tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470727195820147335.post2342773714648687193..comments2023-06-01T04:39:24.530-07:00Comments on New Yorker Comment: Go tell it on the mountainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470727195820147335.post-3275402007366438702007-05-03T12:03:00.000-07:002007-05-03T12:03:00.000-07:00I don't usually feel the structure of a TOTT piece...I don't usually feel the structure of a TOTT piece like I did for that one of Gopnik's: a long, purple opening about cell phones that you could feel him pulling around to at the end. <BR/><BR/>And usually when they're making a statement -- as Kolbert did this week in a TOTT on congestion pricing, saying, "Who, after all, wants to drive into a city that's under water? -- it doesn't come across as so clunky and sententious. <BR/><BR/>Funny about Marx and that word: I didn't mean it as full spleen; just a quarter twist, as much as you'd put on a Caesar salad. I feel a latent resentment at her giddiness at finding the perfect hi-gloss toothbrush holder, in lily-pad green (Schlepko's, 45 E. 76th, 432-6543), but, having just read the luggage piece, I grudgingly like her, too. <BR/><BR/>What's the non-shopping piece?JJBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16228313160543032847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470727195820147335.post-20668557953532065152007-05-03T09:48:00.000-07:002007-05-03T09:48:00.000-07:00Your list of things dropped is pretty 'cute. In t...Your list of things dropped is pretty 'cute. <BR/><BR/>In their infinite wisdom, the gods of New Yorker distribution didn't send me an April 30 New Yorker and I didn't have to read that Gopnik. Did your swallow and your "brrr" indicate some discomfort with the tone? <BR/><BR/>And "high-spirited" to describe Marx's shopping pieces is pretty funny too. Has that hyphenated description ever not been used as a euphemism? I used to think I didn't care for Marx, but I read something funny by her (linked from Emdashes Valentine's day celebration) so I think it's form of the shopping pieces I don't love. <BR/><BR/>Or am I reading a lot more spleen than you mean into your brief update?zoe p.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02535684589288030978noreply@blogger.com