Arguments for brevity, the possibility of wit
11 March 2011
It’s not as though we have such precise notions of the length of a novel, which has been described as a narrative fiction of “a certain length.”
From Erika Ritter: "You're not Uncle Bunny! Uncle Bunny is good and kind!"
11 March 2011
Who can forget Hancock's saggy, saturnine face in a bunny costume he was forced to wear while working as a toy store clerk--until he was outed by a child shrieking in a very English accent, "You're not Uncle Bunny! Uncle Bunny is good and kind!"?
From far away, from right here
5 March 2011
It used to be that you could get better Hungarian sausages in Montreal than you could in Budapest. So many of the Hungarians have left, taking with them their flourless cakes and their cafés, so I’m not sure that’s still true, but others have arrived to take their place. Ingredients are now available here to make dishes from across the globe, and there are now Iranian, Russian, Georgian, Polish, Italian, Tamil, Vietnamese, Peruvian, Mexican, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Lebanese, and Ethiopian restaurants all within walking distance.
