INSOLVENT REPUBLIC OF BLOGISTAN

DEPT. OF DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES OF THE BLOGWARS: John Cole's war on Sully remains hugely entertaining.

MORE RECYCLED SUCKER PUNCH CONTENT: In my spare time I post on message boards : It took me two viewings but...

SAINTS PRESERVE ME, I AM STILL THINKING ABOUT SUCKER PUNCH: Thoughts from a second viewing, crossposted from my Tumblr : T...

THE ORIGINAL ENDING TO SUCKER PUNCH: Sounds better than what we got...or at least less bleak, or maybe more bleak but in a black humor way:...

A LATE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE FACT THAT THE LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER: Duke lost.

TSUNAMI RELIEF: If you're looking for a place to donate here's one in Japan: Second Harvest . They're set up to take credit car...

COMMENTS FOUND ON OTHER PEOPLE'S BLOGS, THE CONTINUING SERIES: Davis X. Machina at Balloon Juice : Their preferred future is the ‘Wi...

ADDENDUM TO PREVIOUS APHORISM: Note that there are countries where writing political fan fiction has, umm, sub-optimal consequences .

APHORISMS THAT SUDDENLY OCCUR TO ME AND ALSO CAN ONLY BE APPROPRIATELY EXPRESSED IN THIS VENUE: Blogging is political fan fiction. ...am ...

SO YOU SEE, OBAMA JUST NEEDS TO STOP SCARING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY: "From time to time I get to meet people in what you would call th...

DEPT. OF BOOKMARKING RECIPES FOR FUTURE USE: Oh I would love a plate of suicidally spicy curry tofu right about now.

DEPT. OF LESS THAN HELPFUL GOOGLE SEARCHES: I thought someone would have tackled in an explicit way the important "hipster vs slacker...

DEPT. OF COMMENTS FOUND ON OTHER BLOGS: I'm not the only one who does that! And so this comment was given wider circulation : The che...

HEY--HAPPY NEW YEAR: Will start updating around here hopefully in the near future. Or at least do a NaNoWriMo postmortem (SPOILERZ: I won!)

I'M SURE THIS REFLECTS POORLY ON ME BUT: When I read about the " 19 year old Oregon State student arrested for attempted terrorist...

NANOWRIMO UPDATE AFTER TWO FULL WEEKS: Well over 30,000 words , so I am on pace for a victory. Actually winning my novel, though, may take ...

SO IT'S NOVEMBER: And it's National Novel Writing Month. Gonna give it the ol' incredibly expensive private university try. Fol...

QUICK RALLY TO BE IRONIC RECAP: Like most gatherings of crowds of people, you definitely will have a better time following everything on te...

CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT BUT HATE AL GORE?: Become a climate hawk! And a third thing:  I don’t mean to brag, but I’ve been at some...

OBAMA AND THE BLOGGERS: Atrios is big time .