I hadn’t realized that Tom Cruise still wanted to be Iron Man. Eh. I’m not a fan of Mr. Cruise, and I hadn’t pictured him playing Tony Stark/Iron Man, inventor-alcoholic-Vietnam Vet-millionaire playboy.
Well, I’ve never been all that fond of Iron Man anyway, but part of the problem is that I think I already cast the [...]

I posted a grunt at refgrunt.com
One of my friends (who should be blogging) e-mailed me to say:
“Also, it’s swell that Orlando is doing a READ poster, but doesn’t his neck look unnaturally long and skinny and like he’s Rubber Man or Plastic Man or something? And where the hell is Viggo’s poster??”
Orlando’s neck does look [...]

RetroGirl has a great, positive “Open Letter to Library Bloggers” as her latest entry. Walt Crawford revisits the topic of library blogs as part of his latest column (via Library Stuff). It’ll be interesting to see what the library blog landscape looks like in a few years. It feels like there’s been a tremendous explosion [...]

Aww, one of my favorite comics blogs, Journalista, linked to me! This is just the first step in my master plan for total media domination. No, I’m really just surprised and happy that anyone named Dirk has read my blog, even if it isn’t a certain Dallas Mavericks player with bad ankles who I am [...]

In the Feb. issue of Marie Claire, they conduct a sociological experiment where a couple is sent out to the wilderness of New York to make out in public places until they are asked to stop. They time how much smooching they are able to fit in. The longest they were able to last was [...]

Happy New Year! I’m glad that 2004 is here and the holiday season is gone. I sometimes feel a little disconnected during all the seasonal merriment, not belonging to one of the more dominant religions. Yay 2004, bring it on!
I don’t tend to do New Year’s Resolutions. Usually my resolution is to not make any [...]