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  • London “handsomely bound in Half-Polished Blue Morocco – a Choice Set, sold for 3 pounds, 12 shillings and sixpence” which I have not read in its entirety … but your entry drove me to it immediately, and I rediscovered what I always liked about Burns – the music, the irreverance, and the humaness – joy and despondency in equal measure.

    robert burns | some hae meat « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009

  • Since I adore both Bob Newhart, irreverance, and love children, I took a bit of time to watch the film's trailer today [via Videogum]:

    Disgrasian: Why Don't We Have a Paper Heart-On? 2009

  • There is something about its irreverance and non-political correctness that is just spot on, not over the top.

    Weekend Diversion 2009

  • When MSNBC dropped Imus for his transgressions they lost the only show that had the perfect mix of humor, irreverance and intelligence.

    Morning Joe, Piping Hot a Year Ago, Steadily Loses Steam 2009

  • When MSNBC dropped Imus for his transgressions they lost the only show that had the perfect mix of humor, irreverance and intelligence.

    Morning Joe, Piping Hot a Year Ago, Steadily Loses Steam 2009

  • So, needless to say, I got totally drawn in by what's basically a whole heap of fun, full of the sort of full-on flights of fanciful cleverness I love, and with a monster irreverance for the easy, reactionary formulae of adventure fiction -- all that darling-of-destiny bullshit.

    Open Up and Bleed Hal Duncan 2006

  • This was during the same time as the classic Saturday Night Live introductory cast, and Gerber's Howard the Duck was filled with the same sense of fresh, edgy humor with a dark irreverance to it.

    Top 100 Comic Book Runs #45-41 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

  • So, needless to say, I got totally drawn in by what's basically a whole heap of fun, full of the sort of full-on flights of fanciful cleverness I love, and with a monster irreverance for the easy, reactionary formulae of adventure fiction -- all that darling-of-destiny bullshit.

    Archive 2006-12-01 Hal Duncan 2006

  • I read the first page of Hippolyte and the first page of Lamb, and while Hippolyte was promising, I decided to go with the complete irreverance of Lamb.

    More Ramblings « So Many Books 2005

  • Your wit and wisdom and wonderfully refreshing irreverance gives old guys like me the courage and the passion to jump in.

    Allan Jenkins' Desirable Roasted Coffee 2007

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