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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 →

Dave Pitchford was wondering on Facebook about the distinction between sardonic and sarcastic. I’ve often wondered the same thing, so I looked it up in a few places. The short answer seems to be: not much. Maybe, based on the … Continue reading →

1. My Blog Gate post of the week is up, this one a review of Cherie Priest’s novel (or is it?) about werewolves in the Old West, Dreadful Skin. 2. I watched the pilot of Glee last night, and I … Continue reading →

Thing 1. Terrible Yellow Eyes: a really interesting site where a guy named Cory Godbey has undertaken to post a piece of art every week inspired by Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. My favorites so far are the “Water … Continue reading →

“KHA-A-A-A-A-A-A-AN!”

Moorcock and Morlock, together again for the first time. If the reader imagines me as more than a little freaked out, the reader… must be reading my mind! [incoherent sounds of freaking out follow; transcript breaks off]

My Blog Gate post of the week is up… really just a postlet about the “GRRM is not your bitch” thing Neil Gaiman wrote. Which is being applauded around the internet as if it were a nifty from the works … Continue reading →

1. Anna Katherine (one half of whom is alg) writes about systems of magic or the lack thereof in an aptly titled post “rules? in a knife fight?”. This so brilliantly expressed my own feelings that I was left saying, … Continue reading →

There’s a judicious review-article (of what seems to be a problematic book) up at The Nation website: Jordan Davis on Laura Miller’s book about the Narnia series. I thought it was pretty impressive, and had never heard of Davis before, … Continue reading →