October 2010
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things robert graves did before he died:
He wrote a memoir, Good-Bye to All That, which became the defining autobiographical work on the First World War.
He was responsible for the definitive English translations of Suetonius and Apuleius.
Not one to be caged in simply as a great poet, translator, and writer of creative nonfiction, Graves also wrote a landmark work in historical fiction, I, Claudius.
These are, by the way, just four...
September 2010
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too tired to write, so here's a funny homeless man... →
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alabam, don't give a damn.
Some predictions for this (pretty great) weekend of football:
ALABAMA at Arkansas: I’m trying not to base too much of this pick on my first-hand experience of Arkansas’ dishumiliarrassment at the hands of the Tide last year in Bryant-Denny, where the Bama defense (especially Marcell Dareus) completely dismantled the Razorback’s offense while Bama’s offense looked every...
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i'm moving past the feeling again.
Nearly every meaningful review of Funeral, Arcade Fire’s masterpiece debut, noted that the deaths of several of the band’s relatives had had a profound influence on the band’s creative process, and for good reason. Aside from the obvious (the name of the album, for instance), those deaths ultimately defined the album’s themes: How do you reconcile youth, love, and...
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no politics here, just awe. →
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a few words on hipsters.
I’ve tried to write this post a few different ways now, but I’ll take the succinct route: there’s a lot to dislike about hipsters. There really is. That said, “hipster” is not equal to “person I don’t like.” Nor are the things they like to be shunned because of them; Arcade Fire, fake Ray-Bans, and the word “reductive” are all still...
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saints-49ers winners & losers.
(I’m borrowing the structure of these posts from Mr. Irrelevant, the Mottrams’ excellent DC sports blog.)
WINNERS
Jabari Greer: The team’s best (but not most valuable) defender from last year is playing at mid-season form, especially considering how much zone coverage he’s playing compared to last year. Three TFLs already this season.
Tracy Porter: He was nigh...
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for a long time i felt without style or grace.
Superfluous though this may be, now seems like as good a time as any for an introduction. I’m Walter, and until about a week ago I was the proprietor of an infrequently-updated blog on sports and music, Walter FTW. Partly because I was increasingly preoccupied with more pressing matters than being the proprietor of an infrequently-updated blog on sports and music and stopped posting,...
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