Whether or not you're a Radiohead fan, I think this is a fun idea - a collection of album covers made by fans who downloaded "In Rainbows ( Read more... )

Well, only if you live in or care about a small town in Ohio where they just had an election decided by the flip of a coin ( Read more... )

Watching "Heroes" last night, I finally realized one big reason why it's been irritating the crap out of me this season: just about every plot development has been set in motion by a stupid decision on the part of a main character ( Read more... )

[This is taken from Whedonesque ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to post this for some time now. Just in case anyone wonders - no, I didn't make this up ( Read more... )

As promised, here is me in my Halloween finery.


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Last night, the temperature dropped and fog came in from the ocean this morning. As a result, there's hope that the fires will be out, or at least controlled, over the course of today. If the Santa Ana winds return, that could change, but for now we're keeping our fingers crossed ( Read more... )

Although I don't think it's because I "don't really have a local identity to begin with." For some reason, ever since the earliest days of radio broadcasting the Midwest accent has been the Officially Acceptable Accent of American Mass Media. I don't know why, but I do know that the accent itself doesn't signify a lack of local identity. (Johnny ( Read more... )

[Which is not the latest offering at the Pussycat Theater, I hasten to add.

This is from today's on-line edition of The New Republic.]

Fantasy Landby Jane Espenson ( Read more... )

Three word survey ( Read more... )