Aug 22 2008

Can't say I like the new Stop & Shop logo. At least the old one was related to stopping and shopping.

Aug 20 2008

Wired profiles Neal Stephenson. Loved the Baroque Cycle, but it had one flaw on the hardcover spine: the second and third books use a long s, but the first volume doesn't. Looking forward to Anathem.

Aug 17 2008

Movie Review:
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Aug 14 2008

I can't believe the Goliath Cranes that lorded over Quincy are being dismantled and shipped to Romania.

Aug 08 2008

I always loved the AMG take on Jon Spencer: "…inspired showman or mendacious con man (frankly, he's both)."

Jul 30 2008

The United States has a long history of dirty politics, particularly when it comes to alleged religious affiliations.

Jul 22 2008

Higher education isn't about learning, it's about defining class strata. Related.

Jul 18 2008

They should start their own all-female counterclergy, and let people decide which Catholic church they like best. Like Antipopes.

Jul 09 2008

The drummers were there first. Learn to enjoy it. Maybe even participate. Anyone can drum.

Jun 24 2008

The New Yorker has a thing for self-harming psychiatric disorders:
The Itch. Lesch-Nyhan.

Jun 21 2008

Mad Men returns on July 27th, looking to inherit the title of best cable drama now that The Wire is finished. This NYT profile of its creator is a nice aperitif.

Jun 20 2008

If only the Bible were as well written as Paradise Lost. It's… inspired.

Jun 19 2008

It's a great time to be a film critic. Not so great to be a film fan.

Jun 16 2008

"I want to give a picture of Dublin so complete that if the city one day suddenly disappeared from the earth it could be reconstructed out of my book." It's Bloomsday.

Jun 15 2008

You can tear down the projects, but the abstract root causes of poverty are harder to demolish.

Jun 12 2008

Pirate Community Radio in Dorchester, filling a void and facing extinction.

Jun 11 2008

Forbes has featured my articles quite prominently in their Father's Day Gift Guide

Jun 09 2008

"Measured against the problem we face, planting a garden sounds pretty benign, I know…"

Jun 08 2008

The table of recurring themes in the work of John Irving is hilarious. Everyone should have their work splayed out so coolly.

Notations»

Can't say I like the new Stop & Shop logo. At least the old one was related to stopping and shopping.

Wired profiles Neal Stephenson. Loved the Baroque Cycle, but it had one flaw on the hardcover spine: the second and third books use a long s, but the first volume doesn't. Looking forward to Anathem.

Movie Review:
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

I can't believe the Goliath Cranes that lorded over Quincy are being dismantled and shipped to Romania.

I always loved the AMG take on Jon Spencer: "…inspired showman or mendacious con man (frankly, he's both)."


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