Jacob Weisberg, I promise– I promise– 100 years from today, millions of paper-and-ink books will be being printed. I promise.
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~ Off the Cuff
Borat, Art, and the Eye of the Beholder
Borat: “I do a picture, only small, of the Tishnik Masacre. Where many Uzbeks…crushed!”
Kindly Gray Hippie: “How did you feel when you drew this?”
Borat: “Very proud!”.
KGH: “I’m just listening with sadness…a little sadness for your people…?”
Borat: “Yes…no, it is not sad. It is us who do the kill!”
When in doubt, consult the classics [5:30 mark].
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I guess I just don’t like the idea of paying $10 for a book. I frequent both my library and the big, beautiful used book store here and I don’t see this very cheap means of getting my books being replaced by a kindle. A kindle and ten books is what? Close to $500??? I’m too impoverished for that kind pricetag….
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