Condition of Mr. Segundo: Harried and henpecked. Author: Nina Hartley Subjects Discussed: The meaning of “total sex,” vanilla vs. “alternative” sex, basics vs. options, self-acceptance,…
Condition of Mr. Segundo: Ready to party in the Biblical sense. Author: Amy Sedaris Subjects Discussed: The lost art of hospitality, Martha Stewart, party theme…
Kevin Sampsell writes: “Ron Hogan at Beatrice.com may have helped sink Judith Regan, but Ed Champion at Edrants.com gets this year’s award. His acidic-yet-informative style…
Michael Blowhard observes that the NYTBR is a failure on the popular fiction front as well: “To use an analogy: imagine a movie magazine. It…
The 50 Greatest Cartoons, with video. (via Kevin Smokler) The Times: “Educated people are not supposed to believe in ghosts. This has done nothing to…
It was a good year. It was very good year. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the…
The Daily Mail: “British scientists are on the verge of producing a revolutionary flu vaccine that works against all major types of the disease. Described…
Catoosa County News: “Catoosa author Marnie Pehrson was just honored as one of Barnes and Noble’s top 100 best-selling authors….Pehrson adds that her books are…
Ben Macintyre: “Take a look at Tintin’s eyebrows. They are two, single-line half circles, above eyes that are no more than blank holes in a…
Oh, quit your bitchy whining, you goddam blogging prima donnas. Boing Boing, Jason Kottke, Jeffrey Zeldman, Matt Haughey, and the so-called “A-list bloggers” have never…
Philip K. Dick, “How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart”: “Do not believe — and I am dead serious when I say this…
BBC: “David Tennant is ‘committed’ to Doctor Who, the BBC insists, despite a report that he is leaving the sci-fi drama. The Sun claimed the…
The Top Ten Video Moments from 2006, although it seems a major oversight not to include this one.
2006 wouldn’t be complete without another inept appearance from those dimwitted trendsetters at the Slate Audio Book Club! When last we checked in with the…
Condition of Mr. Segundo: Ready to drink geologists under the table. Author: Simon Winchester Subjects Discussed: San Francisco’s edgy impermanence, San Francisco vs. Venice and…
One thing I love about year’s end is the funky list. 10 Zen Monkeys serves up another: The Worst Vlogs of 2006. (Thanks, David Cassel.)…
I had been holding off on the news until I had more details, but since Megan popped the cherry on this goodness, I’ll simply point…
Justine Larbaleister has some good suggestions for oversensitive writers. Time Out London lists the top ten children’s books of 2006. This morning, when I woke…
Condition of Mr. Segundo: Trying to locate his voice. Author: Claire Messud Subjects Discussed: Richard Yates’ Revolutionary Road, references to revolution in The Emperor’s Children,…
If you sent me an email yesterday, please try again. I may not have received it. I’ve just rectified some email issues.
Finally, a “Home & Garden” article I can concur with: “An anti-anticlutter movement is afoot, one that says yes to mess and urges you to…
Dean Koontz writing Xmas books? Wrong on multiple levels. Ngugi wa Thoing’o believes the death sentence handed to his assailants was too harsh. I’ll have…