Category Archives: The absurd

I mean, have you seen his hair, dude?

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

Maybe it says something about me that I found this article because I was looking for the name of Dave Eggers’ second child–we were talking about crazy baby names, okay? and I like that his daughter’s name is October Adelaide … Continue reading →

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Sorry and thanks.

Posted on September 13, 2010 by

Dave Eggers’ artwork right here, oh my god, awesome.

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To hell with the Internet, amen!

Posted on February 6, 2010 by

“The Internet? Don’t get him started. ‘The Internet is a big distraction,’ Mr. Bradbury barked from his perch in his house in Los Angeles, which is jammed with enormous stuffed animals, videos, DVDs, wooden toys, photographs and books, with things … Continue reading →

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Kids (book authors) these days…

Posted on March 21, 2009 by

Ramin Setoodeh wrote this story for Newsweek for the 40th anniversary of the publishing of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Not only does Eric Carle have a fascinating background, but he’s blogging!

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On the “renaming” of things.

Posted on January 16, 2009 by

From NPR comes this “you’ve-got-to-be-kidding-me” story: PETA is renaming fish “sea kittens” in order to drum up sympathy for fish via impressionable youngsters who wouldn’t dream of eating “sea kitten sticks” after seeing the PETA website. In the story, it … Continue reading →

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Scenes from a Saturday night birthday party.

Posted on January 4, 2009 by

My cousin Mikey turned 10 last night. My mom, my brother, my sister and I trekked out to the party at his parents’ house just south of the Cities. I can’t get enough of my aunt Angie. She married my … Continue reading →

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