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“New Mexico’s where I decided that if I ever had the misfortune of coming within arms’ length of Bill Bryson I should punch him in the face. He seemed like an affable curmudgeon in A Walk in the Woods, but if you have the misfortune of meeting him in The Lost Continent, and I did, it’s hard to see him as anything but an asshole who hates women and gays and waitresses.” I knew I loved this writer.

Slowwwwww farmers market surprisingly interesting read

I’ve been looking for something that fits my feelings on this crappiest anniversary for America. This bit, about Confederate flags at Plymouth Rock and visiting a concentration camp in Germany, comes as close to the mark as anything.