Memo to myself (XVII)

"The secret is I don't use the Internet, I don't have e-mail or a fax machine, and most of the time I keep the phone in the closet so I can't hear it ring. I have a little laptop I write on."

—William T. Vollmann, in the Sacramento Bee

(Via Jason McTwitter)

Meta-coverage

Omnivoracious reviews the remix of the notes on A Monster's Notes, after first reviewing the original review.

Nice!

We're not done yet.

OR ARE WE.

(Stitching in this side note: Tom tantalizingly suggests the upcoming Vollmann, Imperial, is the contemporary Anatomy of Melancholy.)