Since I’m a giant crybaby, I can never use ‘I cried’ as any sort review (though sometimes I try to. Crying is, after all, short hand for being emotionally moved). I cry all the time…
Date Archives June 2012
Ruined by Holden Caufieldization
Sometimes I get tired of the Holden Caufieldization of young adult literature. Why does the protagonist always have to be a friendless misfit? A lot of times the main character is friendless because they like…
What is wrong with this picture?
Can you spot the problem with the photo below? In case it helps, it’s from the used copy of Don DeLillo’s Great Jones Street, which I just started reading. Here it is: there are two…
Knocked Up
One of my all-time favorite Saturday Night Live moments is a Debbie Downer sketch where Rachel Dratch biffs a line and the rest of the people in the sketch — Amy Poehler, Lindsay Lohan, Horatio…
Lizard Eye vs. The Fungus Gnats
I’ve been FORTY! for exactly thirteen days and now I have a lizard eye. Specifically, I have a lizard-y eyelid. It seems a portion of my left (and only my left) eyelid has decided to…
Birthday Party! Cheesecake! Jellybean! Boom!
First, I think this 2005 thread about which is more annoying “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It” or “We Didn’t Start The Fire” is my favorite thing on the Internet today….