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Also, FYI, there are typos (at least in the version of the PDF I downloaded, which was a week or two ago) on page 63, and also right at the end of the first column of page 113 (both have the last sentence truncated)
December 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Also, FYI, there are typos (at least in the version of the PDF I downloaded, which was a week or two ago) on page 63, and also right at the end of the first column of page 113 (both have the last sentence truncated)
Do a print version!
December 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Do a print version!
How that then tracks to Straczynski being a jerk too, I sure don't know. People are definitely complex and there are a lot of great writers who were jerks (Roald Dahl mentioned a lot too). Hard to figure out where to draw the line between buying/supporting.
November 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
How that then tracks to Straczynski being a jerk too, I sure don't know. People are definitely complex and there are a lot of great writers who were jerks (Roald Dahl mentioned a lot too). Hard to figure out where to draw the line between buying/supporting.
Read the @straczynski.bsky.social intro to Last Dangerous Visions for a much more complete and complex look at Ellison's personality and personal demons from someone who loved him and knew him well. And yes, there were almost certainly some serious mental health issues there.
November 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Read the @straczynski.bsky.social intro to Last Dangerous Visions for a much more complete and complex look at Ellison's personality and personal demons from someone who loved him and knew him well. And yes, there were almost certainly some serious mental health issues there.
Before or after you do rewatch Shawshank, (re)read the King story and marvel at what an afuckingmazing adaption the movie script is.
September 14, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Before or after you do rewatch Shawshank, (re)read the King story and marvel at what an afuckingmazing adaption the movie script is.
www.roadandtrack.com/news/a629191... in case anybody wants references
Tesla Has Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Auto Brands: Study
Tesla vehicles suffer fatal accidents at a rate that's twice the industry average, according to a new report.
www.roadandtrack.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
www.roadandtrack.com/news/a629191... in case anybody wants references
I believe there are at least a few Trader Joe’s that have managed to unionize but yeah they mostly aren’t much better at least in that respect.
February 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I believe there are at least a few Trader Joe’s that have managed to unionize but yeah they mostly aren’t much better at least in that respect.
Where on I-270?
January 30, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Where on I-270?
Yeah it’s a bummer. I’m on my 3rd one (bought it in 2019) and I still think they’re probably the best EV out there. But I really can’t imagine I’ll get another.
January 8, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Yeah it’s a bummer. I’m on my 3rd one (bought it in 2019) and I still think they’re probably the best EV out there. But I really can’t imagine I’ll get another.
This review seems to indicate that it does indeed get less sloggy (sloggish?)
boingboing.net/2024/09/08/a...
boingboing.net/2024/09/08/a...
Alan Moore's new whimsical, wonderful, and wordy novel
The Great When is the new novel from acclaimed comic book creator and wizard Alan Moore—supposedly the first in a quintet, though the book stands well enough.
boingboing.net
October 3, 2024 at 2:30 AM
This review seems to indicate that it does indeed get less sloggy (sloggish?)
boingboing.net/2024/09/08/a...
boingboing.net/2024/09/08/a...
That’s my childhood in a box
September 13, 2024 at 2:35 AM
That’s my childhood in a box
Farley. Total gut punch.
September 9, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Farley. Total gut punch.
Any idea why they didn’t have Corben do the follow up? Love you both, obviously.
July 16, 2024 at 1:14 AM
Any idea why they didn’t have Corben do the follow up? Love you both, obviously.
Yeah but seriously - is there a restaurant that these came from?
June 5, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Yeah but seriously - is there a restaurant that these came from?
I see that your signature has evolved over the years too :).
June 2, 2024 at 9:24 PM
I see that your signature has evolved over the years too :).
Oh gosh- how could I have forgotten that?!? Here they are on MY shelves too!
April 20, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Oh gosh- how could I have forgotten that?!? Here they are on MY shelves too!
And a nice little update to this story - there's now a Vision Pro app that includes several of the things I mentioned in the blog post. Go check out Splash Reader at www.splashreader.com
Splash Reader
www.splashreader.com
April 7, 2024 at 7:13 PM
And a nice little update to this story - there's now a Vision Pro app that includes several of the things I mentioned in the blog post. Go check out Splash Reader at www.splashreader.com