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“You have the skin of a Marxist.”

A terrific review of the latest issue of Love and Rockets, summarizing exactly what I thought was disappointing about it while still acknowledging its strengths. Via Journalista.

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• Randy Newman – I have 12 Songs and Nillson Sings Newman and let them each play through four of five times. It sounds like a Muppet Christmas special. I’m sorry, Tony.
• Leonard Cohen – I can’t focus! I drift! I started cleaning my room!
• Manga/Anime – Maybe it’s the translation.
• Java (programming language) – It feels too big and heavy.
• Video Games – Except for Text Adventures and the Atari 2600.
• Dungeon’s and Dragons – And I read all the manuals (whatever was out in 1984, at any rate)!
• Food – Onions in particular.
• The Olympics
• Parades, fireworks
• Football (American and European)
• Concerts – Actually I like them when I end up going.
• DC Comics – Except Vertigo.
• Boats

Isn’t it true that Sting only mentioned the tantric sex thing (without being asked) in a long Rolling Stone interview once? Like in 1988 or 1990 or something? I remember reading that interview, and then hearing about Sting and tantric sex every single time Sting was mentioned in any article ever. But did he only bring it up (no pun intended) the once? Whoa, hold up, that pun was really good. “Did he only bring it up the once?” That is hilarious. I didn’t mean it to be. Never mind the actual point I had here, let’s just close this up.

Through November 2005 of Achewood. I get it now!

Here’s things I’ve set about memorizing in recent weeks:

• list of U.S. presidents in order
• list of Shakespeare’s plays
• the words to the Traveling Wilbury’s “Handle With Care“

It’s “Handle With Care” that I cannot get to stick.

I’m through March 2005 of achewood. It’s getting funnier. You have to learn to not really look for punch lines and instead enjoy strangely constructed phrases like “I’ve never wanted to start a joint company less in my life.”

And no, I don’t mind if I’m brainwashing myself to like it, which means that on some level I won’t really like it. I do this all the time. It’s how I came to love onions and also Doctor Who.

I’m also reading the entire catalog of xkcd — that one I liked right away.

Separate point: should I ever watch Cars?

I’m not even gonna check IMDB or anything but I ask you, dear readers: am I remembering it right that one of the main characters on Happy Days was called “Potsie?” That is silly.

Straight up: I kinda don’t get Achewood.

But so many people that I like swear it’s awesome that I’m gonna keep reading it until my brain learns to love it. That’s what I did with Bob Dylan when I was in the 10th grade and it worked.

There was a line around the block for a book signing at Rocketship Comics recently. That’s what kicked this off.