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 [...]

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 [...]

Whenever I host Rock & Roll Bookclub I see it as an opportunity to get my books in order. In theory, for every book I put in the case I would take one off to give away or list on Bookmooch. That theory is total bullshit. I am greedy.
However, I am pleased to report [...]

Tiny powdered-sugar donuts
Shiny silver Macbooks
Broadway revues during parades
Orange socks
Orange cats (and needy black cats too)
Family & Friends
Life is Good hats
Kick-ass blogging jobs
Yellow Lamy Fountain pens once thought lost forever only to be discovered in Ruby’s backseat
Bob Collins who has replaced David Brauer as my new media crush
Rock & Roll
Warm black sweaters covered in cat hair
Hot [...]

This is Liam’s new favorite song. It’s Cheech Marin singing about mixing primary colors to make new colors. We probably watched the video about six times, and then spent a lot of time talking about color formulas and favorite colors.
“I don’t like brown,” Nolan announced, sneering at the brown shirt I was wearing. “I only [...]

Twilight: 7 Vampires Better Than Twilight's Edward Cullen
(tags: jezebel vampires)

I pushed my chair away from my desk and announced, “I’ve had it up to here. I’m going home.”
“You do that,” my cellmate said.
“Oh, by the way,” I said, throwing things into my bag. “Your nickname on my blog is gonna be Trip Shakespeare. Probably Trip for short.”
He looked at me and shook his head. [...]

In the dream I was being followed by some sort of Jetsonsesque hover stage filled with musicians including, but not limited to: Craig Finn, Martin Devaney, Marty (a boy I went to college with), and some others who were not so easily identified. Dave Pirner was on the hovercraft acting as a conductor. It was [...]

It’s been many, many months since I’ve answered the googlers’ questions. I feel bad. All these people thirsty for information, and me hogging it all. Shame on me.
What happened to Aunt Jodi?
After Jimmy quit, she got married, you should have known they’d never get far. Oh, but when you look back now, that summer seemed [...]

Today I got a Facebook Friend request from a boy I went to high school with. He told me he has been a closet I Will Dare reader for awhile. After I confirmed him as my friend, he apologized for making fun of my pants in 1986.
I chuckled upon reading his apology. Aww, I thought, [...]

Dollarshort: The Definition of a Slow News Day
You gotta give Mena Trott props for not just rising above the snark, but making funny with it. It's really pretty classy.
(tags: menatrott valleywag funny)

Fictionaut » Newest stories
(tags: fiction)

Earlier this week I sat down with one of my new coworkers to talk about what he does and how things work at The Nerdery. He was very positive and upbeat. At one point I looked at him, cocked my head, and said, “You really like your job, don’t you?”
He was visibly shocked by my [...]

Top 10 Arguments That Can’t Be Won | Top 10 Lists | TopTenz.net
As someone who loves to argue about just about everything, I need to print this out and keep it in my pocket.
(tags: arguments lists viacoudalpartners)

'Worst Day of My Life': Links, Pics, Videos, and News
This made me cry both from laughing so hard and [...]

MPR: Challenged ballots: You be the judge
Now you too can weigh in on the ballots being counted in the senate race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken
(tags: alfranken normcolemanisadick viadavidbrauer mpr politics)

Project Runway: A Field Guide To The Project Runway Meltdown
(tags: jezebel projectrunway)

First, you should know that I have a new iPod. Her name is Evangeline, Evangeline, I think I love you. Okay, it’s just Evangeline. Eurydice is dead. Probably wasn’t such a good idea to name her after a Greek chick who died not once, but twice (sorta). Anyway, her problem might be the battery. Now [...]