There is no way to discuss this without sounding like I’ve lost my mind, but discuss it I must. It is that I have a new imaginary friend and his name is Jonathan Franzen. Not…
Date Archives January 2011
A Sickness in the Family
The Ushers are a family in decline. Mother Biddy’s having an affair, William’s just been kicked out of Oxford, Amy’s waging a battle with their father over his refusal to invest in her architecture firm,…
Mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging, monosyllabic simpleton
Much to the surprise of everyone, I actually (pretty much) held to my 2010 resolution of writing down the words I had to look up in the dictionary. In 2010, I looked up approximately 105…
This is what I love about the Internet today: A fanpage for a drum kit
This here is Neil Peart’s 1974 Slingerland drum kit circa 1974ish. It is called (or is a) Chromey. Here is what I know about Neil Peart without Googling: he plays the drums for Rush. Rush…
A list about Fables
It’s hard to talk about the first twelve volumes of the Fables series for two reasons. First, it’s fraught with spoilers. To mention what happens in, say, volume 6 might spoil the shit out of…
Reasons I will never be on The Price is Right
I refuse to lose my shit over a dinette set. I could never be the asshole who bids $1501. Or $1. I spend an inordinate amount of time wanting to punch every contestant right in…