I haven't really read a book in like 3 months. Someone suggest something.

Also, I want to start using Goodreads like everyone else is. Maybe if I write about the books I read, I'll actually remember them. 

The Disappointment Artist by Jonathan Lethem

What a vacuous, self-absorbed book. Life must be tough when your
parents are NYC artistes! At least it gave me an idea on which Philip
K. Dick book to read next. 0 bub-bubs

Raise High The Roof Beam, Carpenter & Seymour: An Introduction by J.D. Salinger

I don't remember hating a book as much as Catcher ( Read more... )

Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollock

Do you guys know the story about this dude? Apparently he was a
40-something factory worker from Ohio who just decided one day "Hey
I'm gunna write", gets his MFA at Ohio State or something, and then writes
this pretty great book of short stories. I'm sure there's more to it
than that, but I just have this mental ( Read more... )

So, last year was the first time I've ever kept track of the books I
read. I'm really glad I did, and I plan to continue, because for some
reason, I usually forget about what I've read (if you ask me what my
favorite books were as a kid, even though I've pretty much read
constantly for my entire life, my answer would be: I dunno, followed
by From ( Read more... )

why do people defend Twitter so passionately? It's so so horrible and silly.

so if I had any ambition, this is what i would be posting in the near future:

- finishing up Angry Grandpa's Best of 2008
- talk about all the books I read in '08
- take that fun survey about books that Horton posted months ago

But I probably won't. I never finish

Songs In Joel's Beard 2008, Vol.2: No, Better ( Read more... )

Songs in Joel's Beard 2008, Volume 1: Our Insides Are Frozen ( Read more... )

The next time I feel like doing some analyzizek on TV shows, I want to talk about the utter pointlessness of character development on crime shows, and why shows still feel the necessity to do it.

"Everything With You" by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart is, like, my song of the year. I have such revolting hatred for that name, though.

(Seth help me write a better title ( Read more... )

Remind me to do an entry on how Boston Legal was one of the best shows on TV, easily as weird, funny, and well written as 30 Rock (or better), but doomed to failure for 3 reasons, which I'll tell you if I'm ever motivated.