Periscope Depth

somebody called you, but you cannot hear

Light posting this week, and mostly meta. The top posts this week, in terms of directing traffic to this site, were: * My review of Scott Pilgirm vs The World, which I titled with the opening lyric of a catchy song from the movie and got a lot of Google traffic that way; * My [...]

o come all ye faithful

My Christmas gift to you: some of the blogs I like to read. Whatever It Is, I’m Against It: Droll recaps of news headlines, Presidential press conferences and other items of world import. Also features the “Today -100″ segment, which offers commentary on what was happening a century ago today as reported by the New [...]

meta: dating advice poll

Nothing slated for my ongoing dating advice series (target audience: guys like me) this week. Anything that people particularly want me to address? If not, I’ll post my conclusion next week. Let me know in the comments (either in WP or on LJ).

you gonna save me or not?

Last week, I wrote about discovering sushi, something I avoided for a while (in part) because I feared it was pretentious. I copied this post to LiveJournal, where rival asked, “You mention that you had been writing sushi off as a pretentious/inaccessible food. I have heard this sentiment from other people. Where does it come [...]

Taking a few days off for the Thanksgiving holiday. Expect a new post on Tuesday or Wednesday or thereabouts.

well yeah, I guess it's obvious, I also like to write

This post sounded a lot different in its first draft. This post would have been all about how I want to take part in NaNoWriMo, but I think the concept’s silly*, so I’m going to do my own thing instead. It would have been called MyNoWriMo (get it? because I’m a clever guy. I’ll explain [...]

and I've been putting out the fire with gasoline

Inglourious Basterds: I’m posting this on Labor Day in the hopes that no one sees it. Quentin Tarantino has always approached films with the geeky enthusiasm of a comic book collector, rather than the affected aloofness of a film student. The movies he makes reflect that: a smorgasbord of styles, an epic assault on the [...]

everybody knows that you're in trouble; everybody knows what you've been through

“You should join Twitter!” “I can’t.” “Why not?” “If I had another outlet for self-indulgent blurbs, I’d have nothing to write about.” . . . Thanks to everyone who came out to Asgard last night for my birthday. I appreciate all your shout-outs and dedications. I reserve a special spotlight for Doug, the only man [...]

I'm taking a greyhound on the hudson river line

Out of town for the weekend. If you find yourself in need of my insight or presence, try the following: Think of something you like or believe to be true. Imagine me saying, “That’s not exactly [correct / precise / as good as you think / indicative of the genre / healthy for you].” Sigh [...]

it's coming; keep the car running

So, a little over a month into the move from LiveJournal, how’m I doin’? #: Between February 29th and April 2nd, I had 2748 views – an average of 83 per day. That average varies pretty wildly, though – linking to a post by The Ferrett about Barack Obama’s speech brought a lot of eyeballs; [...]

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