December 2010
20 posts
Purple Pagoda makes cameo in Belle & Sebastian... →
This is so cool! My house is in a Belle & Sebastian video!
Several Athens townies appear in this video, but the most exciting part to me is at the 2:52 mark where you can SEE MY PURPLE HOUSE. The house I am sitting in at this moment. I’m so happy a former resident of the Purple Pagoda shared this video. It’s extra exciting that this is one of my favorite Belle & Sebastian...
Best of the Blotter, 2010 →
I missed almost all of these stories on the first go-round.
Migraine.com has finally launched! →
I’ve been waiting to share this with you guys for a few months now. As of twenty minutes ago, the site was officially go for launch. Woohoo! I’m so excited to announce that I’m a featured writer for a new site called Migraine.com (yes, this is my first paid, regular writing gig ever). Hooray!
fragments + run-ons: holiday shopping... →
Sonia rocks—what a superb list! Makes me think twice about deciding not to give gifts this year.
commaspliced:
My favourite thing about the holiday season is how many people donate to great organizations. I put together a list of a few places that I love, with the hopes that anybody who is still looking for presents for their friends and family will choose to give back this year. What’s...
I want what I want now.
And what I want THIS INSTANT is to watch Brenda Dickson’s “Welcome to My Home,” which apparently is no longer on Youtube due to some ridiculous thing called copyright infringement. Brenda sells DVDs of the movie now, probably because: 1) she saw how many hits it was getting online because it is BRILLIANT and 2) she is a crazy, strange jailbird who needs some lawyer dough. And...
Every dollar is a vote: what will YOU vote for? →
Here’s a blog post that started out one paragraph and ended up being a long piece about why I think you should reconsider your Amazon habit.
REQUIRED READING →
Unlike many of the big players (like Amazon), Avid Bookshop will never engage in predatory practices or harsh bullying. Please settle down with a cup of tea and take a few minutes to read this VERY important article. Where you buy your books DOES matter; this article explains why.
GET A LIBRARY CARD & a couple other ramblings from... →
This week’s Beyond The Trestle post is up.