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Even the most diligent can get sucked in by marketing

September 22, 2009

It was an innocent errand, a friend and I were wandering the grocery store looking for two specific items.‚ I had spent a good 20 minutes doing laps through every aisle, carrying a cantaloupe in my hands, look...

Denmark is a pack of dogs

Carly Rose Jackson

September 15, 2009

If you have never heard of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, and you love a good long immersion in a book, stop reading this blog right now and go pick up the book.‚ Don't be deterred by the Oprah sticker on the fr...

We need more of these

Steven H. Bagley

July 14, 2009

Foreign policy would make more sense to such a large group of people if we could reliably often discuss it using rap feuds as examples. Tongue could be firmly planted in cheek here, but Marc Lynch makes a coup...

Republicans be crazy!

Steven H. Bagley

July 6, 2009

Tab dump! So I've got three articles sitting in my Firefox window, and I need to get rid of them if I'm going to scratch this itch at the back of my brain. Over the weekend last week three separate articles...

I admit to curiosity, if not a desire to see, ‘Transformers’

Steven H. Bagley

June 24, 2009

And, in brief, here is why:And yet "" and here's the part where I really think ROTF approaches "art movie" status "" the movie's id overload reaches such crazy levels that the fabric of reality itself...

A children’s treasury of my recent reviews

Steven H. Bagley

June 23, 2009

Internet! Here are my most recent book reviews (in most to least recent): 1) "Horse Soldiers" by Doug Stanton sucked. 2) "Hey! Nietzsche! Leave them kids alone!" by Craig Schuftan was amazing. 3) "The...

‘Horse Soldiers’ frustrated me, a lot more than it should

Steven H. Bagley

June 23, 2009

When you're writing a book about the military, this critic thinks, you've got to be a great writer. You have got to know what you're doing, and you have got to understand the shark-infested waters you're swimmi...

A word of inspiration

Steven H. Bagley

June 21, 2009

So, I got unemployed a long time ago (back in March, he says, dusting off the cobwebs from Overthinking It), and was sitting in my apartment applying for jobs with my girlfriend this morning, when I came across...

Hello my name is Carly Rose and I am addicted to texting

Carly Rose Jackson

March 17, 2009

I realized I was addicted to texting when I grabbed lunch at Panera. I traipsed over to the soda dispenser. I don't usually drink soda, so I couldn't decide between Pepsi and Dr. Pepper. Naturally, I sought ...

Overhyping it! ‘Watchmen’ companion books… better than the movie?

Steven H. Bagley

March 7, 2009

Okay, so I went to see that little movie based on some four-color funny book that just hit theaters, "Watchmen," and maybe it was the inundation that comes along with every big-budget movie like this, but when ...

Watchmen is not as weird as it should be

Steven H. Bagley

March 7, 2009

The deconstructionist middle finger of Alan Moore's "Watchmen" showed an industry built around taking masked heroes seriously just how silly it was. It was the punk kid in the back of the classroom who knew...

I unfriended my mother on Facebook

Carly Rose Jackson

February 22, 2009

I thought it was bad when my mom joined Facebook.‚ It was my fault.‚ I did that thing where you add pictures then invite friends via email to view your photos.‚ I thought she would be able to see my photos w...

The ladder starts to clatter with fear fight down height

Steven H. Bagley

February 18, 2009

Woke up this morning to a pair of slap-you-in-the-face headlines. The first, from Boingboing, is a good earnest 'how is everybody doing' post: What are you telling yourself? How are you all sleeping at night...

Oh, Mr. Darcy… you are one ugly motherf*cker

Steven H. Bagley

February 17, 2009

Did you hear? It'll be Mr. Darcy vs. the Predator! It might prove something of a boon to those who reach for the remote control when yet another costume drama comes on television: Elton John's Rocket Pictures ...

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