I first read The Stand when I was 13, oddly enough in a crazed survivalist house in the Marin hills, and the book had a profound impact on me. I’ve read it a few times since then, but it’s been some years, so it was nice to return to it. This book is every bit …
Daily Archives: 1 September, 2008
Coming Soon to a Blog Near You
Get ready for a blockbuster Photo Friday, kids!
Palin
I should apologize in advance to my foreign readers: there’s going to be a lot of stuff about politics in the next few months, and some of it is probably going to be really boring for you, unless you are really interested in American politics. That said, I really hope you engage in the discussion, …
August Book Project Report
In August, I read 31 books, and 9,899 pages. That works out to one book and 319 pages/day, which puts August roughly in the middle of my numbers for the year. I think this may be because I was introducing Baxt to Buffy, so I spent a lot of time watching Buffy last month, and …
Recreatin’ ’68
The Republicans are gearing up for their convention in Minneapolis/St. Paul, which means more awesome convention coverage, all week long, baby. If I were you, I wouldn’t miss any episodes of the Daily Show, because, given how fantastic their coverage was last week, I am expecting comedy gold in a pretty major way here. I …