Lexicon: "The New Cruelty"

For lexicon purposes, usually as an ironic marker: "Yes, the cats are nice, but under The New Cruelty, I'm the one to clean out the cat boxes."

The full dialogue goes like this:

Mr. Perdue, Maitre D' at L'Idiot: Your usual table, Mr. Christopher?
Carlo Christopher: No, I'd like a good one this time.
Mr. Perdue, Maitre D' at L'Idiot: I'm sorry, that is impossible.
Carlo Christopher: Part of The New Cruelty?
Mr. Perdue, Maitre D' at L'Idiot: I'm afraid so.
-- Steve Martin, L.A. Story

"It was there..."

"As far as I'm concerned, there are three mystical places in the world.

* The desert outside Santa Fe
* The Tree of Life in the Arab emirates of Bahrain
* And the restaurant at Sunset and Crescent.

Because that's where I first met her and touched her."

-- Steve Martin, "L.A. Story"

Lexicon: "And that's what's wrong with publishing today."

Usually a mild misquote by me. Here's the original source:

When I was twenty-six, my first novel, The Temple of Gold, was published by Alfred A Knopf. (Which is now part of Random House which is now part of R.C.A. which is just part of what's wrong with publishing in America today which is not part of this story.)

-- William Goldman, The Princess Bride

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Time marches on. Knopf is still owned by Random House, but they're now owned by Bertelsmann. Which is just part of what's wrong with publishing in America today which is not part of this story.

Hoefler and Frere-Jones clients

Hoefler and Frere-Jones clients
Originally uploaded by halobrien

It's not every day you see "Presidents-Elect" as a category for one's clients.

H&FJ are who designed Gotham, the typeface used by Obama.