Yeah, definitely suffered from some serious bloat, and Mitchell seems a tad too enamored of his own world building — I had a hard time keeping track of all the minor Horologists and their assorted past lives, and their special lingo was cringe-inducing. But, like I said, his writing style hooks me and sustains his…

Finished David Mitchell’s The Bone Clocks and have to say I was a tad…underwhelmed. I personally thought his lesser-regarded companion book Slade House was much better. But I dig his prose and his whole multiple-interconnected-first-persons-spanning-great-swathes of time thing, so it was still entertaining. Moved on…

i love IPAs and even I'm sick to death of them.

I've always looked at this country as a wayward child with lots of potential who always ends up letting you down but you love him anyway.

Ninja vs. Unicorn and Beer Hates Astronauts. Both very good IPAs but absolutely nothing you haven't had before from a bunch of different brewers. Cool can art too. Plus twee smug-with-our-own-cleverness names to boot.

I don't know that putting an American flag on a dumpster really sends the message they think it sends. But then again, maybe they actually do think America is garbage.

I recall reading that the majority of anti-vaxxers seem to be liberal. Conservatives do not have a corner on science denial.

Anti-vaxxers are generally liberal types, not conservative Christian types (though there is some overlap).

There Will Be Social Security.

"Five nannies have left the role in the last year,”

Roger Ebert loved lots of terrible movies.

I didn't think it was unsuitable. It was a fairly intelligent movie and the violence wasn't glamorized. I'd never let him watch torture porn crap like Saw or slasher movies or anything like that.

The Dead Milkmen covered this topic years ago with their song about the perils of dating a gorilla.

Ha! Just thinking about that. I actually paid to see that horrible piece of crap in the movie theater. Though Furst and the nerdy guy were the only things I remember being even remotely funny, or memorable.

Clerks 1

That first video reconfirmed my decision not to watch any Tarentino movies after Jackie Brown.

Oh.

Sounds uncomfortable in inclement weather.

Well, they were for winter use, obviously. And they weren't too warm, they just didn't fit quite right.

Sure it's creepy but I'm not ashamed.