• How does it feel to be the one in your group who doesn't get into the Rolling Stone party when you're the one who actually had an invite? Like how Jesus felt when he learned he'd have to die for everyone else's sins. [SpinachDip]
• Is it typical to sip scotch while editing a book? No. But if the book is about recovery at Ground Zero, you'd be drinking, too. [Nichelle Newsletter]
• The Union Square Barnes & Noble still has not forgiven Howell Raines. [Jossip]
• If nothing else, buying a sword from a dude on the street will give you good writing material, and a shot at getting arrested on the subway. [The Liam McEneaney Experience]
• The L train will never do anything logical. Ever. [This Is What We Do Now]