On The Poetry Of Ally Sheedy: A Look Back
@Kevin Knox That's nothing. In seventh grade I did a BOOK REPORT on "She Was Nice to Mice" that involved designing and illustrating a dust jacket and writing the report as flap copy. (I misspelled "Elizabethan" EVERY SINGLE TIME.) Fast-forward more than *cough* years later. My mom was substitute teaching, and my old teacher gave her the dust jacket, which she'd been using as an example of how to do the assignment. Man, I was a weird kid.
This piece was great.
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On What Movies Make You Ignore Everything Else?
@David Roth I also wavered on LEBOWSKI and traded it in for PEE-WEE and BLUES BROTHERS because my dad quotes the former TO THIS DAY and would call me in college whenever the latter was on, even when it was the shitty dubbed version on a crackly, commercial-happy UHF station out of Worcester [shudders; fans self].
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On What Movies Make You Ignore Everything Else?
@MichelleDean SECRET SOCIETY! All of what you say is correct. Now I want a do-over.
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On House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Winning Evangelical Hearts and Minds
Is it wrong to imagine people protesting at every Komen 5K finish line by sitting, arms linked, in perfect silence, like those kids did to the UC Davis chancellor? It's probably wrong. Better to consult this year's race schedule and make donations to Planned Parenthood in those cities on Komen race days. But I still really like the idea of a silent treatment. Oh, and abolishing all that pink, ta-ta bushwa would be nice, too.
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On Did White Guys Stop Singing?
@Matt Whenever I drive through DC, my main thrill is to geek out to CSPAN radio. Are you telling me it loses its luster over time?
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On Did White Guys Stop Singing?
@Maura Johnston I, for one, would welcome a release from the guilt I feel about all my local college station's over-long mic sets pulsing out across the universe forever, as radiowaves are wont to do.
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On Did White Guys Stop Singing?
@DoctorDisaster Dead, you say?
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On Florida Child Born in Florida Manner
@Choire: I am stuck in H'wood FL for the Orange Bowl [sighs]. Is there anything to do here aside from get mugged at the ATM? [Disclaimer: I am not eight months pregnant.] Oh, and why is it FREEZING?
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On Top Eleven Dumb Songs to Sing to Cats
@barnhouse Thank mew.
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On Today Only: The Awl Is Auditioning New Commenters!
Graveside bukkake. [shows self out]