I thought that both of them would work as cartoons, something about the descriptions of Eben and Burlingame made me imagine them as something out of that old Hobbit cartoon or the early Monkey Island games.  I think the diary of John Smith would be fun to see as a cartoon, considering how it differs from the Disney…

I liked Unforgivable Blackness and Jazz, but I was largely unfamiliar with the subjects before seeing the films.  Having read The Worst Hard Time I feel like this is a lot of retread, and with Egan being openly used as a source it's pretty obviously at least partly the case.  Still, the first hand descriptions and…

I liked Unforgivable Blackness and Jazz, but I was largely unfamiliar with the subjects before seeing the films.  Having read The Worst Hard Time I feel like this is a lot of retread, and with Egan being openly used as a source it's pretty obviously at least partly the case.  Still, the first hand descriptions and…

The excerpt published in the New Yorker was pretty good, but I don't know if I could read 635 pages of that voice.  I've only read a couple of his novels as of now, so I figure there's something more essential of his i could be reading before picking this up.

The excerpt published in the New Yorker was pretty good, but I don't know if I could read 635 pages of that voice.  I've only read a couple of his novels as of now, so I figure there's something more essential of his i could be reading before picking this up.

"The meanest burger in the world/Could be the meeeeanest burger in the world/If you cook it that waaaay"

"The meanest burger in the world/Could be the meeeeanest burger in the world/If you cook it that waaaay"

I've always wanted to say this… fer shizzle.

I've always wanted to say this… fer shizzle.

I don't know man, if a bunch of those horses start dying it could be time to pull the plug.

I don't know man, if a bunch of those horses start dying it could be time to pull the plug.

But, ultimately Renly was defeated by an enemy who simply wielded more advanced weaponry.  The quality of his soldiers became moot (sort of like the ability of the Japanese to repel a mainland invasion) the moment the red woman squirted black mist into the sewer.

Watching Ronnie give in and sniff that pill during the montage nearly made me vomit.  It was a startlingly accurate portrayal of that particular habit.  Well done.

Before They Make Me Run

What did Kittie do with her 250cc of George Sr. on Arrested Development?