As someone who watched 30 episodes of New Girl within the last 5 days, I agree.  (Show's a goddamned addiction.)

Never liked the term "sexy," for the same reason.  Technically, two dogs humping is "sexy."

Just finished The Love Song of Jonny Valentine, by Teddy Wayne, which I enjoyed.  I had some misgivings before I started, mainly that it would be a lazy parody of Justin Bieber with no value aside from a few laughs, but I'd seen enough online about it that I figured I'd give it a shot.  I was surprised by how much I…

The Squirrel Machine by Hans Rickheit.  It's more intense than Black Hole - some really messed-up imagery - but it's gorgeous, character-driven, and has a similar tone.

How did you feel about High Castle?  I loved Ubik, Palmer Eldritch, and Scanner, but High Castle left me cold.  I may have been expecting too much from it because the premise is great, it's supposed to be one of his most "accessible" books, and I'd read so many laudatory comments about it online.  It's not that it's…

Read House of Leaves in as dark an atmosphere as possible, optimally at night with only a book light. 

I've had this for years but never read it, mostly because I don't want to damage the tissue-thin jacket.  Will have to brave that possibility soon, apparently!

Child of God is indeed bleak, but if you like your humor pitch-black (as I do) the bleakness is tempered by it somewhat.  The most unpleasant book I've ever read was The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum, and I don't see that one being unseated by anything any time soon.

@bcfred:disqus  After reading Blood Meridian and The Road, Suttree surprised me with it's humanity, Child of God with it's straightforwardness, and both with their dark, dark humor.  I never know what to expect with McCarthy other than a sense of melancholy and hopelessness after I'm done.

Have you read anything by Terry Pratchett?  Although I'm a huge fan of Good Omens, I tried to read a couple of the Discworld books and couldn't stand them.  His humor is throughout Good Omens, but it's tempered by Gaiman's style.  Perhaps Pratchett's not for you.

It's tedious and depressing, but not pointless, and it's certainly not grueling enough to be worth skipping out on the rest of the book. 

Bob. Benson.
Suzerain.

@avclub-a3e80e62340f85e584f072b212415d32:disqus  wins "Most Erudite Simile of the Day."

From age 14 to 19 I was with someone who preyed on my (formerly) low self-esteem, in the guise of "No one will ever love you like I do," "I'm the only one who understands you," etc., etc.  It got to the point that I was so miserable - from the passive-aggressive emotional abuse, the constant denigration of my…

Harry Hamlin and Ted Danson were both part of the same secret, government-funded trial created to turn unremarkable himbos into dashing older gentlemen.

A pox on @avclub-df106893a4574bccb7bce1ff66e788b9:disqus for making me remember Timeline.  What a terrible movie.

The first image that popped in my head was Lois (Guy's gracious foot remover, off the show for 2+ seasons but for some reason she's the one I thought of) throwing fists in a sweaty pit.  Thank you for that, sincerely.

All the likes.  All of them.

I always thought the line was "there are no angels/there are devils and men in wings/take it like a man."  The unfortunate thing about mondegreens is when you like your version better.

Glad I'm not the only one who immediately went to Amazon, then felt duped by what, in retrospect, was probably a well-crafted quip.  Seriously though, if this book exists, I want to read it.  Inquiring minds!