We flew on American, but everything went fine, shockingly, or at least no worse than usual. Wasn't time to do anything in Chicago but change planes, but then we got into Seattle a little early. Took a taxi to the hotel and decided that eating was preferable to the keynote address, since we hadn't really eaten much that day (see above re: Chicago ( Read more... )

From an article in the student paper:

"Attending a sex toy party is not something average college students write on their calendars or admit to even their closest friends."

Yeah. I think we have a different idea of what the average college student is like.

"I could murder my way to the top. Like I always do."

The CBC did an interview with me today--a full segment! I was nervous, but I think it went pretty well. You can hear it here--see "The Podcast for Tuesday March 18th, 2008" and go about 18 minutes in. (Here's a direct link to the file if you're lazy.)

I've been reading a lot lately about post-9/11 politics (Iraq, the '06 midterms, etc.) and probably the single most frequently-cited source is Frank Rich.

I'm in the Boston Globe, yo.

Hey The Guardian, quit gankin' my steez!
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- People are offended by Spitzer jokes ( Read more... )

My Hallelujah post got MeFi'd, and heavily commented on. Between that and Idolator, I imagine this is the most hits my blog's gonna get in a day!

It is really too bad that the new Mike Myers movie looks so abjectly horrible since, judging by the trailer, Justin Timberlake was born to play a sleazy Quebecois dude.