Month: January 2013

So I’m standing in my local Independent Records and feeling 40. I’m having a conversation with a hip 20-something who has holes that you can see through all over his face and I’m trying to talk to him about stuff… Continue Reading →

I’ve watched The Pirates! Band of Misfits and think that it is the most charming, silly, goofy, snortworthy kids’ movie that I’ve seen for a while. Clever enough for the grownups (Charles Darwin and his chimp valet, a Victorian Era… Continue Reading →

The baseball community suffered two huge losses today: Cardinals slugger Stan “The Man” Musial, who was universally acclaimed as the nicest man in baseball, and Orioles manager Earl Weaver, who was not. By anyone. Ever. Both had unusual careers, staying… Continue Reading →

On a lark, I picked up 10,000,000 from Steam. It was a Match-3 Puzzle game (like bejeweled or chuzzle), it had “RPG Elements”, it was 4 bucks. How could you go wrong? Well, I found myself playing it obsessively when… Continue Reading →

Our assignment this week is to read the next two issues of Season of Mists: Chapters Four and Five. Boegiboe asked what his deadline would theoretically be if he were, theoretically, the recapper for Chapters Four and Five and did not, theoretically… Continue Reading →

Best headline in the history of this or any other universe: Cross-Dressing, Show-Tunes-Loving Connecticut Priest Busted for Selling Meth and Laundering Money Through His Sex Shop Oh, and no religion.

Given that all week has been devoted to situations where we end up having to go to bed early, we look forward to a weekend where we can not only go to bed early, but sleep in. Seriously, getting the… Continue Reading →

There used to be a web site dedicated to “What if Lord of the Rings had been written by X”.  It died, some time ago, taking with it this answer to “… Raymond Chandler”: The sun came up over the… Continue Reading →

Our assignment was to read the third and fourth issues of Season of Mists: Chapter Two and Chapter Three. Jason Tank will be reviewing both this week. Glyph’s introduction to Sandman, in three parts, here, here, and here. Preludes and Nocturnes recaps… Continue Reading →