We will be revisting these ideas in near-future posts: "Inspiration is that unexpected moment of discovery when the mind leaps to a new place triggered by something interesting. That something interesting can be a thing you’ve read, or seen on the street, or in a book or gallery, or a piece of music, or something really great or something really awful. For me it is often unrelated… Continue reading

So I understand that "Keep Calm and Carry On" is more or less over. Continue reading

I didn't think it was possible to pull together pantslessness and stylishness. I was damn wrong. Grace Kelly, via theimpossiblecool: Eat your heart out, Lohan…

Things the Nazis said about the Jews:

1. Communist/socialists
2. Liberal/decadent
3. Stabbed the country in the back
4. Vampires/bloodsuckers
5. Not "real"/loyal citizens
6. Had a homosexual agenda
7. Morally suspect
8. Overeducated elites
9. Supported/produced "degenerate art."
10. Controlled media/film industry

Things that happen when terrorists win:

1. Government theocracy
2. Prayer in schools
3. Creationism in schools
4. Emphasis on sexual "purity" (only for women)
5. Feminism and working women demonized
6. Homosexuality illegal (gays jailed or killed)
7. Divorce severely restricted
8. Abortion illegal
9. Pornography illegal
10. Perpetual war

Which side are you on?…

105 years ago, James Joyce received the first handjob he didn't have to pay for afterwards. As a tribute to Nora, the entirety of his masterpiece Ulysses takes place on June 16, 1904, just like their memorable first date. Continue reading

Apparently TS Eliot was the first editor who rejected Animal Farm for publication. The Times Online has the text of the actual rejection letter. Continue reading

After watching The Kid Stays in the Picture, Robert Evan's egotistical documentary about how awesome Robert Evans is and how awesome it is being Robert Evans, with my boyfriend and a bottle of Perrier Jouet a few weeks ago, I decided to mention some of my favorite works of nonfiction, and why they are so awesome. Continue reading

Anyone who has a problem with Mrs. O's off-one-shoulder beaded white gown obviously doesn't remember that Nancy Regan wore an almost identical dress at her husband's first inauguration Continue reading

I mentally promised myself, when I began blogging under my own name and for professional purposes, that I would avoid talking politics in this forum. Easier said than done. However, without prejudice or commentary, I would like to set a brief call-and-respond. Continue reading

This can't be copyediting because this isn't English. How do you generate a template for text that does not conform to any known linguistic patterns, a stylesheet for an anti-grammar? I'm taking a break from a massive freelance-consultant project to bemoan the fact that techies cannot write. This is a dangerous blanket assertion, and one that begs proving-wrong. Continue reading

In my last post, I promised a movie review, and delivered a tangent. You only might get the movie review today, but I'm entering it through a tangent, and bonus book review or two. My friend Emily had the most religious upbringing of anyone I know. This is in part because Floridian black Baptists and Irish Catholics were vying for her soul. Continue reading

I watched a dark and whimsical film over the weekend, of the sort that most reviewers would call a "romp." I'm not going to call it that, despite the self-aware (and, at times, even self-righteous) rollicking. One of the things I find incredibly intriguing is the extent to which culture impacts popular culture, and how ignorantly unaware most people are of this. Continue reading