Ever since Dawson’s Creek: The Complete Series came to Supergenius HQ I’ve had to resist, with every fiber of my being, the urge to create Tumblrs and Twitter accounts for all the characters and tweet…
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Essex County
Last week I was talking with my writing teacher, Dale, about graphic novels. I was reading one before class started and he, pretty unfamiliar with the form, was curious what a lit snob like me…
A moral failing on my part
Some of the heartiest of Minnesotans might thing it was a moral failing on my part to take off virtually an entire week because of a cold. Those people can blow me. There is nothing…
Worth $30 just to hear Owen Meany’s voice
As we stood in line waiting to get into the venue housing last night’s John Irving reading, Sister #2 set out a few ground rules. “One,” she said. “There will be no hugging. ” There…
The rabid chipmunk makes me more emotional than usual
Even on my best days I’m kind of a crybaby. For reasons I cannot explain, crying is my go-to form of expressing emotion — sad, happy, angry, afraid — you name it, I cry. I…
77 cheeseburgers
From the time I got my first pink walkman and a cassette of Chicago’s “17” I would listen to music as I went to sleep. It helped with the insomnia that plagued me since I…