On Horrifying Demonic Giant Asian Carp Are Finally Here To Destroy Us
The NYT had a feature on this in October. Apparently, some people have decided to start hunting the carp with bows and arrows as they leap mid-air!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/sports/14fish.html
Also, very important, you don't want to eat these carp. They're probably contaminated with mercury and PCBs, which are carcinogenic. According to the article, they're also "bony and poor tasting."
So, yeah. Kill the carp, but don't eat what you kill.
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On Are You a Chronic Meta-Enabler?
RE TV recaps: There's a few great recap bloggers out there, like Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune and Alan Sepinwall of the Star-Ledger. Their "Mad Men" recaps were great, mainly for the analysis that went beyond "here's what happened last night."
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On Are You a Chronic Meta-Enabler?
"It's just that people have a really hard time writing earnestly about something they like."
This is really true. It's much easier to tear something down than it is to build it up. I like stupid summer popcorn movies ("Transformers 2," "G.I.Joe: Rise of Cobra") but couldn't give you 200-300 intelligent words on why I liked it.
(unrelated: how does one replace their avatar with an actual photo here?)
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On Graphic Imagery, With Dan Kois: Three Comics to Make You Fall in Love with Comics
Yay for mentioning "Johnny Hiro"! I just got the collected edition and it's great.
Also, hooray for comics at The Awl. "Ew, nerds" indeed!
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On Are You a Chronic Meta-Enabler?
Thanks!