September 2010
“Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green islets and meadows;...”
– Charles Dickens, from Bleak House. Dickens worked as a clerk in a solicitor’s office and a court stenographer before he first gained recognition for his fiction in his mid-twenties, publishing the Pickwick Papers in serial form from 1836 to 1837. One of the greatest and most prolific authors of the...
2 tags
Reviewing crime fiction
Means that in a weird way my schedule resembles the Eddie Izzard version of a genocidal despot’s diary: “Death, death, death, death, death, death, death, lunch; death, death, death, afternoon tea…”
2 tags
3 tags
1 tag
Watchpopculturebrain:
Trailer: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - Nov 19
Here’s the awaited full length trailer. Beyond, beyond epic. (Update: Fixed the embed, includes the new trailer).
BAD. ASS.
2 tags
“Mastery of language is the primary indication of intelligence, education, and...”
– Dear Coke Talk: On grammar.
I want this whole post embroidered on a tea towel.
1 tag
3 tags
2 tags
YOU GUYS. →
I’ve started reviewing books for the Associated Press. Here’s the first one!
1 tag
1 tag
Let's recap, shall we?
Over the course of 48 hours I have forgotten my phone in Minneapolis and locked myself out of my apartment. I wonder if I subconsciously want to be a hobo.
But it must be said that I would not have locked myself out of my apartment had the USPS delivered my phone this morning like they were supposed to, and in fact like they claim they did, though the salmon-colored notification slip proving this...
3 tags
“One could argue that Clueless was a cultural touchstone, created for the age...”
– a bright wall in a dark room.: Clueless (1995)
Click through for the full review, which is pretty great!
(via nerdshares)
No one should ever feel compelled to justify her/his love for Clueless. Ever. I don’t think enough people give it credit for being as smart as it is (just like Cher!),... 