Giftmas, Day Three: Yep, Still Behind
Man, this really seemed like a good idea until I actually had to DO it. Continue reading
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Second Day of Giftmas: Yes, I’m Behind a Day
Problem: It’s really hard to write Giftmas posts when I, er, haven’t been leaving the house (except to go to work, of course). But the whole idea of Giftmas posts in the first place was sort of inspired by the staff wish lists some of us made for Suzi that then didn’t make it into last month’s gift guide, so, hrm, what did I have on there? Well, a lot of vague things, includng a pretty winter coat, the perfect black cotton cardigan and the even-more-perfect elusive pair of black, knee-high leather boots. And for some network to produce a fourth season of Veronica Mars. Continue reading
From the Inbox: Miscellany, with Hobbits
What with the one-two punch of Winter Reading and the Procrastinators’ Gift Guide — which, naturally, I procrastinated working on — my inbox has been slowly and steadily filling itself up with interesting yet uncommented-upon things. Thursday late morning is as good a time as any to post a rundown of a few Items of Note I’ve been unintentionally ignoring until now: Continue reading
First Day of Giftmas: Molly Want
(A note: I decided we ought to make Giftmas posts to include fun things what we didn’t put in gift guides. There are no seven days of Giftmas. There is no Giftmas. But I like the word Giftmas. I far prefer it to the internet-nerdy $WINTERHOLIDAY, which I find inexplicably offputting. So Suzi and I are BOTH going to post DAILY about Things What Are Cool. Seriously!) Continue reading
Winter Reading at the UO
Should you feel inclined to peruse a more tangible version of our annual Winter Reading issue, you might stop in at the UO Bookstore (yes, I’m still refusing to call it the Duck Store), where this nice little display awaits your browsing fingers and purchasing dollars. Continue reading
Whoa.
So just yesterday I posted a little thing that mentioned The Tales of Beedle the Bard, the handmade book by Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling that was sold at auction for nearly $4 million. (For those not keeping up, Tales is referenced in — is in fact quite important to — Harry Potter and the Dealthy Hallows.) All yesterday’s news said was that an agent purchased it. Turns out the real buyer was Amazon. What does this mean? Continue reading
Voldemedia Can’t Stop the Rock
It amuses me that on the same day we all learned that J. K. Continue reading
Um.
Look, I love bad, LOLcat-inspired grammar and spelling as much as the next dork — but in the right time and place. This? Is not the time nor place: “w00t,” an expression of joy coined by online gamers, was crowned word of the year on Tuesday by the publisher of a leading U.S. dictionary. Continue reading
Kickering Ourselves
The mainstream media is jumping up and down with headlines about the kicker Christmas present from the state. But Oregonians might be kicking themselves rather than kicking their heels in joy if they knew the true cost of the checks. A recent report from the Oregon Center for Public Policy found: Continue reading
How I Came to Love the Klosterman: True Story *
The truth is, I first hated Chuck Klosterman. The reason for this is simple: The first piece of his that I read was the Lloyd Dobbler essay that starts Sex, Drugs, and Coca Puffs. The premise is that every woman of a certain age wants Lloyd Dobbler, the sensitive, kickboxing, eminently quotable character played by John Cusack in Say Anything. Continue reading