August 2011
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Books
I started reading when I was about four or five, and pretty much have not stopped since. And for the past 20-odd years since that event, people have been giving me books, I’ve been buying books, and I’m pretty sure I’ve even stolen a few. But the fact of the matter is that I only read most of them once or twice and not more. Sometimes I think that buying an omnibus is a great...
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The Real Bunny Ate The Chocolate Bunny
Daniel Johnston is playing at the Wonder Ballroom in Portland, Oregon on Friday, August 26, 2011. He’s a legend in independent music. But I won’t be going to his show, because the one time I saw Daniel Johnston was so amazing, I couldn’t ever enjoy another one of his shows.
This is the story of the time I ended up seeing Daniel Johnston play for a handful of bewildered suburbanites in the gym...
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The Convenience Trap →
The Canon Trap: My Response
A friend sent me a link to this article about a week ago, and my thoughts have been rattling around in my brain like the last few sad coffee beans in a can. I don’t read The AV Club regularly, and in fact only read it when someone sends me a link. That being said, I find that this article hits on some larger issues that I’ve encountered in the few AV Club articles...
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Spreading Santorum →
Everyone, with the impending and annoying election year coming up, and the Repubs in their full crazy mode, let’s not forget Santorum.
To some, Santorum is a senator and presidential hopeful. To others, Santorum is the foamy mixture of fecal matter and lube that is sometimes the product of buttsex. So read up on spreading Santorum, and all the hilarity that ensues.
My favorite is this bit,...
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“Since her death in 1979, the woman who discovered what the universe is made of...”
– Jeremy Knowles, discussing the complete lack of recognition Cecilia Payne gets, even today, for her revolutionary discovery. (via alliterate)
Professor Cecilia Payne, ladies and gentlemen.
(via neon-loneliness)
This is a great example of how the education we receive focuses around the discoveries...
Smashing The Champagne Bottle
I realized quite some time ago that I had too many opinions and thoughts on pop culture to be contained in my Facebook posts. Not to mention that a good portion of the people on Facebook don’t understand why a woman with an advanced degree in writing (me) would ever be excited to the point of public urination about the latest Transformers movie (also me). And then a couple friends told me I...
