Christa recently wrote about how she as Kindle curious, and asked me, in an email, what I thought about the Kindle, eBooks and the like. I promptly composed this 800-word treatise, and then sent her…
Date Archives 2011
An abundance of cute
Colin Singleton is a recently-graduated high schooler/former child prodigy who has just been dumped by Katherine. The nineteenth Katherine he has dated. He calls her K-19. Hasan is Colin’s Muslim best friend who convinces him…
All My References Date Me
(Please feel free to sing Pearl Jam’s “W.M.A.” when you read the title to this post. My brain seems to think it’s Weird Al lately, turning everything into a parody song. Last week Bookslut’s Michael…
Nancy Reagan, Regina Morrow, and goodie-goodieism
A few years ago I was at Grumpy’s talking with a writer friend of mine (intentionally vague to protect the debaucherous) about drugs. She was regaling me with stories about all the drugs she took…
Leader of the Pack: An appreciation
For reasons that I cannot explain I downloaded a heaping helping of 60s Girl Groups today — The Ronettes, The Supremes, The Chiffons and The Shangri-Las. It is awesome. I’m no Ronnie Spector, but that…