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• Great questions? (Score:3, Interesting)

  by brian_d_foy (44)

  I haven't seen any of Robert Birmbaum's other stuff, but I was not impressed with this interview. Indeed, based on your recommendation, which I respect, I checked out his interview with Adam Gopnik, another writer I know about. I have the same feelings after reading that interview.
  
  * She is introduced as living in NYC, but the first question is about Boston. I don't know why she is in Boston.
  
  * His second question challenges that the "Freedom Trail" even exists. It is there, as she says, and it is a rea
  • Re:Great questions? (Score:1)

    by jjohn (22) on 2004.01.08 14:40 (#27154) Homepage Journal

    brian, I think you need to check out your irony meter. It appears to be broken. ;-)

    Birnbaum is a twat and an awful interviewer. That poorly written and self-aggrandizing bio that I quoted testifies to paucity of his talent. And he's a twat. Did I mention that already?

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    • Re:Great questions? (Score:2)

      by brian_d_foy (44)

      Oh, good. I was about to send an apology email to you. :)
      
      I saw "Sarah Vowell" and got excited. Sorry for explaining the obvious to everyone. It's good to know I can still be a dumbass, even half way around the world.
      
      By the way, I was looking at the "read 1000 books" thing and thinking "I read half as many of that in high school, and a tenth of that while in Iraq".
      • Re:Great questions? (Score:2)

        by pudge (1)

        I missed the irony too. I was thinking, "this interview is shit, what am I missing?"
        • Re:Great questions? (Score:2)

          by pudge (1)

          Now that I read your intro again, it makes more sense. I think I am just not getting enough jjohn in my life, and I get rusty at interpreting him!