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Maurice Sendak advises today’s youth: ‘Quit this life as soon as possible.’
For all the cleverness and sharp-eyed originality in his work, Sendak turns out to be an unhappy guy, haunted by what he calls a “permanent dissatisfaction” in his life. Unwanted by his parents (“I was not intended — it was an accident,” he insists) and blessed with few social skills, he spent most of his time as a child alone, sitting at the window, drawing children playing in the street. (latimes)

Where The Wild Things Are roundtable: Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers, Catherine Keener, Max Records
Who knew a book only 10 sentences long could inspire a film adaptation, let alone such controversy over that adaptation? Maybe it isn’t that surprising, considering that the book is Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are, a now-beloved 1963 children’s story which was decried as too grotesque for kids when it first came out. (avclub)

New York Times Co. Calls Off Sale Of ‘Boston Globe’
The New York Times Co. said Wednesday it won’t sell the newspaper after all, following “careful consideration and analysis.” (ap)

Obama’s winnable war on Fox News
Fox News is clearly an arm of the Republican party. Obama is right to throw caution to the wind and treat it as such. (guardian)

Glenn Beck Goes Global
I confess that I find it impossible to determine whether Beck’s show is serious or, as seems more probable, an elaborate practical joke played on his unwitting audience. I don’t want to seem forward or rude, but one can’t help but ask: Have you people lost your minds? (thedailybeast)

Have you ever had a dream about this guy?
In January 2006 in New York, the patient of a well-known psychiatrist draws the face of a man that has been repeatedly appearing in her dreams. In more than one occasion that man has given her advice on her private life. The woman swears she has never met the man in her life. (iheartchaos)

Writer argues that “Twilight’s” popularity is explained by women’s desire to have sex with gay men
From Twilight to True Blood and now The Vampire Diaries, is it vampires that so many American women love… or just gay men? (esquire)

Warren Ellis has a Facebook page
(facebook)

Every single Kramer entrance, in chronological order
Enjoy! (youtube)

Drunkest Guy Ever Goes for More Beer
Yes, this guy is unbelievably hammered, but check out the date and time. This happened at 10 in the morning…on a Tuesday. (breakmedia)

It happened again, someone took a pic of me while having a drink…
(imgur)