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kfan: distorte: Also, knowing that I’m publicising my reading list also keeps me away from...

I’ve just gotten to the end of my...

“Don’t waste any time with this rubbish—the guy...”
— Some guy on goodreads. Is...

“Factoids from the latest Billboard Boxscore: * That weird...”
— Hitsville » Those poor...

Guys, you’ve got to warn us upfront if you’re saying anything about the new Batman...

So I got to watching some Battlestar Galactica when I was a little under the weather last week....

Read this small piece about floating cities in the Irish...

I’m going to stop wearing a watch just so I can say “Look at my wrist, I really must be...

The Case for the Setup

To everyone who read (and laughed) at Josh’s Twitter post yesterday, you might enjoy the...

Are you interested in stories? Are you interested in...

catbird: Insound 20: Small Stakes Tees, Hoodies and...

Daytime Prize Winner » A Good Fight

I am Banksy.

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I was (and am) a big Narnia fan. I was also raised relatively loosely when it came to religion. It...

I’m watching A Very Brady Sequel on television right now and Pavement’s Cut Your Hair is...

A Hypothetical Question About Beverages

perpetua: You get to have a fountain in your home that will dispense three beverages. You will have...

I was looking for that supposed Natalie Portman quote about The Shins having saved her life...

What people don’t realise I think about The Happening is that it’s taking the piss. None...

Can Twitter Crack the Teen Market?

Watched Batman: Gotham Knight last night right. 6 different stories with very different visual...

Can’t help but feel a little panicky checking in on...

10 Word Reviews of Last Week's Movies

1. Hancock: Usual WillSmith Effect but terribleness wasn’t his fault this time.2. Forgetting...

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I have days where I really miss The Knowledge For Thirst.

There is a new thing in the city this summer where kids are listening to tunes from the loudspeaker...

Gawd, it’s so quiet in here today. HEEELLOOOO?

Little bit down about admitting I’ve watched some Heroes there yesterday. Feel like I am...

Imagine every time you wrote something on the Internet 100 Gawker commenters piled onto your post...

maura: I’m just reblogging this to say that i hate sudoku. HATE. Not only is it dumb and artless,...

“You know when you visit another country and you see that it...”
— Stephen Fry

My delicious tags all computer-typographied.

This was tucked in the new Silver Jews LP I bought today....

kfan: Fever Dream Ghost Book My new book will be done in a...

About six months ago I started wearing headphones outside the house. Instead of earphones. For the...

I feel sorry for Jakob Lodwick because if I was famous on the Internet I know people would be really...

Sweet Like a Crow

Your voice sounds like a scorpion being pushed through a glass tube like someone has just trod on a...

Hundreds of Proofs of God's Existence

maura: bg5000: eatsleepdraw: my tribute to billy...

The Only 8-Minute Plus Songs I Ever Want...

sarahb: Kashmir, Led Zeppelin Bad, U2 Girl From the North Country, Secret Machines ...

Heinz pulls ad showing men kissing

kfan: I love this meme. You are in a mall when the zombies attack. You have:1. One weapon.2. One...

So the deal is: last week i was knocking around this idea that there are certain questions that mean...

“The Earth world feels big again. Th” Just found this on a piece of paper tucked into my...

Steven Poole: Fugitive pieces

GIVE ME BACK MY INTERNET.

My name is Pierce and I’m a bzzagent and last Christmas I never called my mother. And when she...

One apostrophe shift away from being the least shocking...

Saw a Beach House and Fleet Foxes double bill last night at Whelan’s. Both were delightful....

Guys, today is “World Elder Abuse Day”.

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Apropos of nothing

catbird: Actually, if there as a button marked “Blow Up/Destroy The Entire Universe As We Know It,”...

So the Lisbon Treaty referendum is happening as we speak. Voting booths open until ten tonight. I...

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Drivin' on 9

sarahb: osmium: i am a fun nazi on myself. as i was taking it, i was like i suck oh my god i hate...

kfan: Look: I can’t speak to her motivations, and I don’t know what it’s like being on a date with...

Saw Malkmus (& the Jicks) last night and it was great to see a band just go crazy on guitars and...

For years (like years) I thought that Todd Levin was an old-ish gay guy, because across the top of...

“Static music that you’ve absorbed passively through earphones mutated and engorged and...

jimrock: jakoblodwick: It’s true. I’ve been working on my...

I was at Radiohead in Malhide Castle in Dublin last night (Saturday). Great gig. One nice new song,...

I have this new trick for making mornings more bearable. I drink a pint of water right when I wake...

And so an insufferable audio snob is...

Been thinking a bit about the purchasing of music lately. It’s beginning to feel a little like...

kfan: sarahb: For KFan I get two interpretations: the...

COLLABORATOR. Historical situations, always new, unveil man’s constant possibilities and allow...

Here is the story of my local bookshop. There are approximately 100 sets of bookshelves not...

If we are allowed to talk about things that tick us off  over here , then I’m going to give...

Watched Casablanca for the first time last weekend (it’s a great film! Who knew?) and...

Ever notice how everyone on the Internet talks an awful lot about being on the Internet? “When...

Dunno if you are reading Choire Sicha these days but sometimes I just skip the post and go straight...

Pierce's American Shows That Don't Make...

This is just a sampling of stuff. Obviously I enjoy a lot of American television that people already...

The Man in Bogotá - Amy Hempel

The police and emergency service people fail to make a dent. The voice of the pleading spouse does...

Books or Music?

I’m kind of seeing the attraction of 4 hours sleep this morning. Your brain doesn’t have...

I had a dream so graphic and disturbing last night that I’m feeling a little sick every time I...

Something interesting about this whole reblogging thing is if you post a grammatical error and...

kfan: I was lying in bed awake last night at 2:30, wondering what my problem is, that I have to...

kfan: I got tagged three years ago to do a thing and never noticed until now. I figure better...

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Do you think they ever accidentally call someone middle-aged for interview at Connected Ventures?...

Last Read Update

You can approach it from a couple of different angles. What are you trying to achieve in those last...

KIOSK - Red Kånken

If you had 24 hours to live, a room with four walls, a chair and no door, and your choice of book...

Lifeblock Rules

kfan: But now with less internet time to distract me from the pain of life, I’m noticing all these...

“People are always saying you should be yourself, like...”
— Angela Chase

Things I don't understand about the...

I don’t want to be mr. bitch about the internet over here but why are you making a podcast? I...

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The problem with blogging, of course, is not that it is dragging you away from your writing....

The problem with Twitter, of course, is not that it is dragging you away from your writing. Because,...

The weather has not significantly improved since I took this...

Help with writing #1

Sometimes (always) I have difficulty coming up with character names for stories. If this happens to...

Bookend

I’m sorry, it’s just pictures of apples from here on.