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1. Modern Esquire Says:
   June 24th, 2008 at 9:35 am

   LOL… Worst of all they’re “talking” footnotes. I’d hate to see some of the worst and most common traits in legal writing become commonplace in blogging.

2. Adam Harvey Says:
   June 24th, 2008 at 9:49 am

   There’s a novel called House of Leaves that has extensive footnotes. Eventually they overwhelm the “main” narrative and go on for pages and pages. Even the footnotes have footnotes.

3. David Says:
   June 24th, 2008 at 10:47 pm

   Give David Foster Wallace a read…that dude love him some footnotes. I’d pass on his McCain article (not b/c it’s not well written, but b/c it might distract us from the cause), but I would take a look at his NYT piece about Roger Federer (which makes sense since Wimbledon just got under way, and Rog is going for 6 in a row (i think)). You’ll definitely want to check out his essay on the porn industry - the AVN awards in particular - hilarious stuff (the first and last can be found in a collection of his essays called “Consider the Lobster”). You can probably just google the Federer essay.

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