20 July 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 20 Jul 2009 Bosnia and Kosovo are still dependent, unviable states; unlike in Iraq, Europe lacks an exit strategy. The best known of all single combats was David versus Goliath. Tom Wolfe on the ultimate failure of the U.S.-Soviet space race. Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins urge renewed efforts for a manned mission to Mars. Let's be honest, science fiction writers are much like stock market forecasters. How the Apollo 11 landing killed science fiction. Grounded in history, reviled by David Foster Wallace: the success and failure of Webster's Third New International (Unabridged) dictionary. Stepwells are essentially inverted ziggurats excavated from the earth, producing an infrastructural monument to water collection, useful as climate changes. Entrepreneurs retrofit Dumpsters into pools for secret urban beach parties in Brooklyn. After a stroll down Seattle's First Avenue, how about a tour of Tacoma's historic signage? Early Graham Greene murder mystery discovered at Austin's Harry Ransom Center; read the first chapter here. We almost used this in The Life Aquatic, and sometimes when the wind is full I wish we did. Wes Anderson's perfect mix tape. Completely unrelated: Joshua Allen's "Mix Tape for Dead Girl." Audio: Jonathan Franzen reads Veronica Geng's "Love Trouble Is My Business" and Ian Frazier's "Coyote v. Acme." Hence the bags under the eyes. Photos of New Haven commuters from 1961.
