http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:04:39 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/07/21/221429.php#comment-207654 RIP, Jim Carruthers. Just re-read "The Gift Of The Magi." Got all emotional again, as I always do when I read it. Sigh... 207654@blogcritics.org Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:04:39 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/07/21/221429.php#comment-75723 The last time I was in New York City on a business trip, I was having supper at Pete's Tavern near Gramercy Park with the some other people. There are signs all over the place about how O. Henry drank himself to death there. One of the fellows says, "who's O. Henry", and I listed off some stories, including "Gift of the Magi", then I pointed to the plaque which said he wrote that story in the booth we were sitting in. 75723@blogcritics.org Fri, 23 Jul 2004 16:20:51 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/07/21/221429.php#comment-75467 Short attention span, eh? Have you tried <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802130305/qid=1090511951/sr=ka-3/ref=pd_ka_3/104-6792453-2399962">Borges</a>? 75467@blogcritics.org Thu, 22 Jul 2004 12:02:58 EDT