Jonathan Franzen's Bedtime Stories

We're pretty sure Jonathan Franzen's bedtime story is a metaphor for something, but we're not sure what.

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[calvintustan]

Colbert is so classy, he goes to bed wearing a tie.

[NJGuy]

Too bad David Foster Wallace isn't around to do this. He'd be like "Once upon a time (1)..."

(1) Before Subsidized Time

[raxelleon]

"Oh! So it's ok if the government dose it?"
Now there's an age old question.

[lordlacolith]

Is that D'aulaire's Book of Greek Myths on the shelf?

[BarkatheMoon]

That's a very different version of Goodnight Moon than I'm used to...

[WendellsCat]

oh crap...**yawns**. It's contagious. Goodnight everyone

[ZhangtheGreat]

I'm sorry, but was he reading about a wolf or our cable/internet providers? =)

[SergeyMalovatov]

What is better, state monopoly capitalism in its infancy or corporate capitalism approaching its extreme state?

[CantStayAway]

It like he made Mr. Rogers relevant for today's society...:) :) :P :P :P

[anhuman]

for real tho, amazon owns for agoraphobic peeps

[emchan]

NEED MARY HIGGINS CLARK OR SUE GRAFTON ON THE SHOW I MEAN C'MON!!! NEED A FEMALE ACCLAIMED WRITER ON THE SHOW