‘I’m Your Man,’ Leonard Cohen Biography by Sylvie Simmons

New York Times | By JANET MASLIN

Writing about a living subject, Sylvie Simmons says, means having “to immerse yourself in that person’s life to a degree that would probably get you locked up in any decent society.” It can also mean abandoning all hope of objectivity. But despite her simpatico feel for the life and work of her subject, Ms. Simmons’s “I’m Your Man” is the major, soul-searching biography that Leonard Cohen deserves.

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1893 Snowball Fight

Neatorama | Miss Cellania

Those must have been some icy snowballs! These three Princeton students were photographed after the annual freshman-sophmore snowball fight in 1893. You can imagine that the picture was requested as a "trophy" for the other side. Read more about the bygone Princeton tradition at 22 Words. Link -via Buzzfeed

11 Amazing Librarian Tattoos

Mental Floss | by Jill Harness


There are plenty of literary tattoos out there, and plenty of tattooed librarians. A bit less common are librarians with tattoos celebrating their career choice.

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Put a Bear On It: Ursus Roundup

Apartment Therapy | ANDIE POWERS

The other day, my mother happened to spy a young black bear while looking through her binoculars to the other side of the river that they live on in Colorado. She watched it for a while until it ran off into the woods. Bears really are beautiful animals, and have been woven into myth, children's stories, and decor for centuries. The bear sighting story set me off on a trail into the technological woods (so to speak) to see what types of bear-y cool designs I could find.

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The M*A*S*H Still

Neatorama | Miss Cellania

The most memorable prop from the TV show M*A*S*H would be the sign that shows how far away the character's hometowns were. But second to that is the still that Hawkeye, Trapper, and B.J. used to distill their own gin. The still was destroyed and rebuilt several times, and had several different looks, from a hillbilly moonshine-style tank to a mad scientist's lab. And where is it now?

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Hodgman Box Set: it's official!

Boing Boing | By Cory Doctorow

Early in August, John Hodgman teased the release of a boxed set of his three books (The Areas of My Expertise, More Information Than You Require, That Is All). Now the set is officially announced.


Also on October 2, the paperback edition of THAT IS ALL shall also be made available as part of a special COMPLETE WORLD KNOWLEDGE BOXED SET, which set shall also include my previous books of fascinating fake trivia and made up true facts THE AREAS OF MY EXPERTISE and MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE—all wrapped up in a protective, RAGNAROK PROOF box.

THAT IS ALL, FIRST OF ALL: The PAPERBACK edition of THAT IS...

COMPLETE WORLD KNOWLEDGE BOXED SET

(Thanks, Benjamin!)

Giant head of Klaus Kinski

Boing Boing | By David Pescovitz

German artist Paule Hammer created this massive head of Klaus Kinski for a 2005 exhibition at Munich's Galerie Andreas Binder. The work is titled "Niemand weiß, was wir fühlen" ("Nobody Knows What We Feel"). It reminds me of something an exhausted Ron Mueck might sculpt after sitting through a comprehensive Herzog film festival in its entirety. (via Spencer Hickman and Dangerous Minds)