@avclub-16db446cafb1ffb1466e71eaf97a4f49:disqus Actually, I shouldn't be so snarky. It's really not a bad gig. You get to polish the mechanics of your writing, and still write what you want in your off time. If you friend really wants to write, there's much worse things he/she could be doing.

@avclub-0f0d67e214f9fef69b278e3d08114da9:disqus Yeah, I'm sure that's a gross exaggeration. I do know a guy who works full time for an alt weekly that's making pizza money, but he's kind of a hack anyway. The good ones are doing good, and one friend has landed a gig at the local NPR affiliate where he makes decent…

@avclub-16db446cafb1ffb1466e71eaf97a4f49:disqus I used to know a guy who would rather keep working at a Blockbuster, living at home, rather than write something that required research and a deadline. Maybe he and your librarian friend could pool their cash and share some dollar menu.

Yeah, I work with a team of graphic designers (I write, they visualize it), and they all have comic book/indie video game/etc. side projects. Most of them are still too young to have lost the hope that their thing will the THE ONE that breaks through and makes a jillion dollars. As a result, they half-ass their way…

I've found that the less the general population of writers want to do a particular kind of writing, the more money there is to be made. For example, pretty much everyone who even half-assed writes wants to write a novel. The supply is so high relative to the demand that even being in the running is like winning the…

Really? That's the only place I can do it… gets inconvenient, but what are you going to do?

If only Waits and Corbijn had spent their time developing edible pictures of Tom Waits, things would have worked out for you. God, I wonder what those would taste like?

I know, food kind of trumps nice pictures of Tom Waits. Seems kind of uncivilized, but there you have it… especially if you have kids. "Dad, I'm hungry. Can I have lunch?" "No, sweetheart. Just look at this set if pictures taken during Waits' 'Heart Attack and Vine' period. They'll take your mind off that rumbly…

I know, right? I have to wonder if that's selling shirts… I guess it would have to, since they're doing it all over the place. But the shirts are like something you'd have bought at Spencer's in like 1990. I just can't imagine anyone really buying/wearing them. Maybe they just get a lot of click-throughs because of…

Eh, it's okay… I've been listening to a fair amount of Smiths lately, so maybe I'm not being fair in comparing the two. Maybe he's branching out into a new 'style?'

I hate to be negative, but this doesn't sound all that interesting/good. Maybe he should just get on board with the Smiths reunion tour so he can get a retirement fund together? Just saying, it's working out pretty well for the Pixies. I don't think they even talk to each other.

Okay, I take it back. The Dr. Martin's boots song totally rules.

Is that faps per second?

I didn't think Valkyrie was too bad… I'm not as big on Tom Cruise as I once was, but I seem to remember it being pretty decent.

Little Girl Landlord: A Gunga Lunga

My favorite Vonnegut quote: "If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind."

I saw her looking at coffee machines at the Wal Mart by my house last year… the juxtaposition was so jarring I couldn't place her for a couple of days. I guess she was shooting something up the street. I got all jiggly inside thinking how close I came to becoming her boyfriend. I'd be like, 'hey, I'll bet that one…

Oh, this is the best pizza in a cup ever. This guy is unbelievable. He ran the old Cup 'o Pizza guy out of business. People come from all over to eat this.

Ooooohhhh, that really turns it into a tough moral quandary. On the one hand, we really could use the free labor to help the economy. And 2 1/2 Men fans ARE pretty much unfeeling subhumans, so no problem there. On the other hand…. I'm not finding anything to counter.

Ooooohhhh, that really turns it into a tough moral quandary. On the one hand, we really could use the free labor to help the economy. And 2 1/2 Men fans ARE pretty much unfeeling subhumans, so no problem there. On the other hand…. I'm not finding anything to counter.