News item 1: RiffTrax blog good Comment on news item 2: New Yorker caption competition, maybe not for me News item 3: there is a home game Thought: Home game equivalent with friends sounds totally awesome Thought: No need to buy home game, but old issues of New Yorker and scissors Love: adding more relevant […]
Twelve people in Baltimore called 911 a LOT, so some agencies got together to tackle those people with lots of (more appropriate) help. This is genius. This totally reflects my own experience with people using public services inappropriately. But I have a question: the article says “An 88-year-old woman who said she called 911 because […]
It’s not every day that I get access to a list of prohibited words, but it occurs to me on reading the one in front of me that you can probably learn a lot about an outfit by what words are prohibited. For one, a section of the document specifically mentions (and I’m quoting directly […]
The United Way of King County has a handy list of languages spoken at home by students with limited English proficiency in the various area school districts, divided by region. South King County has the highest language count, with 117 languages (unsurprising, as it’s where there is more affordable housing for new immigrants). Take a […]
Finally, a somewhat scholarly examination of Bob Marley and the Banana Splits. The latter are returning, apparently.
A little late getting this up, and I will mention that I’m halfway through several books right now. But I’m back in the slow brain season again… On another note, in the background of this pin-up beauty’s love shack, check out those built-in bookshelves!
And this is exactly the caliber of lie you get in public service.
James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon, Phillips. Non-fiction. Julie Phillips has taken an enormous wealth of material (letters to and from Tiptree and Sheldon, Sheldon’s journals, friends’ and colleagues’ reminiscences, and photographs) and used it to present an image of the pseudonymous author and his creator. It’s a fairly heart-breaking image, […]
Soon I Will Be Invincible, Grossman. Yes. I expect I’m not familiar enough with the field to have noticed everything Grossman did here, but it was clearly a labor of love, and I did catch a few things here and there. I saw the seams only a couple times, as Grossman really did a remarkable […]
I’ve been getting librarian spam for a while (buy my poorly-written self-published book that has been reviewed by no-one!), but this one is even better (extra spaces removed): Dear fellow-servant of the blind, This is to inform you of [web address]’s newest music course “Intro to the Harmonica for the Visually Impaired.” This course is […]