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so i was watching an *exquisitely* bad supernatural romance last night, and the hero—a very good actor, and the sort of person you'd rea...

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the missus and i, geeky tv fans both, started watching doctor who 53 years after the first doctor stepped out of his T.A.R.D.I.S. and appro...

the library emailed me a few days ago to let me know that the anthony bourdain crime novel i'd reserved was going to get reshelved if i...

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on black cats of all kinds, if you feel that the universe is cold and vacant, know that there is an independent music venue in our nation...

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09.24.10 i turned my phone back on as i walked down grand street last night; wabes and i had just seen SWINTON in i am love . i'd rec...

08.18.10 THUNDERTOME : ROUND 22 SURVIVOR: tree of smoke (denis johnson)* CHALLENGER: in the woods (tana french) this foreign thrillers ...

05.12.10 THUNDERTOME : ROUND 15 SURVIVOR: let the great world spin (colum mccann)* CHALLENGER: more tales of the city (armistead maupin) ...

05.10.10 THUNDERTOME : ROUND 14 SURVIVOR: let the great world spin (colum mccann)* CHALLENGER: tales of the city (armistead maupin) like...

04.20.10 : the dirty dozen, part II {watching it} 04 it's just as well that i didn't buy one of the high-concept bird feeders i eyed...

03.12.10 in third grade i developed an obsession with the psychedelic furs' "heartbreak beat" video. midnight to midnight was...

01.12.10 THUNDERTOME : ROUND 2 SURVIVOR: the simple art of murder (raymond chandler)* CHALLENGER: why buffy matters: the art of buffy the ...

11.02.09 when i was a wee lass, we didn't mess around on halloween: my mother has an art degree from stanford, and she put it to good us...