Author Archives: JE

It had been so long since I hit pavement that the first signals from my nerves were a little hard to decode. “Hey! Is this pain? Pain and biking don’t mix! Go back and make sure the nerves know what … Continue reading →

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This week’s Blog Gate post is up, this one tackling the subject everyone is talking about these days: effability.

Now everyone can participate in ongoing political debates without the trouble of formulating coherent arguments! It’s a wonderful age we live in, for however long that is. (Infamous examples here and here.)

This: Mihir Wanchoo of Fantasy Book Critic interviews the oversigned. Herds of untold shocking revelations revealed. No one will be seated during the last fifteen minutes of this interview. Etc. That: Christian Lacroix files for bankruptcy. My first thought on … Continue reading →

It’s still Wednesday somewhere in North America, so I figure my Blog Gate post of the week is not technically late. (Nick, reading over my shoulder, remarks, “I think you’ve used that line before.” But that just makes it a … Continue reading →

I was pedalling down the bike trail last night, wondering if the Latin alphabet was unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause, when I suddenly sensed that someone was grinding French Roast coffee quite nearby. Glancing around at the trees, the swamp, … Continue reading →

Your silent tents of green We deck with fragrant flowers; Yours has the suffering been, The memory shall be ours. –Longfellow

There is no dumbness like the dumb of a frightened xenophobe: like the guy who argues that legal Latin violates the First Amendment, since it’s “the foreign language of a church.” The best thing about this is that the guy … Continue reading →

1. Anatomy of cartoons: Michael Paulus has been figuring out what sort of skeletons would necessarily underlie various famous cartoon figures. Peanuts seems to have gotten the most attention, but also included are the Power Puff Girls, Betty Boop, Marvin … Continue reading →