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I got nothing folks. Here’s some things I considered blogging about:

• The best Chaplin movie to watch if you’ve only got time for one is City Lights.
• The best blog out there is kottke.org. You all probably knew that.
• For Christmas, among many other good gifts, I got the entire Love and Rockets series in their new small softcover format. Beautiful! Start with “Heartbreak Soup” and then “The Girl From H.O.P.P.E.R.S” if you’re new.
• I’ve had two impressive nights of over-drinking recently. During one of them, Mark Ruffalo and Ethan Hawke entered the bar, but I was more focused on getting Ben Schwartz to notice I was flipping him off. At the other, I promised a friend I would [...]

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The latest issue of Gilbert Hernandez’ “Speak Of The Devil” came out. It’s a story of a high school gymnast who channels her frustrations with her life by becoming a peeping tom in her neighborhood. I don’t really like it, but I respect Gilbert for having the guts to keep trying new stories — and, unlike classic Gilbert, they are self-contained ones. And it’s high stakes and original (i.e. it doesn’t rely on comics invented fifty years ago like so many superhero comics) and is weird, and has lots of emotional and honest characters. It just isn’t a good STORY somehow. He makes great moments, but not great page-turners. But [...]

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Latest media obsession: Battlestar Galactica. I’m almost done with season one.
Latest project: Yoga
Latest I-feel-left-out-of-this: the NFL. I know nothing about football.
Latest song I am Freedying: “Dying Day” by Orange Juice and “This Charming Man” by The Smiths.

This post is just to knock the previous one back a bit.

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