Unicorns? No way, if you belive The Irish Rovers, and how can you not? It'd be like not believing Rolf Harris.

I would have thought that Arizona would be general public and Orange County would be christians. Boy, this diversity action is really taking off.

Oh, hey, just a post in appreciation for the AVC asking this "what are you reading" question periodically, and for all the responses. I always get tons of recommendations from this column, and reminders. Like the one today that reminded me I HAVE a copy of House of Leaves and for some reason haven't even started…

I'm not trying to be cute or whatever, but Stephen Fry did a pretty tidy updating of the Count of Monte Cristo a few years back. It was called The Stars' Tennis Balls in the UK, just Revenge over here. Takes place in the 1980s-90s and works really well.
That said, seems like I should check the Robin Buss translation…

I think it was a brief description (sans spoilers) of the end scene in a Roger Ebert review that made me seek out this movie. Pretty sure it was Ebert, and that he just alluded to the fact that it was a sweet and completely natural scene. The whole movie works brilliantly all the way through though — I love…

Re-reading Scott Lynch's second Gentleman Bastards book (Red Seas Under Red Skies) after just rereading the first (The Lies of Locke Lamora). Why? Because the third one is finally out and it's coming my way soon via amazon.
(Oh, also Midnight Rising, about John Brown, and an old Westlake [writing as Tucker Coe - the…

I wasn't sure it wasn't just a pile of severed muppet heads, then I noticed a severed Gaga head too, and felt okay about it.

The only reason I shoot foxes is that they go around wearing human skin. Barbaric.

Sounds… awful, that popcorn/M&Ms thing… but I do remember Roger Ebert talking about chewing Milk Duds and then putting popcorn into his mouth, to get sort of a caramel corn deal going.
But that's Ebert, I never heard of anyone else doing anything like it.

I was at a movie theatre in Germany just this morning. First they showed a bunch of ads and THEN they let me buy popcorn. I also bought an Audi, so I guess they're onto something,.

Yeah, to me it's not gonna be a Family Circus documentary unless there are footprints all over the town showing where Billy has been. Or Jeffy, or Peabo. Whatever, those kids all look the same to me.

Actually, "October 15, 2013" is O'Neal's orginal name. Changed at Ellis Island.

Pretty sure he doesn't perform it any more, but Loudon Wainwright has a pretty hilarious song called The Hardy Boys at the Y….

Well… Mary Jane just doesn't listen. Tiger.

When is the Supreme Court going to deal with THIS?

If Paul had died later than at 40.. at ANY time before he did that ridiculous "Freedom" song, we would look at his music differently. We would say "at least he died before writing that Freedom song" and we would rejoice.

he "passed" as in is no longer with us? Because I would fall down dead too, if I lied to F. Lee Bailey. My heart wouldn't be able to take it.

So, did you hear the GW Bush Library burned down? Yes, pretty tragic, burned both books. And he hadn't even finished coloring one of them yet.
[adapted from a Utah Phillips stage comment — it was about Spiro Agnew then, but it still works.]

Didn't hear you because of the coughing, Miller. I mentioned Brown Harvest above (or below, damn Disqus anyway). It's a tidy little novel and I especially loved the appearance of one C. George and a certain yellow-hatted man….

Think no more - read Brown Harvest by Jay Russell….