Abridged
2 days ago
Macbeth, succinctly for a 3-year-old
Isaac: Why are the three witches bad?
Papa:
Because they told him to do something that wasn’t nice
And he was stupid enough to listen to their advice.
Savage update
76 days ago
My hero. Dan Savage doesn’t live to shop.
Spending money to go places and do things? I’m always up for that. But going places just to spend money and acquire things? No thank you.
Yay.
Also recently, his Stranger piece on end-of-life issues (like euthanasia) tells the story of his mother’s passing.
(The Stranger allows comments to all articles, from its blog to columns to features, so ignore that stuff at the bottom and breathe easy.)
Bechdel alert
81 days ago
It’s dead easy to login and get Amazon reader to show you the whole chapter of State by State on Vermont by Alison Bechdel.
Also, The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For drops November 12, 2008. An apparently up-to-date collection, which means around 2 years of new strips, 12 pages of new material, but apparently NOT the bonus stories from the back of the 11 earlier books. Ex libris yourz truly, natch.
Imbibe
168 days ago
An image this forum tells me is from The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book has some wisdom o’ th’ booze:
Recalling certain gentlemen of other days, who made of drinking one of the pleasures of life—not one of its evils; who achieved content long ere capacity was reached or overtaxed; and who, whatever they drank, proved able to carry it, keep their heads and remain gentlemen, even in their cups. Their example is commended to their posterity.
If only my content could be so easily achieved when my capacity is this overtaxed!
A chill
222 days ago
The hand that rocks one of my (many) worlds. Two YouTube videos.