On 88% of all weekends in any given year, I am perfectly happy not to leave the confines of Supergenius HQ. I have hermit-tendencies and I’m more than willing to indulge those tendencies. However, all…
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Giving thanks, 2009 edition
When writing the traditional Thanksgiving post a blogger can go one of two ways –mushy and sincere or withering and sarcastic. Both have their bits of predictability — I’m thankful for my family and health…
Await Your Reply wrecked me
I finished reading Dan Chaon’s Await Your Reply two weeks ago, and it wrecked me. I haven’t been able to read more than ten pages in any book since, which kind of makes sense considering…
American Born Chinese
While reading American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang, I had to consistently remind myself that it was graphic novel for young adults. Without that reminder I found myself growing a little weary of the…
Angry at a book, an incoherent rant
The book I’m reading (which shall remain nameless for the time being) has just gone from being kind of annoying to actually making me angry. So angry that I cannot seem to stop writing snarky…
I blame the musicbloggers
Earlier today I was having a conversation via Twitter with Kyle Matteson (@solace) about the A.V. Club’s Best Music of the Decade list. I took issue with the fact that this is a best of…