Goodbye, Pat Summerall
Broadcasts of NFC games haven't been the same without him. He had a gift for making any name he pronounced sound like the most awesome name given to any person…
What D.P. MacManus Said
Noodling around on the internet (which takes up a huge amount of my time) yielded this quote from Elvis Costello that I agree with only wholeheartedly: We're all just animals. That's…
My Song of the Day
"Sweet Jane" by Lou Reed. I dunno. Something about my rant on Todd Solondz made me think of the lyric "And there's even some evil mothers/Well they're gonna tell you…
Explosions
Dreadful events in Boston today. It's always hard to know exactly what to say when a person or group of people decide to express themselves through murder. Stunned silence is…
So Over It Contest #15: Street Corner Edition
No winner for last week's contest (sigh). The correct answer was the University Bridge connecting the University District to Eastlake in Seattle. It was dedicated on April 7th, 1933 by…
I Won’t Watch. Don’t Ask Me.
The Onion AV Club started a conversation that got me thinking about the pop culture that I deliberately avoid, that I want to know as little about as possible. I…
10 Rules Of Being A Writer
Zadie Smith wrote hers. These are mine. 1. Be born in a country with a reasonably well-run public education system, or, failing that, be born into a family wealthy enough…
How To Build A Twitter Following Without Making An Ass of Yourself
Kelsye Nelson held this talk on Google a few hours ago. It's aimed primarily at authors like me (I saw it because I'm an author like me. Coincidence?) but anyone…
The Fun Bits Of Editing Galleys for Summer of Long Knives
--Research the origin of the expression "Bull dyke". (It's actually a fascinating story.) --Discriminate between the terms "in stir" and "in the stir". --Research why, and exactly when, Germany switched…
Coming Unglued
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