April 2012
themanwholikespants asked: Love the blog, makes me laugh, therefore = gratitude. Just wondering, have you read 'The Slap'? I attempted it today, on account of all the amazing the reviews it got when it was first published, and, well... it's just shoddily written. Maybe it's a bad starter but it just didn't seem like the kind of book that should have good things written about it. Have I given up on...
March 2012
So, Blade Runner Was On AMC
And I ran and grabbed the baby so she could watch Rutger Hauer’s I’VE SEEN THINGS YOU PEOPLE WOULDN’T BELIEVE scene for the first time, because I have a serious Blade Runner complex, only to discover that it’s the horrible, non-Director’s Cut variant with the ridiculous, corny happy ending and the awful voiceovers.
Look. Rachel’s gonna die, Gaff knows his...
Really Good Books About Real Murder →
My newest reading list is up at the Hairpin.
My Mad Men Recaps →
…are going to be running over at Off-Color TV. I promised to do this about a year ago, before Mad Men went into hiding. Enjoy!
How Embarrassing.
So, of course I went to see The Hunger Games last night. And it was great. But, having very strong views on Male Beauty, I was all “whaaaat Peeta? No. Gale is so much hotter than you!”
Because, you know, it’s important to force rank the eye candy in movies designed for teenagers.
But, anyway, I was all “Gale! Team Gale!”
And then, even though I always know...
Patriotic Gore, Edmund Wilson
David Blight, over at Slate, talks about a personal favourite. Also a personal favourite? Blight’s own Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory.
The Secret History, Donna Tartt →
Go read! Rejoice!
If You're Wondering Where I've Been
I’ve been watching “Game of Thrones.” What is the WHAT? This shit is wild!
Also, as I was saying to a friend, it’s causing me to realize that I have no morals, and would only want to survive and be rich, and would be perfectly happy to see Joffrey on the throne if my kid was going to marry the little nitwit. And Industrious is very honor-focused, so I’m hoping we...
A New Contender For Dumbest "Ethicist" Query
Seriously.
A colleague noticed that I wear a lot of scarves. She told me a relative had given her an Hermès scarf that did not suit her, and she asked if I might get more use out of it. I was taken aback that someone I hardly know would offer me such an expensive gift, but I accepted it. Now it turns out the scarf is a fake. Should I return it to her and tell her the truth? I don’t want to cause...
Wait.
Did everyone else know that the actor who plays Kenneth on 30 Rock is thirty-eight years old?
And That's Why I Can See Through Time
(Last year)
Lazy - I just love walking in this huge, massive empty lot by the creek. The trees! The grass! The mountains! And the dog loves it. Why does no one build here? It’s the best location for twenty miles!
Industrious - Who knows? Maybe they’re short of money to develop it.
(This morning)
Lazy - WHAT A DAY TO BE ALIVE AND OUT OF DOORS! WHY DOES NO ONE BUILD HERE?
...
You Guysssss Yesterday Was a Great Day
It was! I slept in, because my mom is visiting and wants to do nothing except hold the baby and cook and clean and do laundry and then watch “30 Rock” with us so OKAY LADY THAT WORKS FOR ME.
I slept in, then I wrote two funny things, one of which will see the light of day (the other thing is a super-elaborate guide to committing the perfect murder, which…would have left me open...
Sad Face
Industrious didn’t really get the piece on PETA comments, because apparently, when all of your online time is spent on Telemark Tips and Teton Gravity Research, very few people reference “The Sexual Politics of Meat.”
That being said, I’d rather continue to get the free professional ski advice from him than engage on the question of quinoa.
The Comment Section For Every Article Ever Written... →
My new thang at the Hairpin.
Either the Best or Worst Salad Ever
Last time my mother was in town, we asked Industrious to pick up a bag of trail mix, as we are very lazy, and tend to toss a handful of it into salads (try it! The dried fruit and nut and seed kind is absolutely perfect in a spinach salad.)
Anyway, Industrious was on auto-pilot, as were we, so when we actually sat down to eat, the salad had an interesting flavor and texture.
Because it was...
Faithful Readers Will Have Heard This Before
…but this is me reminding everyone who reads the Hairpin to get out of their terrible relationship.
This absolutely means you.
The Story of the Return of the Gored Bullfighter...
Well.
It’s probably a better life and death than being, um, a normal beef cow (I say as someone who eats a tremendous amount of meat), so I’m actually not particularly outraged, even by this:
Since his hospitalization, Mr. Padilla says he has spent his time between medical visits training hard, adding that he had killed as many as 10 bulls on private farms in preparation for his...
Speaking of Institutional Sexism and Racism
I am reminded of the legendary (and truly wonderful) Intelligence Squared debate in which Hitchens and Fry destroyed the sad-sack bishop and the Tory on the question of Catholicism as a force for good in the world.
And, obviously I am eternally Team Church Is Force For Evil, but I truly feel that the awful Tory woman totally dropped the ball by trying to defend the Church’s homophobia and...
The Best Part of the Washington Post's Story On...
…it’s pretty much a slam-dunk.
“God has always been discriminatory” when it comes to whom he grants the authority of the priesthood, says Bott, the BYU theologian. He quotes Mormon scripture that states that the Lord gives to people “all that he seeth fit.” Bott compares blacks with a young child prematurely asking for the keys to her father’s car, and explains that similarly...
Watching The Godfather For The Second Time This...
…stupid marathons.
And, see, right, how beautiful are these men? Honestly. Al Pacino is beautiful in this movie, and in the next, and then never again. James Caan is beautiful. Robert Duvall is beautiful. Same!
And the women, too. Mama Corleone is soft and luminous, Apollonia is her twenty-something shade. Talia Shire looks fantastic, Diane Keaton is a stone-cold fox.
Even the ugly people...
