procrastubatory

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Nov 26, 2010, at 6:02 AM, Paul Frank wrote:

> In a wonderfully witty passage* about writer's block in Half Empty,
> David Rakoff writes "And so another day fails to meet its promise and
> has spun out into procrasturbatory entropy."

added to my (large and growing) collection of quotes based on metaphorical uses of vocabulary related to masturbation and carrying negative import.

> ... *I have yet to come across a passage that's not wonderfully witty in
> Rakoff's book.

seconded.

arnold

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