Cowards

New Hey Look! Books! post: Wherein an author waffles and a coward saves the day through cowardice.

Marketing Gibberish

     This isn't exactly a normal topic of conversation for me, mostly because I do everything (that's not inconvenient) in my power to avoid marketing of all kinds. So, if this is your area of expertise and I clearly have no idea what I'm talking about, forgive me. I do not live in your world.

     A quote from Verizon's chief executive was brought to my attention on Twitter, thus:

     That first sentence isn't too bad, although I think by "a global multiscreen network platform," McAdam just means "the Internet," but what the hell do I know?

New Old Blog

After a wonderful suggestion from my husband, I have re-imagined my old blog, Hey Look! Books!, into a project that I will most likely find a lot more interesting than just basic book reviews. My first post, concerning the nauseating sentimentality of Longfellow's "The Children's Hour," is now up. Check it out if you really hate/love classic literature. That site will be undergoing some cosmetic changes as well over the next few days, so if things go wonky, let me know in the comments somewhere and I'll try to fix it.

Asking For It

     First of all, the link, in case you haven't heard about it yet: a bunch of people got together in Dallas at an event which included a Mohammed-drawing contest. A couple nutjobs showed up with the intention of killing people because of this.

     This is not shocking.