According to a long standing tradition, my last post of the year is that year represented in a series of list. The List of Favorite New Albums of the Year mr. a balladeer — Sorry, Kid.(No contest. Absolutely gorgeous.) Arjen Anthony Lucassen’s Star One — Victims of the Modern Age(Although I’ve heard it all before, [...]
Yearly Archives: 2010
First Lines: God is Dead
December 30, 2010 – 22:31
It took two-thousand years, but finally God came back to earth. Only it wasn’t quite a success: And then the world learned God had been found dead in Sudan. As far as anyone could determine, he’d taken mortal form to observe firsthand the armed conflict between Sudan’s Islamic government and the Christian Nuer tribe in [...]
Checking the List
December 28, 2010 – 22:34
The last list in my annual last list of the year was the to-do list for 2010. Now that the year’s nearly over, it’s time to check the score. Find a new job. Stat. Check. On March 1st I started at wehkamp.nl, and I’m having lots of fun. Cross off at least 6 items of [...]
Against My Better Judgement
December 24, 2010 – 18:00
For a number of very compelling reasons—for me, at least—I wasn’t going to send out any of my usual one-size-fits-all-cards this year. And then one of my, well, let’s call it esteemed colleagues was being very helpful.
First Lines: Let it Snow
December 23, 2010 – 23:02
What can you say about a book called Let it Snow: Three Holiday Romances that you don’t already know by just reading the title? In this case, I should say that these tales by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle are all nicely interconnected, key characters and plot-lines carry over from one story to [...]
