I know exactly when I feel like a loser, exactly when I become socially broke. I can recognize the precise moment in time as easily as a newspaper headline. It is when I check Craigslist on my MacBook at the neighborhood coffee shop. The neighborhood coffee shop has other patrons that have reached similar levels of self-awareness. For instance the overweight dude on the couch with an outsized graphic novel splayed across his lap. And all the other people on laptops. As well the other people not drinking coffee. Likewise the people taking too long to drink their coffee. And the barista, if he’s in a shitty band. I haven’t seen the cook but I reserve my right to judge him.

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Phonies Can't Cross This Bridge

Tuesday is here to provide your literary briefing. We find Tuesday to be a busy day at the office. Monday might be a day to set up meetings or make a few calls, but mostly everyone is letting everyone else get settled, which means that really nobody gets working until Tuesday. Wednesday is a good day for meetings, but once you get to Thursday and Friday, well, the weekend is on the mind. So, Tuesday. Here it is, and here are a few links to step away from the hectic world, like Jerry. As in Salinger, in Cornish. We escape through Deadspin, and we have the a list of their “Stories That Don’t Suck.” We’d love to read a novel about the current financial crisis, but, according to Telegraph, it ain’t happening. Stephen Fry escaped across the United States, just don’t start calling him Alexis. Finally, please enjoy our links so you don’t spend the rest of the day cussin’ (we’re from the American South) like Giles Turnbull. – Andrew Geer

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