“In the tradition…” Vox 2007-10-03T15:52:19Z finn http://finn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c10e0f6756d3b4/ Everything old is new again. Don’t even think about getting a pet bear tag:vox.com,2007-08-27:asset-6a00c10e0f6756d3b400e398a1c9180005 2007-08-27T16:04:17Z 2007-10-03T15:52:19Z finn http://finn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Pets banned by New York State in 2005: • Monitors (big lizards), including these five types: water, black throat, white throat, crocodile and Nile. • Venomous reptiles, including all venomous snakes and two lizards with poison bites. • Cr...

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]]> Advice tag:vox.com,2007-03-22:asset-6a00c10e0f6756d3b400d4142a464c3c7f 2007-03-22T20:47:19Z 2007-10-03T15:51:40Z finn http://finn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom “Nobody's brought off the Eastern novel recently, my view, Greene managed it, if you can take Greene, which I can’t—too much popery. Malraux, if you like philosophy, which I don't. Maugham you can have, and before that it's back to Conrad. Cheers....

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The Ministry of Fear: An Entertainment

Book: Show us the latest book you bought, borrowed or received. I borrowed this book a year or more ago (with a different cover, seen here), got halfway through, abandoned it, was spurred to start from the beginning again by the BAM series on G...

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]]> Born in a crossfire hurricane tag:vox.com,2007-01-10:asset-6a00c10e0f6756d3b400cd970a620c4cd5 2007-01-10T17:33:40Z 2007-10-03T16:03:33Z finn http://finn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

De Niro's entrance in Mean Streets

De Niro's slow motion entrance as Johnny Boy in Mean Streets, set to Jumpin' Jack Flash. No John Ford references, but with De Niro, the Stones, and a slow motion tracking shot, there are plenty of Scorsese signifiers in less than a minute of scr...

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]]> Books tag:vox.com,2006-12-08:asset-6a00c10e0f6756d3b400cdf3a642bacb8f 2006-12-08T21:11:09Z 2007-10-03T15:54:18Z finn http://finn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Some Books Mechasm Some More Books

My birthday plus some book shopping while on vacation resulted in nine new (to me) books in the past week. I finished off Protector on the plane back to NYC (Niven's early hard sf remains a guilty pleasure for me) and am most of the way through T...

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]]> Vox Vodka tag:vox.com,2006-10-22:asset-6a00c10e0f6756d3b400c2252c7c99604a 2006-10-22T20:25:33Z 2006-10-22T20:25:33Z finn http://finn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Vox Vodka

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]]> Notes from Underground tag:vox.com,2006-10-13:asset-6a00c10e0f6756d3b400c2252b06ea8fdb 2006-10-13T19:31:12Z 2006-10-13T19:40:48Z finn http://finn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Ripley Under Ground

I'm almost done with Ripley Under Ground wherein Tom Ripley dabbles in art forgery and murder (again). The title is literal, and I don't think it gives much away to say that it looks like Ripley is going to get away with it.

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]]> The Disappointment Artist tag:vox.com,2006-08-28:asset-6a00c10e0f6756d3b400c22523cf87f219 2006-08-28T20:36:16Z 2007-10-03T15:55:01Z finn http://finn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Disappointment Artist: Essays (Vintage Contemporaries)

I recently finished The Disappointment Artist and very much enjoyed it. While trying to see what other people had thought of it I came across this review. I want to start out by saying up front that this is not a collection of essays recommende...

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]]> Best. Villain. Ever. tag:vox.com,2006-08-28:asset-6a00c10e0f6756d3b400c22523ce11f219 2006-08-28T19:49:16Z 2007-10-03T16:04:51Z finn http://finn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Harry Lime

Who's your favorite movie villain? I am wary of saying "favorite," but I love The Third Man and Harry Lime's speech on the ferris wheel may be the archetypical "villain explains his motivations" scene: Victims? Don't be melodramatic. Look down ...

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]]> I'm reading (or about to read)... tag:vox.com,2006-08-28:asset-6a00c10e0f6756d3b400c22523aedb8fdb 2006-08-28T03:32:22Z 2007-10-03T16:05:53Z finn http://finn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Nightstand

What books are on your nightstand? I just finished The Disappointment Artist and am halfway through a bunch more of these, but the book I've been reading the most lately is Soldier of Arete by Gene Wolfe.

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