>I’m not even completely clear on who the Watchman really is, but this is really fun. But can I just say how much I have always loathed W. C. W.’s poem about the plums in the icebox? We-coulda-made-pie versus some poet’s fucking sensitivity–is it even a contest?
>Well, it’s not like there’s an election or financial crisis or anything.
October 10, 2008 By 15 Comments
>Urban legend alert
September 11, 2008 By 10 Comments
>If the substitution is that simple, there’s something wrong with the sentence.
August 21, 2008 By 10 Comments
>Another one from the Guardian, about a little furor surrounding Jacqueline Wilson’s latest, My Sister Jodie: “The word ‘twat’ was used in context. It was meant to be a nasty word on purpose, because this is a nasty character,” said a spokesperson for Random House. “However, Jacqueline doesn’t want to offend her readers or her [...]
>Listen to the Children When They Are Holding Sharp Sticks!
August 18, 2008 By 1 Comment
>The listservs are ablaze this morning with talk about a children’s knitting club being banned from the library. I’m guessing the ban will be lifted by the end of the day; meanwhile, I sure wish I could knit–it would be great to make myself useful while watching the synchronized diving, and, since we’re currently reviewing [...]
>After the Gold Farm Rush
July 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment
>Due to the enthusiastic spamming of the Chinese gold farm miners, I’ve enabled comment moderation on this blog, meaning that I have to approve your comment before it appears. But flare and flame away, as I’m only using it to stop spam (and, as before, off-topic personal attacks on others than myself). Not that a [...]
