Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven a post-apocalyptic tale of a theatre troupe is a much-beloved National Book Award Finalist that seems to make people incoherent with swoony love. However, I don’t get the adoration….
Date Archives 2014
Swagger & Suspicious Minds
People don’t go upstairs at Supergenius HQ very often. There’s not much up there, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, the laundry room, and a beautiful loft filled with nonfiction books, my desk, and more dust &…
Stop Using the Term ‘Dad Rock’
First they came for Wilco, at least that’s the first time I heard the term. Wilco was “Dad Rock” and it made me laugh, because at that point “Sky Blue Sky” had just come out…
Loyal: An Unsponsored Post About Brands & Betrayal
A few weeks ago I hosted Family Dinner at Supergenius HQ. Sister #3 had requested chicken noodle soup and since soup is not easy to tote around in mass quantities, the Fam came to my…
It’s Monday & I’m Boring: Anxiety & Unmarked Burritos Edition
First of all as I begin typing this at 1:43 p.m. you should know that it smells like pepperoni in my house. I don’t know why. I haven’t eaten pepperoni in weeks. Also, there is…
Cranky Old Lady Reads a Book Full of Shitty Cliches
Epistolary novels are my genre kryptonite. I find them hard to resist and even harder to quit even when the going is not so great. This is the only reason I can give for finishing…