I know some things are completely out of bounds when it comes to making fun, and while this is one of them, I still have to ask, seriously?

Been craving Penny's Noodle Shop, which is in Chicago, and which I've not eaten since the late '90s or so. What does it mean?

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The Black Francis soundtrack for The Golem is fantastic. I hope more of it is posted on YouTube by blackfrancisnet but til then you get a static image to go with one of the better songs. Which is a shame because this song works well with the movie.

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Some things I've enjoyed recently:

I've been listening to The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, mostly during my commute. I'm only about halfway through. It's good. The setting fascinates me and the characters are vivid. One warning, there are some medical procedures described in excruciating detail in the book. They might not be difficult ( Read more... )

"I was scared. Not of being dead, that I could not comprehend, to be nothing was impossible to grasp and therefore nothing really to be scared of, but the dying itself I could comprehend, the very instant when you know that now comes what you have always feared, and you suddenly realise that every chance of being the person you really wanted to be ( Read more... )

"There is simply no room left for 'freedom from the tyranny of government' since city dwellers depend on it for food, power, water, transportation, protection, and welfare. Your right to live where you want, with companions of your choosing, under laws to which you agree, died in the eighteenth century with Captain Mission. Only a miracle or a ( Read more... )

Love the Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions. Click to check out some of the upcoming covers:

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Dr. Stone's Evil Scale

Well I guess this fellow is the expert but, it seems like he could have collapsed this a little without losing much nuance. And what about thieves, dictators, abusers, cads and other heels, and so on?

Also: Cropsey. (more)

"According to Kurtz, after helping to create the first two Star Wars films, he became disillusioned with Lucas just before Return Of The Jedi, when he noticed that Lucas’ priorities had shifted away from story and character toward selling some toys."Hah. This makes sense and has me feeling validated in a thought I've had about the Star Wars ' ( Read more... )