Daily Office: Thursday
Thursday, October 8th, 2009¶ Matins: Christopher Shea surveys the world of Letterman Apology Evaluations.
¶ Lauds: Soon to be arriving on your iPhone: an original picture by David Hockney.
¶ Prime: Versace will close its three outlets in Japan.
¶ Tierce: Linguist John McWhorter frolics and detours at Good: The “For Themselves” Love Drug. (Did we say “linguist”?)
¶ Sext: “It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter, as long as both are covered with a sharp, original, Awly take.” The Awl turns five months, sixteen days old. Two days ago.
¶ Nones: And you thought Honduras was this boring provincial story. Ha! Bet you didn’t even know the word Chavista! (We didn’t.) As in “Chavista authoritarianism” and Cold War think tanks — in Washington.
¶ Vespers: Levi Stahl reviews the Man Booker winner, Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall, at The Second Pass.
¶ Compline: Amazing study about city people with guns — and how much more likely they are to be shot dead.