It is a real job, really

“You work from home on Wednesdays?” the TTHM asked, unable to control his shock and awe. “Yeah,” I said. “THAT’S NOT A JOB!” He shouted into his phone. “Yes it is,” I said. “I have to follow people on Twitter and read blogs, post stuff.” “I hope they pay you in stickers and not real money.” “I get paid in [...]

Ruining the Internet for children since 2000

Saturday night during Rock & Roll Bookclub Max was trying to tell us something about the Flugoo fish. “Just Google Flugoo fish,” he said, leaning onto the arm of the La-Z-Grrl. Because I am a kind host and an accommodating aunt, I set to Googling. “Oh,” I said, when I spied the results. “What?” Max asked. “I’m first,” I [...]

Guyville Redux

About half-way through the “Guyville Redux” documentary about the making of Liz Phair’s “Exile in Guyville” I became so angry I nearly turned it off. It was after the nerdgasms I had upon watching Phair interview Ira Glass and then John Cusack about the album (and the cusackgasm was even better because he had some [...]

The Gargoyle makes me sound like a stoner

Andrew Davidson’s debut novel The Gargoyle, is the kind of book that gives me nextbookaphobia. This is a condition marked by great fear of starting a new book because there is no way that it can possibly live up to the last book you read, because that last book was really fucking good. I’ve experienced this [...]