Sunday, April 22, 2012

Unicorn Being a Jerk by C.W. Moss

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So this does not actually require a lot of thought or analysis, OK? There's this unicorn, and each two-page spread shows him being a j...
Saturday, April 21, 2012

My Favorite Song on That Record Is....

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I don't know if anyone else has this experience, but I find that the records I really like -- the ones that stick with me for months, a...

Lucille by Ludovic Debeurme

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It's not at all true that all unhappy families are different, no matter what famous writers may say -- there are only so many kinds of...
Friday, April 20, 2012

Asking the Wrong Questions

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Even in the context of the ever-gaping maw of blogging, responding to the lack of a Pulitzer winner by asking " what does this mean for...

All Them Furriners

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I'm not sure if this is the same set of images -- of Europe as seen (derogatorily, of course) from various viewpoints -- that came arou...

Believe!

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Meredith Gran has an new Octopus Pie strip up, which is both awesome and super-long. Check it out .
Thursday, April 19, 2012

Creepy WSJ Article About the Ever-Shrinking Workspace

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Speaking as someone who once got to work in a real office with a door , and now operates out of a noisy fabric-covered box, this has already...

People Who Complain About Their Taxes Aren't Allowed To Enjoy These Buildings

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The 25 Most Beautiful Public Libraries in the World -- well, according to one Flavorwire writer; I don't think there was an actual con...

Totally Urban Fantasy

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Walter Jon Williams has just made his excellent far-future fantasy novel Metropolitan available in various electronic formats -- which mean...
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Because This Point Cannot Be Made Often Enough

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Not to make other genres feel... inadequate , or anything. (via an infographic-filled article at NYMag.com)
Monday, April 16, 2012

Joe the Barbarian by Grant Morrison & Sean Murphy

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The cliche is that a book with two independent levels has to work twice as hard, but that's not really true. Instead, like a collaborati...

Even the Former Head of the TSA...

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...admits that US airport security is completely broken .

Relevant to My Interests

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Much of my staring-at-electronic-boxes time recently has been spent with my younger son (Thing 2) watching Mystery Science Theater 3000 epi...
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Reviewing the Mail: Week of 4/14

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This week I have two books to write about, which makes my usual long-winded explanation more pointless than usual, so I'll just hit the ...
Sunday, April 15, 2012

The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry

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Most people's lives don't merit even one full book -- that may sound cruel, but it's true. Stephen Fry, though -- writer, actor,...