Welcome to Night Vale is the Internet's new favorite podcast. It was recommended to me by a bunch of unconnected people (which is why I was interested; if the recommendations had all come from a particular group it wouldn't have been that compelling) and I listened to it all in two bursts. I would have just listened straight through but there was a ( Read more... )

There keep being things I want to write about, and then before I get around to it, the next thing happens that I want to write about. So, here's one post with a whole lot of thoughts about various pop-culture things.

Supernatural wrapped up its 8th season a little while ago. Note: What I'm about to does contain spoilers, but if you're not ( Read more... )

It's over, now. The last episode was shown last night, and opinions are divided. No one thinks the finale lives up to the standards of previous Community seasons, but compared to the rest of this season, some think it's decent, some think it's terrible, and I happen to think that it was great ( Read more... )

A new post went up on Hyperbole and a Half today. Over a year ago, the author posted about being depressed, and the blog's been sitting idle since then. Today, she gave us the continuation, and she goes into much more detail describing her depression and how it feels. And this is the single best description of depression that I've ever read in my ( Read more... )

I was depressed today. Nothing happened today that made me depressed, I'm just processing stuff that's been happening lately and being depressed isn't exactly an unusual state for me. Normally I don't write about depression online because I don't like making permanent records of my emotional turmoil. But I want to talk about something that I ( Read more... )

I know, I know, I never post to this one any more, so what business do I have starting another one. But there's something I very much want to do and I think I should do it on a platform dedicated to nothing else ( Read more... )

If you're reading this, let's assume you know I have prosopagnosia, or face-blindness, and move on ( Read more... )

It was slightly less than a year ago. I got a Hulu Plus free trial and watched every episode of Community. When I'd done that, I went out and bought the DVDs of the first two seasons and watched them all again with commentary. I transitioned quickly from a person who was not very familiar with the show at all, to being an avid fan. I loved ( Read more... )

I don't have a lot to say about the Superbowl, because I'm not the sort of person who has a lot to say about the Superbowl. However, there's a brief story I want to tell, and I'll provide a little context for it ( Read more... )

On Saturday I got to go to Cars Land. I hadn't been to either of the Disneyland Resort parks since Cars Land opened, so I was really excited about it!

Cars Land is very well-done. There are lots of fantastic details, and it was clearly created with a great deal of care. The headline attraction is Radiator Springs Racers, which is a great ride. It ( Read more... )