I’m taking a page from Ken Newquist’s book (or rather, his blog and podcast) to present my Summer Reading List. As we’re well into the season, the list includes books I’ve read since late June, those I am currently reading, and...
Topics: Agent to the Stars, Anathem, Audrey Niffenegger, Books, Brent Weeks, Chris Miller, Christopher Moore, Chuck Hogan, Dead Witch Walking, Glasshouse, Guillermo del Toro, His Majesty's Dragon, James Morrow, John Scalzi, Ken Newquist, Kim Harrison, LibraryThing, Naomi Novik, Neal Stephenson, Nuketown Radio Active, Readernaut, Robert J. Sawyer, Shambling Towards Hiroshima, Shelfari, Summer Reading List, Susanna Clarke, Temeraire, The Adversary Cycle, The Keep, The Strain, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Tomb, The Touch, The Way of Shadows, Throne of Jade

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In a press conference held Monday afternoon, a representative from World Dryer Corporation (a subsidiary of Carrier Corporation) announced that all automatic hand dryers produced by the company would be manufactured with pre-vandalized operating...
Topics: automatic hand dryers, Carrier Corporation, fake news, Push Button, Rants and Ramblings, Receive Bacon, UTC, World Dryer Corporation

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Is it still hip to be square? I’m thirty-six years old as of two days ago, and I won’t be this square again until 2022 (when, one could argue, I will be even squarer). Regardless of my shape, I am blessed with incredibly generous family and...
Topics: Entertainment

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When I asked Chris Miller if his return to Cleveland would be similar to his arrival in Los Angeles nine months ago—specifically, heralded by the blasts of ten thousand trumpets as he rode atop an eight-story-tall flaming lion-bear-shark hybrid...
Topics: Chris Miller, The Secret Lair

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A couple of weeks ago, a recipe for Schadenfreude Pie appeared in my RSS reader.1 Schadenfreude is a word meaning (roughly) the joy derived from the misfortune of others. When you laugh at a video clip of some dumbass taking a running leap off a shed in..
Topics: Rants and Ramblings

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