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# This Week - Sep 06, 2013
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/this-week-2013-09-06/
- Published: 2013-09-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T03:10:54.000Z
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: link, brain pickings, drinking buddies, joe swanberg, maria popova, movies, the new york times, this week, #import-blog-backlog-2026-09-13

> His script captures the idioms of men and women who are equally inclined to waste words and to say very little.  
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> — [A review of the new movie Drinking Buddies, one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. (New York Times)](http://movies.nytimes.com/2013/08/23/movies/in-joe-swanbergs-drinking-buddies-couples-face-tests.html?%5Fr=0&ref=drewshannon.net)

> The modern version of introspection is the sum total of all those highly individualized choices that we make about the material content of our lives.  
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> — [Brand Thinking: Seth Godin, Malcolm Gladwell, Dan Pink, and Other Mavens on How and Why We Define Ourselves Through Stuff (Brain Pickings)](http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/01/brand-thinking-debbie-millman/?utm%5Fsource=buffer&utm%5Fcampaign=Buffer&utm%5Fcontent=bufferabbc0&utm%5Fmedium=twitter)