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October 18, 2011

Lemony Snicket & others back Occupy movement

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A large group of authors including Lemony Snicket (a/k/a Daniel Handler) have issued a show of support for the demonstrators at Occupy Wall Street. At the OccupyWriters website, you can see a list of the supporters, and read some original commentary.

The offering from Snicket/Handler, famous for the "Series of Unfortunate Events" series, managed to be funny and ominous at the same time. A sampling:

-- "People who say money doesn’t matter are like people who say cake doesn’t matter — it’s probably because they’ve already had a few slices."

-- "It is not always the job of people shouting outside impressive buildings to solve problems. It is often the job of the people inside, who have paper, pens, desks, and an impressive view."

"Historically, a story about people inside impressive buildings ignoring or even taunting people standing outside shouting at them turns out to be a story with an unhappy ending."

Posted by Dave Rosenthal at 11:28 AM | | Comments (1)
        

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love handler's take ! especially the last...

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Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is the Maryland Editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.
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