Associate librarian, blogger, occasional author, graduate student and sometime mathematician. I write and read and sing and dance, all more or less compulsively. I am also much too prone to share personal information with strangers (see: the previous sentence, plus my entire blog).
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- Comment on Hellboy II vs. The Dark Knight: Compare and Contrast by Sean July 19, 2008"Oh, yes! It looked awesome. But I was sad to learn that Alan Moore has once again disclaimed any involvement or..."
- Comment on Hellboy II vs. The Dark Knight: Compare and Contrast by Rachel July 19, 2008"Did you like the Watchmen teaser trailer? I've been fangasming over it online all day. I think it looks awesome...."
- Comment on The Monologuist by Sean July 14, 2008"Craig, your suggestions were funny. They just weren't Australian. There! I admit that I am biased against the Canadjans...."
- Comment on The Monologuist by Derek Staffanson July 14, 2008"Wow. My wife thinks I'm knitting with only one needle because I tend to have heated discussions with myself (usually..."
- Comment on The Monologuist by Craig July 13, 2008"Well I'm sure glad that somebody thought I was funny."
- Comment on Hellboy II vs. The Dark Knight: Compare and Contrast by Sean July 19, 2008
- What I'm Reading
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- Abhorsen by Garth Nix - Rating: 4When I first picked up Sabriel several years ago, I was immediately drawn into Nix's splendid vision of an industrial nation, ordered by science and logic and train schedules, that abuts an Old Kingdom, where magic, sorcery and necromancy are very much alive, and whose darker currents and denizens...
- Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr by Garth Nix - Rating: 4
- Sabriel by Garth Nix - Rating: 4
- Toda Mafalda by Quino - Rating: 5Ah, I love Mafalda. And this book has ALL OF MAFALDA—perfect for an immense Mafalda marathon!
- Gay Marriage: for Better or for Worse?: What We've Learned from the Evidence by William N. Eskridge - Rating: 4A fascinating look at the evolution of same-sex unions in Scandinavia. I was expecting the authors to spend more time on the implications of their research for same-sex marriage supporters in America, but all in all the book was well-reasoned, interesting and informative.
- Abhorsen by Garth Nix - Rating: 4
- What I'm Listening To
- Sufjan Stevens – The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders: Pt. 1: The Great Frontier/Pt. 2: C
- Sufjan Stevens – Dear Mr. Supercomputer
- Sufjan Stevens – To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerni
- Sufjan Stevens – Chicago (Acoustic Version)
- Sufjan Stevens – Chicago (Multiple Personality
- My Shared Items
- Dare to Fug Me by GoFugYourself
- While standing in line for security at the airport by dooce® main feed
- Dad Tries to Beat the Gay Out of His Son with a Baseball Bat by - Gay news daily: Towleroad.co
- #426; In which a Tree gets the Talk by Wondermark Lite."So, ah. Son.... How--how're things going? With, uh, you know... pollination?"
- Impostor by xkcd.comAh, deconstruction theory. Such sweet, sweet memories.
- Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘Batman & Robin’ (1997) by Eric D. Snider's Blog: As"I'm guessing Clooney tried on the original costume the first day and was like, 'Wow, how did Val Kilmer ever fit into this thing? Does he just not have nipples?!,' and the costumers had to make alterations. Meanwhile, all of Hollywood began whispering about George Clooney's bulging nipples."
- quick scribble by Doot Doot Garden Blog
- how do we know when and how words changed pronunciation, if they weren't by Dinosaur ComicsLinguistics Comics
- Pretending to hate ‘The Dark Knight’ just to make people mad is fun by Eric D. Snider's Blog: AsBy all accounts--including Eric's--The Dark Knight is a fantastic movie. But some people are taking negative (or less-than-positive) reviews of it MUCH TOO SERIOUSLY, with hilarious and frightening results.
- A conversation with my daughter that finally explains my relationship with by dooce® main feedHeather Armstrong explains to her daughter the nuts and bolts and SHEER EFFORT that would be involved in producing a little sister for her.
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