Nolan’s sick, so I’ve been too busy taking care of him to do much else this week. The good side is that we’ve gotten to watch a lot of Word Poker Tour DVDs together, but the bad side is I’ve lost almost all of the creative momentum that I created last week. Since my time and creative energy have suddenly become so limited, I probably won’t do much blogging this week.
If lack of content at WWdN creates some free time for you, I suggest spending that time outside. If you find yourself unable to go outside, because the Sun burns your skin and threatens to reveal to the world that you’re really a flesh-eating Zombie, stay indoors and visit . . .
- Tony Pierce. Tony’s one of the few bloggers who is consistently interesting, thought-provoking, and entertaining . . . often in the same post. Recently, Tony offered his review of the latest Weezer album, Make Believe:
other than the cheesy single beverly hills, many of the tracks in the new record sound like typical post-pinkerton weezer: rivers singing little timid love songs of longing to girls who would probably do him if he just shut his damn mouth.
He also writes beautifully weird little stories like
balloon boy came from another town entirely. one where fences were made of crackers, trees were made a wood, and beer came right out of sky. the nerds had invented zero gravity luncheon meats but since the town was riddled with vegans the only way to sell any was to throw in a puppy and or a child.
- Gawker has a new site called Sploid, co-edited by Ken Layne, that’s earned a spot in my news reader
Sploid is a news site with a tabloid mentality — top stories up top, played big, as fast as they break. If there’s a political line, it’s anarcho-capitalist: sniffing out hypocrisy and absurdity, whether from salon left or religious right.
- The Moderate Voice is a fantastic political blog, that is objective and intellectually honest. Unlike some of the so-called pundits out there who carry water for Dear Leader while they pretend to be something they’re not, you won’t find anyone, liberal or conservative, carrying water for anyone at TMV.
- Jessica Stover, blogging.la, and Nickerblog fill out Wil’s List Of Must-Read Blogs.
Anne and I packed about 1/3 of the Geek orders over the weekend. I’m teaching myself Scribus so I can build a cool little Chapbook out of Let Go. As soon as that’s done and printed, I’ll begin shipping.
