December 2011
18 posts
Because you asked: How I moved I Will Dare to a... →
Warning, about 99.99% of you are going to want to skip this one. But for that teeny tiny percent of people who have self-hosted WordPress websites, this might come in handy.
So Bakiwop asked how I…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Dylan Hicks (30)
Willie Nelson (27)
Johnny Cash (19)
The Avett Brothers (17)
Patsy Cline (17)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nobody sees the negative stereotypes →
It’s ironic that a book about bullying can be so full of cruel, negative stereotypes that it verges on bullying itself.
Lucky Linderman, the teenage protagonist of A.S. King’s young…
Who needs SOPA when you have GoDaddy's shutdown... →
David Rusenko, co-founder of website hosting service Weebly.com, describes how GoDaddy wiped his domain name records, only restoring them after a phone call. All it took was a single…
My Christmas Wish 2011, for you, darling ones →
Here is what I wish for you, darling ones: someone who will change out of their pajama pants for you; a life full of hilarious serendipity, periods of time that are so full of fun and…
Some Pictures of Frank Silva I Like →
Frank Silva played BOB and died of complications due to AIDS in 1995.
Pancho & Lefty & Carl Perkins →
Before I begin, I must offer up an apology to my Aunt Eileen. When I was an annoying teenager who was into whatever one-hit-wonder band of the week was (Glass Tiger? Bananarama? Oran “Juice”…
Up before the coffee maker →
With Sister #4 taking up residence in my spare bedroom (which I used to call Paco’s bedroom because he liked to hang out in there but now he doesn’t because it gets too cat hairy and like I’m gonna…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Willie Nelson (21)
Patsy Cline (21)
Loretta Lynn (18)
Paul Westerberg (13)
The Avett Brothers (11)
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14 eclectic, bookish gifts →
Books are good — books are always good — but book lovers cannot live on books alone. Here is Jacket Copy’s eclectic list of gifts that aren’t books, but could please the bookish. Above,…
Ridiculously excited to give these gifts →
Have I mentioned lately how much I love The Black Sheep, my writing group formerly known as The Chicken Fingers? Not only do I love them for being obnoxiously smart, super supportive, and just…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Liz Phair (19)
The Cranberries (12)
Patsy Cline (10)
The Rolling Stones (8)
Johnny Cash (7)
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Chromey’s Complaint: On abandoning Portnoy →
Tonight when I turn in for bedtime reading I’ll be cracking open Anne Ursu’s Breadcrumbs instead of Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth.
Why is this noteworthy? Because I am abandoning…
Breaking: Sebelius overrules FDA decision on... →
You have got to be kidding me:
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overruled the scientists at the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday and refused to allow emergency…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4) →
The Jayhawks (56)
the bird and the bee (40)
Paul Westerberg (28)
Dessa (23)
Uncle Tupelo (11)
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: A Very 9/11... →
Here is the latest trailer for Stephen Daldry’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and it is one damp mess. Based on Jonathan Safran Foer’s 2005 novel, it’s got all the requisite benchmarks…
Give a man a bank and he can rob the world →
Over the past two days, I’ve seen this clever riff on the “give a man a fish” parable pop up over and over again on various social sites, primarily Twitter and Stellar: Give a man a gun and he can…
“I’m not a writer. I just drink a lot about it.”
– Dessa, “Mineshaft”