I just re-listened to that album this week.  It's as awesome as I remember from college.  It was so nice to be able to say that.

Improvised Uxplosive Device?

Improvised Uxplosive Device?

That New Yorker article was…. wow.  Something else.  I don't think I've ever read a piece by Tad Friend that I didn't think was fawning until just now.  Look what goes on when I allow my subscription to lapse!

That New Yorker article was…. wow.  Something else.  I don't think I've ever read a piece by Tad Friend that I didn't think was fawning until just now.  Look what goes on when I allow my subscription to lapse!

Yup.  Until I read this article, I thought The Colour And The Shape WAS their debut album.

Yup.  Until I read this article, I thought The Colour And The Shape WAS their debut album.

Maybe you should move down South, where I live.  I've got a not-quite-three-year-old who is beginning to learn to curse appropriately.  Somehow, folks just don't seem to appreciate his colorful language…
Hm, I don't want to teach him that his body is shameful or anything of that nature…
Violence is indeed more…

Maybe you should move down South, where I live.  I've got a not-quite-three-year-old who is beginning to learn to curse appropriately.  Somehow, folks just don't seem to appreciate his colorful language…
Hm, I don't want to teach him that his body is shameful or anything of that nature…
Violence is indeed more…

I'm about to turn 36 and don't know anyone who served in WWII.  Not everyone did…

I'm about to turn 36 and don't know anyone who served in WWII.  Not everyone did…

They did.  If you've seen Airplane!, then you've seen old-style suitcases with wheels.  They did not become commonplace until after the invention of the solid handles and carrying the luggage sideways, however.  This was because when your suitcase had wheels and was on a leash, it had this terrible habit of flipping…

They did.  If you've seen Airplane!, then you've seen old-style suitcases with wheels.  They did not become commonplace until after the invention of the solid handles and carrying the luggage sideways, however.  This was because when your suitcase had wheels and was on a leash, it had this terrible habit of flipping…

I started with Libra- loved it.
Then I read White Noise and disliked it.
I've been afraid to try any of his other novels since…

I started with Libra- loved it.
Then I read White Noise and disliked it.
I've been afraid to try any of his other novels since…

Worked for my parents!
If by worked we mean that they had a kid and hated each other forever after…

Worked for my parents!
If by worked we mean that they had a kid and hated each other forever after…

I'm feeling you on everything but the dubbing on Oldboy.  I tried to re-watch it on Netflix Instant and the dubbed version sounded like a bunch of frat boys read the lines without having any idea what a great movie they were working on.  Then again, I was so disgusted that I quit watching after only a few minutes, so…

I'm feeling you on everything but the dubbing on Oldboy.  I tried to re-watch it on Netflix Instant and the dubbed version sounded like a bunch of frat boys read the lines without having any idea what a great movie they were working on.  Then again, I was so disgusted that I quit watching after only a few minutes, so…

If my child did that, I'd kiss him, and then make him promise not to sing that at anyone else's house!