I’ve been more active on Twitter lately than on WordPress. So, in an effort to keep WP just as relevant, I’m going to start a weekly archiving of the links I post to Twitter. Obviously this is a better forum to discuss the contents of said links than a site where you can only express… Read More Brevity is the soul of Twit
As I pack up my things and get ready to head back to the city from my week-long hiatus in the Midwest, I feel like I got very little accomplished. Of course, I was out of commission due to illness for much of the time and that definitely sapped my creativity. Nonetheless, I added about… Read More The last week of the year, in review.
I finally got to the theater to see Disney’s The Princess and the Frog, touted for featuring the first black princess. I really had a lot of misgivings initially, because of the ad campaign that featured mostly Louis the alligator and Ray the firefly. Why not show the princess in the commercials, hmm? And then… Read More The Princess and the Frog hops to it
Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes is the perfect cure for the holiday blues. There are worse ways to spend an afternoon than hanging out in pseudo steampunk 19th century London with Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law. Sherlock Holmes balances the explosions and fight scenes one would expect from a Ritchie film with a crisp, witty… Read More Holmes for the holidays
Is the increasing use of bookstores as places not just to buy books but to sit around reading them contributing to the decline of the modern lending library? I’ve been thinking about this a lot, especially since I tend to frequent both the Mid-Manhattan branch of the New York Public library and two booksellers: the ubiquitous… Read More Barnes Ignoble: Are libraries a thing of the past?
As readers and viewers we all bring our own experience, our own interpretation, to any given text. When I watch something and subsequently talk about it, I think it’s fairly clear that I have a major gender/race/sexuality filter. It is almost impossible for me to divorce myself from analyzing those elements in a book or… Read More You bring the chips, I’ll bring the subtext.
In no particular order, here are the things about getting around in New York City that make me want to go all “Hulk!Smash.” 1. People who stand blocking the train doors and DON’T MOVE when the train stops. 2. Guys who span 2-3 seats because they won’t keep their knees together (ironically, it’s always women… Read More My transit pet peeves, let me show you them
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