I never saw the adaptaion of Never Let Me Go, but the book isn’t YA and has very little in common with most YA literature.  Sure, the characters are kids/teens, but that doesn’t make it YA or in the same vein as YA.

If he’s not going to admit to the crime or admit to being an idiot, then entering ‘Not Guilty’ and requesting a jury trial is the only other option, and then it proceeds to discovery, etc. I’m guessing they’re buying time to try and figure out how Kraft’s wrinkly old peen never sees the light of day.

My first big print assignment was a piece of sponcon for a porno mag

It wasn’t particularly good in the 90's, either. Otherwise, I agree with your conclusion that it was culturally significant. What Alanis Morisette was was commerically palatable Grrl Rock, in the same way that DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince were commerically palatable rap a decade earlier.

Of course he was going to kiss up to Ovechkin.  He's one of Putin's guys. 

My Subaru is only a couple years old and pretty much I only use the touchscreen for the radio/cd/ipod control (coupled with the buttons on my wheel) and listening to text messages. I use the phone controls on my wheel if I get a call whilst driving. The screen is otherwise not useful and mostly pointless, and the…

Let’s start with this - Yes, Amtrak is woefully underfunded because politicians have no real interest in seeing it succeed. Primarily conservatives, they’ll complain endlessly about the subsidies that it receives, never mind that the air travel that their championing ALSO receives subsidies, but are corporations who…

1. Make it a 15 yard penalty instead of the spot of the foul.

At least they don’t winter on the Tughill Plateau.

I live outside Albany and my sister-in-law lives in Syracuse.  I dread every time we have to go visit because it’s just so God-awful awful.  The only drive worse is between Syracuse and Rochester, which I’ll have to start doing because it looks like my daughter is going to Geneseo next year.  (The rest of my wife’s…

Without knowing FL Crim Law, and a quick Google search doesn’t produce either the information or indictment, I’m assuming Kraft is alleged to have violated, twice, Title XLVI, Sec. 796.07. (Not sure how to cite FL laws, btw.) So what did Kraft do wrong? Broke the law of the State of Florida. Whether we are moralistic,…

Almost all of those media outlets are NFL sycophants so of course they’re going to buy his “apology”. I can’t wait for the day he goes to Court to resolve this and either a jury finds him guilty ot he makes and admission he could be found guilty. Expect to see lots of flying dildoes at Ralph Wilson Stadium this year wh…

Tumblr has bled into real life.

A little disappointed they went with a USA Today instead of an Albany Times Union, or even a Saratogian.

80's.  ‘Nova wanted to reduce their committment so they could schedule other teams.  I think it was ‘95, possibly ‘96 when the Big 5 played their first full slate of games again.  It’ll never be like it was before the mid-80's, but it’s still good to see the Big 5 in action.

Sure, everybody shits on Neil Diamond because it’s super easy to do, but a lot of his songs are incredible. ‘Sweet Caroline’ gets overplayed now, especially with the Red Sox, but compositionally it’s a great song. The other songs included are worthy of inclusion, which doesn’t diminish Neil Diamond being included.…

The college basketball landscape has changed, but these are still great games and I’m glad the Jay Wright, the one whose program has the biggest committment outside of the city, is fully committed to the Big Five.

I’m ‘Nova alumn and have no interest in ever seeing a Big Five + One. However, I was there when they brought back the full Big Five slate of games, even if it was at each school’s home gymn, and I’m all for that.  Just put them all at the Palestra. (Unless they wanted to put ‘Nova’s games in their old gym, which they…

Fine, then let the DA proceed with the prosecution of Kraft, let the lawyers engage in discovery practice, and then release the tape. Not that I want to see it. The only way I see it never being released is that if after trial he’s found not guilty and the judge directs it to not be released...except it would have…

The problem with baseball is that they don’t think long term, and they haven’t for a long time. When baseball was in the same situation that the NFL is in now, when it was the most dominant sport, they could choose to make the decisions they could, because at the time there was no downside. But now, not that I think…