So you liked "Noise"? I listened to the NPR stream once and it didn't grab me. I've been meaning to check it out again but haven't been very excited to do so.

Some highlights for me:

Not surprised that it hasn't been covered by the AVC (though they've hit Chicago a number of times lately), but Wussy's Attica! is one of my favorite albums so far. Glad to see all the buzz they've been getting from other media outlets.

He's no worse than the massive insurance company I work for that also still uses a program based in DOS for various things.

Being from Cincinnati, I definitely have to agree with you about Graeter's, but I still like Jeni's (though the price keeps me from eating more than just a few times a year). Not really the same style or range of flavors between the two.

True, and Paul won the year Giancarlo Esposito was also nominated, so it didn't matter then.

Pretty good chance that Paul and Dean Norton could split the vote (assuming Norton is also nominated for Supporting), allowing someone else to win.

Rust Cohle, ladies and gentlemen!

It's great for a lot of early information about Cobain's childhood years and early Nirvana, but once the Courtney love years roll around, it works best when read along with other sources like Everett True's Nirvana (hardly flawless either) and Mark Yarm's Everybody Loves Our Town.

Wait, don't rub coconut oil on my soles first?

Tinker Tailor is the one Le Carre book I've read so far. I kinda figured it wouldn't all be set in the UK, but I've been wanting to read it for a long time anyway, so I figure now is as good a time as ever.

Currently reading John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley and Nic Pizzolatto's collection of short stories Between Here and the Yellow Sea. For nonfiction, still reading Richard Overy's Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort 1941-1945.

@stansbeard:disqus considering reports like the following exist, I find the idea that kids don't know anything about the Holocaust entirely plausible:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/th…

You need to be more optimistic.

On Writing is a pretty quick read, especially if you skim the early memoir part.

I've actually never read anything by King before. I'm thinking of reading The Shining soon because I love the film (though I understand there are many differences), but most of his other novels don't really interest me.

Recently finished In Cold Blood by Truman Capote and Junky by William S. Burroughs.

I'll repeat what several others have said and recommend "Happy Songs for Happy People" and "Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will" as next steps.

Considering it's the greatest month in sports, you should.

I'll join you.