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# This Week - Nov 01, 2013
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/this-week-2013-11-01/
- Published: 2013-11-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T03:10:48.000Z
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: link, bison dele, chris ballard, creatavist, emily hopkins, evan ratliff, gawker, gin and tacos, hamilton dolan, lou o' bedlam, lou reed, medium, sports illustrated, steve jobs, this week, #import-blog-backlog-2026-09-13

> If you're on food stamps or Medicaid or anything that even tangentially involves a tax dollar, Americans want to see you wearing rags, smeared with dirt, and eating gruel. How dare anyone who's poor try to have some self-respect and look decent.  
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> — [Keeping Up Appearances (Gin & Tacos)](http://www.ginandtacos.com/2013/10/17/keeping-up-appearances/?ref=drewshannon.net)

> Really, being an artist doesn’t forgive being an asshole. Lou Reed was notoriously prickly In The Media. That is only a crime To The Media. What kind of person you are Matters, in the same way that Steve Jobs, whatever his legacy may ultimately be, did a disservice to that legacy by being such an unbelievable asshole to those around him.  
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> — [Lou O' Bedlam](http://blog.louobedlam.com/post/65356706896/you-might-say-i-hate-lou-reed-but-you-couldnt?ref=drewshannon.net)

> This is a well-known benefit of affluence: the ability to whatever you want all day. Some rich people take advantage of this by lounging about on yachts, doing blow, and consuming great quantities of foie gras. Others choose to lounge about in Ojai conversing with new age healers and consuming great quantities of kale. One choice may be healthier than the other, but they are both two strains of the same lucky fairytale in which we have the ability to do anything our hearts desire, all the time.  
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> — [A Lifestyle Is Not a Job (Gawker)](http://gawker.com/a-lifestyle-is-not-a-job-1453333817?ref=drewshannon.net)

> Nobody was very crazy, I didn’t think, just sad.  
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> — [I’ll Smoke When I’m Dead (Emily Hopkins)](https://medium.com/de-cultura/8f70feee9a90?ref=drewshannon.net)

> The premise is simple: I will try to vanish for a month and start over under a new identity. Wired readers, or whoever else happens upon the chase, will try to find me.  
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> — [Vanish (Evan Ratliff - Creatavist)](https://evan.creatavist.com/story/5608?ref=drewshannon.net)