Red Books, originally uploaded by PPDIGITAL. Infinite Jest is one of my favorite novels. I think of characters and scenes and themes from it nearly every day. But it took me several attempts to read it. I’d get to about page 68, the middle of which reads like this: YEAR OF THE DEPEND ADULT UNDERGARMENT …
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Hey, Mister DJ!
Turntables DJ, originally uploaded by pixel0908. Some days I feel that I have listened to everything on my iTunes playlist as many times as is possible and that I do not have nearly enough music. On such days, I need a wake-up call like this iTunes list meme: a brief tour of my music library …
The walking wounded
In the Jason Bourne movies, the hero runs and jumps and stabs and punches, yet somehow he rarely needs a bandage. Sure, sometimes he takes a break after messily snuffing a bad guy. He retreats to a quiet room and is ministered to by a comely girl. But then he’s back on the streets with …
Coming soon to a DVD player near me
It seems to be a trend to post a list of movies one hasn’t seen but plans to watch. My Netflix queue is currently around 450 items long. Some of these are compilations of TV shows and recordings of concerts, but even without them it’s too long a list to burden you with here. But …
Not my kind of guy
In March, there’s a blogging thing going on in which you post a list every day. Lists are easy entertaining, so while I may not post 31 of them I’ll chip in with a few. Lately I’m spending an inordinate amount of time crashed on the couch, watching movies. There are certain movie stars whose …
What drives me to you is what drives me insane
Weeks (months?) ago, Caroline of Pinky’s Paperhaus tagged me for a list-meme thing, and it’s well past time I responded. Here are the rules: We have to post these rules before we give you the facts. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about …
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