peterme.com (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
For the first time since the birth of our son, Jules, last night Stacy and I went out on a date to see a movie, handing the kid into the very capable hands of a babysitter friend. Given the rarity of this occasion, I scanned Metacritic to make the most of this choice. I dismissed [...]
The Chief Source (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
I'm starting to realize what a dangerously obsessive-compulsive personality I really have. Kyle can testify that I've actually hand counted not only the blog's individual posts but the individual comments just for my own neurotic 'data-analysis' - any excuse to make a pretty spreadsheet. With that in mind... back in '05 I started monitoring something I called my 'literary diet' this obsession
Make Marketing History (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Rightly or wrongly, I stopped looking at my blog stats well over a year ago. That way neurosis lies. But, via my RSS reader, I am informed of how many of you kindly subscribe using that tool. Overnight, not having blogged in two days, I lost three subscribers and that got me thinking. Had I (or Loren Feldman) offended readers with my Motrin post, had I bored them into submission, had they just lost...
14 Giants (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
In no particular order: Bulk food sections. Unless the item is individually wrapped and sealed, I will not purchase it. I’ve seen far too many people stick their grubby paws into a bin to “sample” the item. Icky icky poo! Yuck. Dog “kisses.” [shiver] Sorry. It’s not cute to be licked by an animal all over one’s [...]
Avuncular American (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Michael Kimmelman's "In France, It’s Vive Le Cinéma of Denial" (NYT, 3 November 2008) prompted me to write this post, instead of an irate letter to the editor. This is Kimmelman's picture of French cinema: escapist, self-indulgent, "intellectual." He bemoans...
Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
The only Marxist philosopher I admire—i.e., Groucho—is credited with this joke which casts Murawiec’s pretentious gobbledygook in the appropriate light: “Q: What do you get when you cross an insomniac, an agnostic, and a dyslexic? A: Someone who stays up all night wondering if there is a Dog.”Bostom comes out blasting and rightly so. Bostom's eviscerates Laurent Murawie's latest apology for Islam,...
Z-Word Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
My earlier post about Avraham Burg has generated some sharp exchanges in the comments. One contributor feels that I unfairly compared Burg with Norman Finkelstein. But I stand by that comparison and I will now make one more. Burg also reminds me of Gilad Atzmon. Atzmon - variously an ex-Israeli, an ex-Jew or both - has written [...]
Popdose (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Things have been hectic at the Test of the Boomerang headquarters: I just became a father, and things have been understandably hectic. I took a break from changing nappies, though, to put together a little mix. It’s a real mixed bag today, folks — I have Jarboe’s sweet cover of Blind Faith’s “Can’t Find My [...]
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Santo Domingo.- Business mogul Jose Luis Corripio (Pepin) today said Dominicans’ priority should be to solve the energy and education problems, which the population will greatly appreciate if the Government solves them.
Tiny Mix Tapes (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
A Christmas Tale Dir. Arnaud Desplechin [IFC Films; 2008]152 minutes----Genre: drama, christmasOthers: Kings and Queen, Esther Kahn, My Sex Life...or How I Got Into An ArgumentLinks: - Sporting a deceptively bland title, A Christmas Tale places the viewer inside a tempest of neurosis and dysfunction that doesn’t relent for a whirlwind two and a half hours. You’ll find no gift-wrapped resolutions here;...
lost at e minor (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Not all dark, epic music has to be harsh. British songstress Rose Kemp builds operatic folk tunes that crescendo from acoustic, string-infused atmospherics into menacing, down-tuned heaviness, drawing as much from Neurosis as she does from PJ Harvey, Kate Bush, and even Massive Attack. Decidedly more Lilith Fair than Ozzfest, Kemp proves that gloomy music [...]
Fetch me my axe (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
O'REILLY: Now, the Sarah Palin hysteria. I mean, can you believe she's getting more ink now than the president-elect is getting? Didn't she lose? It looks like she won.MILLER: Listen, she's a great dame. People are fascinated by her because the left hate her. I think the left hate her -- mostly women on the left hate her, because to me, from outside in, it appears that she has a great sex life. All...
Eternal Echoes (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
It has been a mixed up day today, first I had to deal with a little of my own neurosis ...self criticism gone mad is not a useful trait to nurture! Having climbed that mountain I paused for a while...
[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
Written by: Emilio Dalise (SoSF Staff Journalist Its no secret I like Terminator: TheSarah Connor Chronicles. Its true I am pretty harsh on some of the characters when commenting on the forums, but I...
Just Another Blog (From L. A.)™ (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Posted by M. Bouffant at Labels: , , , , , , , , , , 0 comments: Subscribe to: Reviews from the big time (We would've put this in the header, Althouse-style, but...):"...provides a ruefully funny running commentary from a homeless writer blogging from the public library. The subject is mostly local and national politics, but from a perspective far removed from the Villagers'...
