iMeme
OK, because this Tohu Bohu was getting lonely, but Your Humble Blogger hasn’t the mental capacity at the moment to write an actual note: The latest iTunes meme! (Ooh, I’m using meme that way again. Ooh!) How many songs? Oddly…
never yet emerged from the stage of chaos
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Well, and it’s been about two years since Your Humble Blogger started writing down bits of notes about various things. It doesn’t seem remotely possible that I’ve been blogging for two years, and yet it also seems odd to me…
Book Report: Airborn
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A month or so ago, Your Humble Blogger added to the old aggregator a terrific blog by Farah Mendlesohn about YA/SF. Well, children’s SF. Anyway, she wrote a very positive note about Kenneth Oppel’s book Airborn, so I checked it…
Beep-beep! Oh, pardon me, my detector’s gone off again…
Since reading the New York Times article “Between Truth and Lies, An Unprintable Ubiquity”, I have been absolutely deluged with references to the Harry Frankfurt’s newish book On Bullshit. Why is that? What are people trying to say? Perhaps my…
a-wha?
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Well, and I’m back. Much rumination occurred, some of which may find its way into this Tohu Bohu over the coming week or two, but for now, Gentle Reader, I am tired. Come back tomorrow, y’all. I did, however, like…
Gone, daddy, gone
Well, and Your Humble Blogger is hitting the proverbial road, and will therefore likely not be posting for a few days. Back on Sunday, I think, refreshed and all. Thank you,-Vardibidian….
Grumpy grumpy me
So. Your Humble Blogger saw Million Dollar Baby the other day. And the rest of this column is about the plot twist, and its representations elsewhere. So if you want to be surprised by the twist—and I was, more or…
we-Tunes
Well, and Francis points out the unfortunate prevalence of inappropriate wedding music. His solution is to hold tight to the wedding list. Sadly, this is not really sufficient, or wasn’t in the case of Your Humble Blogger and his Best…
Early, Late, what’s the difference
Your Humble Blogger is not very knowledgeable about music. Considering how much time I spend listening, and how high a priority it is for me to listen to music I like, I hardly ever talk about music. That’s a shame,…
Lots of scare quotes, but don’t be frightened
Gentle Readers who are into schadenfreude have probably been following the Jeff “Gannon” miniscandal. For those who have not, more power to you, and if for some reason you want to delve into the nonsense, I suppose you can start…