I have read both The Circle and a book called The Boy Kings by Katherine Losse and I've got to say there are some disturbing similarities between the two. I cannot remember if avc addressed this a while back in a review or if it came up in comments somewhere here. IIRC Eggers says he never read (or possibily heard of)…

We have a beer snob run bww in the suburbs outside of New Orleans, if that is not the one of which you speak then, huh.

I was going to point out that you can always choose your own write in candidate when voting.but apparently this varies by state in presidential elections.
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The federal goverment has available somewhere on the web yearly morbidity and mortality reports that make for some fascinating reading, and you are mostly correct.

Fretless is on the Until the End of the World soundtrack.

Yes this. Herd immunity. I work for a hospital and so have had titers drawn multiple times to verify my own immunity. Unfortunately despite having multiple MMR vaccines over the years I have failed to develop sufficient immunity to mumps. I don't want to go out like that!

The Body Farm at UT Knoxville will take it, and you can have a certain amount of say so regarding what gets done with it. I believe, however, that you would be responsible for the cost of posthumous transport, which depending on WHERE you die, might be prohibitive.

Well. I can only hope that THiS is the season that I move up on the Season Ticket Waiting List.

Copacabana would like a word with you, etc.

This.

When I rented the Dreamcatcher DVD many moons ago it kept getting stuck at that scene, just froze up and would go no further. That scene was titled "sit tight, buddy." Hilarious.

The local place has nitro cold brew on tap but it's not exactly "bubbly."

Hey! I got a twenty five dollar ebook purchasing credit from that settlement.

George and Martha (and Honey and Nick.)

I only buy canned soda, Coke not Pepsi, I prefer the taste. And I never finish the standard sized can so I buy the eight pack of mini cans. It is by far the least economical choice, I'm extravagant like that.

I will read this, and I'm not through all of the comments yet, but Mr. Brockie was himself a fine writer. His autobiography, for want of a better word, is available online in serialized bloggish form, from I believe rva news, titled Gwar, Me, and the On-Rushing Grip of Death. I was lucky to be an aquaintance in the…

The SAT is currently being redesigned and will focus more on "real world" vocabulary. Essay portion optional. No penalty for wrong answers. Society is doomed.

I did a similar thing with TD. Watched episode four thinking it was episode one and didn't figure it out until it was over. That is the only time I've ever done that, at least without noticing also immediately what I was doing.

Aargh. I have a first generation Nook purchased in store that ended up with a cracked bezel, a well known defect, one week out of warranty. Trudged in with it and was basically told "oh well" by the store, after the clerk dialed the phone and handed it to me to argue my case with some loffshore based hardware HQ. Bad…

Thank you. I have been waiting/watching for it to hit.