I've jumped a few cars in my time, but since tackling my dead car battery with Severin in Savannah and reading all sorts of maintenance advice, I am freaking prepared in terms of car battery troubleshooting and solutions. In Savannah, the problem ultimately boiled down to a malfunctioning car battery, which meant buying a new one. My preventative ( Read more... )

Cages is being reprinted in paperback this July from Dark Horse!!!!

I'm so there.

=D

Since I barely even saw the most-wanted movies of 2008, this Top 10 will be labeled--

Top 10 Movies I Saw That Were Released in 2008
1. The Dark Knight
2. Snow Angels
3. Wall-E
4. My Blueberry Nights
5. Tropic Thunder
6. Be Kind Rewind
7. Speed Racer
8. Pineapple Express
9. Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
10. Encounters At The End of the World

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Just finished Deathly Hallows tonight, and the facebook group is correct: Longbottom is a Stone-Cold Motherfucking Badass. His character arc throughout the series is hands-down my favorite over anyone else's. Plus, screw J.K. Rowling's announced intentions, I think he and Luna Lovegood are the perfect couple (Who the hell is Hannah, anyway? She's

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"The group representing the U.S. music industry says it will abandon its policy of suing people for sharing songs protected by copyright."

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GREENIS!

(thanks to Jenny for linking it to me in the first place)

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A couple days ago I got an e-mail from the Yemassee southern literary journal (representing USC) by way of the Poetry Initiative folks. They "invited" and "pre-selected" me to submit some writing, ANY writing, to them for their upcoming issue. Deadline Thursday. At first, I thought, "Easy, just take the 3-5 best poems from the chapbook!" but the ( Read more... )