I have just downloaded substantially all of the songs necessary to create a playlist that takes this clip and turns it into a retrospective. Justin Timberlake seems to me to be an incredibly talented musician who also happens to pander to “pop” to make money. And good on him for figuring out how to do [...]

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’Twas night; the floods were out; it blew A winter hurricane aloof. I heard his voice abroad and flew To bid him welcome to my roof. I warmed and clothed and cheered my guest And laid him on my couch to rest; Then made the earth my bed, and seemed In Eden’s garden while I [...]

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Right now, this is all that I have left of Toby: When I say all I have left, I mean this digital photo of her collar, the empty, tiny cat-shaped hole she left behind, ephemeral memories. I don’t think she ever crossed 5 lbs. She’s always been a dainty creature: When she sat, she kept [...]

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Some years back, I decided to grow a collection of critically acclaimed graphic novels. It was (and still is) perhaps my favorite storytelling form, and I already had some of the classic superhero and fabulist novels: Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns, Alan Moore’s Watchmen, Neil Gaiman’s Sandman. After encountering Art Spiegelman’s daring and sensitive depiction of [...]

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[Update: as of 6:28pm Pacific time on January 20th, only Generation Dead, Infidels, Battle for God, and the New Testament Exegesis books are available] Many apologies for slacking on the posts. The past week has been crazy busy, and I didn’t realize how much this project could add up, in time and shipping costs! First [...]

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Sorry for my absence this past week! I’ve got some catching up to do! I’m giving away two books today in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. today. The first is Informing the Future: Social Justice in the New Testament This is one I pulled off my regular shelves (as opposed to [...]

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Pseudopod, the premier horror fiction podcast (and a long-time favorite of mine), is going to run my Rigor Amortis story, Forbidden Feast at Armageddon Cafe! This news, and the lovely support I received via twitter and facebook was a nice counterbalance to the gentle melancholy I otherwise felt today. I miss CatGirl and GameBoy, and [...]

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All the Tolkien book responders, apologies that I haven’t gotten back to you yet. While I’m going to try to give away the majority of the books via blog posts, about once per week I’m going to personally select a book for someone. This week, I gave my new friend Jenn Reese Type Rules!: The [...]

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[Update 1/17/2011: Book gifted to Tyler--please see comments below!] Connie Willis’ Hugo and Nebula-nominated Doomsday Book is still up for grabs! At this point, it’s first come, first served. I mailed out the first batch of books on Thursday, and hand-delivered a few yesterday. I love the little human connections I’m making, and the possible [...]

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The title for January 7th is Connie Willis’ Doomsday Book. Willis is known for her research, and this is as much romance and time traveling story as it is a gory, detailed historical novel about 14th century England. (I remember the locals thinking the time traveller was royalty because of how healthy her teeth and [...]

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