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Lighter Fare: A Note Placed in the Pay Envelope of Billy "the Piano Man" Joel
I enjoy reading the essays at McSweeney's; they remind me of the funnier "Shouts and Murmurs" articles in The New Yorker. This one in particular by John Moe I adore, being a Billy Joel fan and all. It never fails to make me laugh out loud ( Read more... ) -
Adrift
It's the end of the semester and I'm suffering from school fatigue. Thirty-six credits (18 classes) in, and I'm questioning its relevance again. I've also begun to suffer an inferiority complex, because while I'm puttering along to finish a Bachelor's program, several folks I know are completing Master's courses. I'm not any less miserable in my ( Read more... ) -
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Night-Writing and English essay-writing are at utter odds. Consequently, I don't feel like I've the time for either.
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Hm.
My English professor recommended me as a writing tutor. I'd consider it, but the gig requires me to take two classes that only occur in the morning/early afternoon ( Read more... ) -
Better Late Than Never: 5 Things Meme
It's Spring Break at the sunny University of Vermont, so it's time to finally finish things that have been put off, like, for a year (!) This is my dust-covered response to danceswithsteps' contribution to the meme:
1. Superheroes: One of my favorite songs from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, it sounds a lot like the theme song to The Incredible Hulk, but is not ( Read more... ) -
Crazy Winter: Resolution Update
I haven't been doing that great with my 2010 resolutions, honestly. It's been a stressful couple of months ( Read more... ) -
Happy Valentine's Day!
(Alternately, Happy Lunar (Chinese) New Year, Anna Howard Shaw Day, or Horny Werewolf Day.)
A short V-Day poem by Neil Gaiman:
Roses are red,
Violets are purple,
Which is a very hard word to rhyme
And makes me happy that on February the 14th we don't traditionally have to give each other oranges.
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"The Things" by Peter Watts
Here's an engrossing and clever retelling of John Carpenter's The Thing from the perspective of the titular character.
You'll only find this link interesting if you're a fan of the film, of course (which I consider the best science fiction-horror fusion since Alien). Watts crafts a protagonist that's simultaneously alien yet sympathetic. I ( Read more... ) -
Folllowing in 2010 (via Daniel Pink)
On New Year's Day, darthlara and I attended a phone conference/webinar hosted by Dan Pink, an author whose observations we respect immensely. (A Whole New Mind was the most influential book that I read in 2009.) The teleseminar was held as thanks to those who had purchased his new release Drive (which Lara is currently reading). He shared with the 500 ( Read more... )