6

Sep 12th

[Web Snips] An Alert to SAG Members Re Free Streaming: http://www.snurl.com/finke

Sep 12th

[Fact Check] Belittling Palin?: A McCain-Palin TV ad accuses Obama of being...

Sep 12th

[Mad Men] Klein’s on Union Square was a wonderful store even into the 1970s. But then, back...

Sep 12th

[Mad Men] When Father Gill gave Peggy a blue egg and said, “For the little one,” he...

Sep 12th

[Shared Files] Film and the Audience of Tomorrow.mht http://is.gd/2vbB

Sep 12th

[Fact Check] School Funding Misleads: An Obama ad plays fast and loose with McCain’s voting.....

Sep 12th

[Shared Files] No-Budget Book Promotion.pdf http://is.gd/2uRS

Sep 12th

[Mad Men] Did no one else notice that the blonde at the used car parking lot looking for Don Dra.....

Sep 12th

[Mad Men] I used to work at ASCAP. The breadth of the music selections is amazing and almost alw.....

Sep 11th

[Mad Men] Reminder: Last titled episode this season is “Meditations in an Emergency”....

Sep 10th

[Shared Files] The Morons of OhMyGodot.Blogspot.com.mht http://is.gd/2sfv

Sep 10th

[Fact Check] McCain-Palin Distorts Our Finding: Those attacks on Palin that we debunked did.....

Sep 10th

[Cantaraworld] Bildung in Hollywood: Naomi Foner, Bill Ayers, Weathermen, 60s protests, terrorism.....

Sep 10th

[Cantaraworld] You want to indulge in litworld gossip? Okay, who was the “publishing...

Sep 10th

[Fact Check] Is that a real photo of Sarah Palin holding a rifle and wearing a bikini?: It’.....

Sep 10th

[Mad Men] Next episode is called “A Night to Remember”. Walter Lord? Titanic? Read the...

Sep 10th

[Digital Cafe] Okay, this New Facebook is impossible - not easy on the eyes and difficult to...

Sep 10th

Cantara [Mad Men] Serge Gainsbourg’s “Couleur Cafe” was the song that was reworked...

Sep 9th

[Mad Men] But who is John Galt? The flashback to Don’s past in “The Gold Violin”...

Sep 9th

[Filmgoing] Going to see the Barney Rosset doc at the Roxie. Met him two years ago - great man, my...

Sep 9th

[Mad Men] Re the SDS (Students for a Democratic Society): They were mostly allied with the Civil.....

Sep 9th

[Mad Men] Still trying to decipher that “Have you ever been hunting?” scene between Pete...

Sep 9th

[Mad Men] The name of Sal’s admirer from the Belle Jolie account - his name is Elliot....

Sep 9th

[Digital Cafe] Just ordered my free disk of the Ubuntu operating system. Looking forward to trying...

Sep 8th

[Digital Cafe] Still having trouble setting up my KickApps...

Sep 8th

[Cantaraworld] Fog’s back in. But what a run of summer this week!

Sep 8th

[Cantaraworld] Neal Stephenson’s new novel Anathem is coming out Tuesday! Anyone here planning...

Sep 8th

[Mad Men] Betty’s age: She commented in last week’s episode that she was already living...

Sep 8th

[Digital Cafe] The new face of Facebook: Minifeeds now at forefront but I can’t embed music on...

Sep 7th

[Cantaraworld] Behold! 50 universal truths about men, courtesy of my favorite news source, Death by...

Sep 7th

[Shared Files] Rielle’s Search for Love and Enlightenment.mht http://is.gd/2j4E

Sep 7th

[Web Snips] The Digital Narrative, An Elegant Feed Your Website: http://www.snurl.com/feedo

Sep 7th

[Cantaraworld] The Vineyard Ferry Schedule.pdf http://is.gd/2iZU

Sep 7th

[Digital Cafe] Using Abi to Create PDA Files.mht http://is.gd/2j2h

Sep 7th

[Shared Files] La Chansons Francaise 1939-44.pdf http://is.gd/2iXy

Sep 7th

[Shared Files] Writing Flash Fiction.pdf http://u.mavrev.com/0j2

Sep 7th

[Star-Tribune] Praising Praising Poetry: I believe I’ve discovered a previously unrecognize.....

Sep 7th

[Shared Files] The Murderer’s Mother.mht http://u.mavrev.com/0hw

Sep 7th

[Digital Cafe] Cantara TV, A KickApps Site Under Construction: http://www.snurl.com/cantaratv

Sep 7th

[Shared Files] Better Than Free.mht http://u.mavrev.com/0fy

Sep 6th

[Cantaraworld] Andy Heidel of GalleyCat is giving free advice to authors every Sunday at Beast, 638...

Sep 6th

[Shared Files] Rick Frishman Answers Critics.mht http://u.mavrev.com/0g8

Sep 6th

[Shared Files] No-Name Publisher, Big Name Authors.mht http://u.mavrev.com/0el

Sep 6th

[Cantaraworld] Give the money back, Fred! http://givethemoneyback.com/

Sep 6th

[Digital Cafe] Publishers Marketplace brings out googlized map to find US bookstores....

Sep 6th

[Mad Men] Look for parallels of symbolism between Bobby (Draper) and Bobbie Barrett. One example.....

Sep 6th

[Mad Men] Peggy was a virgin the night she took Pete to bed. Evidence: She was reading, for poin.....

Sep 6th

[Cantaraworld] My current neighborhood, Ocean Beach, San Francisco, as seen on an aerial Google map....

Sep 5th

[Digital Cafe] Small press publishers, keep an eye on this....

Sep 5th

[Web Snips] Litblogger Sarah Weinman Gives Out Report Cards to the Big Publishers....

Sep 5th

[Star-Tribune] Writers! Take heart from Cynthia Ozick’s PEN Lifetime Achievement acceptance...

Sep 4th

[Shared Files] Film Glut in Hollywood.mht http://is.gd/2blV

Sep 4th

[My Writing] Rielle’s Gaze: Take a look. That’s a Panasonic HVX-200 she’s h.. http://is.gd/2chl

Sep 4th

[Shared Files] Take the TV Deal.mht http://is.gd/2clS

Sep 4th

[Filmgoing] On the Street Where You Live: In anticipation of the DVD release next wee.....

Sep 4th

[Digital Cafe] Just downloaded Google Chrome. Very lite, clean interface, loads fast. A great third...

Sep 4th

[Mad Men] Episode 1, Season 1 available at http://cantaraworld.livejournal.com/17944.html . All the...

Sep 4th

[Shared Files] A Forgotten Publisher.mht http://is.gd/2aRP

Sep 4th

[Mad Men] The entire first episode of Mad Men is available (for the moment?) at http://cantarawo.....

Sep 4th

[My Writing] First Line: Great opening line, which I’m copping from Mad Men: One divorc.....

Sep 4th

[Cantaraville] Cantaraville Two Sampler: 70-page sampler of the only literary magazine in P.....

Sep 3rd

[Mad Men] I’m thinking that Don started to get his “Don Juan” reputation during...

Sep 3rd

[Shared Files] Feminism and Freedom.pdf http://is.gd/28J6

Sep 3rd

[My Writing] More Random Thoughts on Mad Men: To be honest, Peggy strikes me more as a Margar.....

Sep 3rd

[Shared Files] For Web TV a Handful of Hits.mht http://is.gd/28dQ

Sep 3rd

[My Writing] Random Thoughts on Mad Men: Pete hoped to make out of Peggy what Roger had made .....

Sep 3rd

[My Writing] The Gyllenhaal Code: The landscape that is the heart and mind of Stephen Gyllenh.....

Sep 2nd

[Mad Men] My comments at the AMC forum can now all be found at http://snurl.com/madme .

Sep 2nd

[Photobucket] Michael’s Headshot

Sep 1st

[Shared Files] The Future of Networking.mht http://is.gd/25Kv

Sep 1st

[Filmgoing] Saw A Knight’s Tale (2001) last night courtesy of On Demand. Great script....

Sep 1st

[My Writing] The Rock and Roll Revolution: In August of 1968 when I was thirteen and listeni.....

Sep 1st

[Star-Tribune] High Flight: This was the poem heard on the TV in “Maidenform”, last...

Sep 1st