Brain Cookies 21

Thanks to the excellent If Charlie Parker was a Gunslinger blog for bringing together to T.V. favorites in my RSS feed this morning. Robot and man as one.

Any who, Brain Cookies number 21.

Did you know publishers have a punctuation clause in most contracts? Neither did I ...

Now that U.S. taxes are filed, here's an article on why you can't do your taxes in five minutes. Glad I didn't see this before filling out line 52c or whatever the hell it's called. I hope I carried that zero ...

We got it all. Don't we? What else do we need from the internet?

Savage Europeans ... I don't know how to feel about this.

Brain Cookies 8

Wow, some actual literary links today. A-here, here, goes:

Great interview with author and punk icon Judy Nylon. She even talks about inspiring Brian Eno to "create" ambient music .

Some pictures of cathedral ceilings. I remember visiting the York Minster Cathedral in York. My tour guide told me the ceiling was created using the ribs some boats from Napoleon's navy. I've never checked the veracity of these claims, nor do I want to.

A great quote from Nietzsche on the Bibliokept blog.

Mediabistro collects literary boards on Pinterest. I've just joined. I say the jury is out on this one.

Some thoughts on the comma by Ben Yagoda on the N.Y. Times Opinionator blog.