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Spiriferously: David Foster Wallace vs. Google

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

Spiriferously resultsOriginally uploaded by ktheory.
Scene: I was knocking off my RSS items for the week at my parents’ house in Binghamton. My father was reading David Foster Wallace’s new collection of essays, Consider the Lobster.
Dad: “Aaron, can you look up a word for me? S-p-i-r-i-f-e-r-o-u-s-l-y.”
Me: “Uh, there’s one google hit, and it’s a chapter excerpt […]


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