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Reading is Not a Form of Political Action: Why Harper’s Subscribers Will Not Survive the Revolution (5)

1/30/10 •

There is nothing so insufferable as someone who mistakes being offensive for being original. I should know; I make at least ten insufficiently thought-out provocative statements a day, usually in the name of trying to be funny. Yesterday, these included:
1. Men with short moms always date tall women;
2. Old West people [...]

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Thoughts on “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” or What Color is Your Werewolf? (0)

1/13/10 •

Saw “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” recently and definitely have some thoughts. First of all, it is a truth universally acknowledged that all boyfriends are either vampire boyfriends or werewolf boyfriends. Some dudes might think that this maxim is facile, reducing bros in all of their wondrous complexity into mere binary objects. To those dudes [...]

A Kitmas Cat-ol (1)

12/25/09 •

Here’s our Youtube Christmas card. Merry Christmas. Enjoy this weird A Christmas Carol parody we did with the cats. Be warned there is some swearing, so maybe don’t show this to little kids unless you want them to start swearing or something.
This video was originally shown at a local Christmas pageant called [...]

A Child’s Guide to Heliciculture, or The Story of the Little Grey Snails (1)

12/12/09 •

In December, the world feels like a broken palace. We wander the ruins at dusk, yanking out clumps of rye and talking about how there was once a garden here. We trundle around in dirty voile dresses, talking about Miss Havisham and glass horses and headless cupids. Down in the valley, the windows are glowing. [...]

Breaking News! New Bob Dylan Video Is Extremely Pretty! (0)

12/08/09 •

This is one of the best videos I’ve seen in a long time. It reminds me of being a kid and trying to achieve subtle hair shading using crayons and screwing it up. Also reminds me a bit of that movie “The Snowman” which all the teachers would haul out in December when they wanted [...]