Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace (1996)

q. p. 425 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:47:04 +0000

'No, for the ingenious Lingle-Serving Size of serving is notoriously for only one, and we are both large and vigorous U.S.A. individuals who have spent the afternoon watching huge men in pads and helmets hurl themselves at one another in the Hidh Definition of InterLace, and we are both ravenous for the satiation of a complete hot bowl's serving. Half the bowl would only torment this craving I have.'

concupiscence Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:51:28 +0000

A strong desire, especially sexual desire; lust.

Quote p. 992 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:49:24 +0000

A narcoleptic aerobics instructor (Chumm) struggles to hide her condition from students and employers.

Quote p. 990 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:35:29 +0000

Poultry¹ in¹ Motion. Year of the Whopper. Latrodectus Mactans Productions. Documentary cast w/ narrator P.A. Heaven; 16 mm.; 56 minutes; color; silent w/ narration. Documentary on renegade North Syracuse NNY turkey farmers' bid to prevent toxification of Thanksgiving crop by commandeering long, shiny O.N.A.N. trucks to transplant over 200,000 pertussive fowl south to Ithaca. MAGNETIC VIDEO (LIMITED RELEASE)

Quote p.986 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:06:31 +0000

Immanent Domain. B.S. Latrodectus Mactans Productions. Cosgrove Watt, Judith Fukuoka- Hearn, Pam Heath, Pamela-Sue Voorheis, Herbert G. Birch; 36 mm.; 88 minutes; black annd white w/ microphotography; sound. Three memory-neurons (Fukuoka-Hearn, Heath, Voor- heis (w/ polyurethane costumes)) in the Inferior frontal gypus of a man's (Watt's) brain fight heroically to prevent their displacement by new memory-neurons as the man undergoes intensive psychoanalysi. CELLULOID; INTERLACE TELENT CARTRIDGE RERELEASE #340-03-70 (Y.P.W.)

Quote p. 382 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:24:44 +0000

Johnny Gentle, the first U.S. President ever to swing his microphone around by the cord during his Inauguration speech.

Quote p. 341 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:28:39 +0000

Josh Gopnik punches LaMont Chu in the stomach, and LaMont Chu yells that he's been punched in th estomach.

Possalthwaite p. 336 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:24:57 +0000

I mention this name here only because it's interesting to run across at almost the exact same time I ran across Pete Postlethwaite elsewhere

éminence grise / eminence grise p. 333 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:06:28 +0000

A powerful adviser or decision maker who operates secretly or unofficially.

diletante p. 1025 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:03:57 +0000

One who dabbles in an art or a field of knowledge.

The Eschaton chapter, Nov 8 Y.D.A.U. p. 321 I-day Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:01:28 +0000

Dang what a fun chapter. what pacing.

The Entertainment chapter, Apr 30 / May 1 Y.D.A.U. p.317 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:00:25 +0000

Fun chapter

suborning p.1009 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:56:50 +0000

To induce (a person) to commit an unlawful or evil act.

quotidian p.1006 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:40:18 -0700

Everyday; commonplace.

convolved p.310 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:35:06 -0700

"To roll together; coil up"

détente/detente p. 309 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:32:50 -0700

(p /day-TAHNT/) "the relaxation of strained relations"

Synonyms for beat or got beat by p.309 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:24:34 -0700

• defeated
• went down in a hard-fought loss
• crushed
• disembowelled
• on _____ like a duck on a Junebug
• spread _____ on a cracker like some sort of hors d'oeuvre and bit down
• ground his heel intoe the neck of...
• had to be just about carried off over somebody's shoulder
• moonballed him into a narcoleptic coma
• ...sorry her parents were ever in the same room together

eustacian p. 308 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:11:57 -0700

Looks like it's from Eustachian tube

a tube that connects the middle ear with the nasopharynx and equalizes the pressure between the two sides of the eardrum

which makes sense in the context of eustacian-crumpling.