About Josh Roseman
Josh Roseman (not the trombonist; the other one) has been published in -- among others -- Asimov's, Escape Pod, and Evil Girlfriend Media. He's published two short-story collections, THE CLOCKWORK RUSSIAN and BOSS FIGHT, as well as a novel, AFTER THE APOCALYPSE. When not writing, he mostly complains that he's not writing. Find him online at roseplusman.com, or on Threads or Instagram @listener42.
I know I’ve mentioned in the past that I subscribe to an e-book library that often gets pretty big dumps of books for borrowing. It’s not quite like going to the bookstore — you can’t just walk through the aisles … Continue reading →
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Tagged book, books, bucky fucking dent, e-book, embassytown, friday, ghosts of engines past, grimspace, headcrash, holy cow, judge benjamin superdog, library, not quite the classics, please don't tell my parents i'm a supervillain, ready player one, saints astray, santa olivia, soon i will be invincible, things my girlfriend and i have argued about, wolf in white van
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It can often be quite a surprise when you find out that someone you know has written a book. It’s even more of a surprise when you find out that your first college roommate has written a whole lot of … Continue reading →
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Tagged deafness, hearing, john hope, middle grade, nervous farts, peter benchley, review, shark, sharks, silencing sharks
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I’ve been using Google Chrome for many a year now, and while some complain of its resource hogging, I still feel like it’s the best browser for me. Google already knows all of my personal information; might as well let … Continue reading →
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Tagged adblock plus, chrome, extension, flash, flashblock, gmail, goo.gl, google chrome, rot13, sndlatr, the great suspender, tinyurl, ublock, YouTube
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I’ve reviewed Only Superhuman, Christopher L. Bennett’s first original novel, over at Escape Pod. I liked it, for the most part.
I used to run a blog that lampooned corporatespeak. I mined my archives for this week’s column. SIX OF THE WORST… examples of corporatespeak
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Tagged corporate speak, corporatespeak, definition, go from there, perspective, should, shouldn't be, temperature check
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It’s been a slow month for writing — I moved, and I got married. But here’s an update all the same. PUBLISHED The only thing that came out this month was my narration of “Make a Choice” by John McIlveen, … Continue reading →
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Tagged meta, update
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I have a weird medical condition called PVN — so rare that it’s not even on Wikipedia. Do you have any weird conditions? SIX OF THE BEST… medical conditions you didn’t know you might have
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Tagged aposiopesis, aquagenic urticaria, disease, illness, medicine, mystery chronic cough, pandiculation, pogonotrophy, post-micturition dribble, pvn, sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia
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My performance of “Make a Choice” by John McIlveen is now live at Tales to Terrify. You can hear it at this link. It’s a horror story, definitely not for kids. Listen with discretion.
I’m getting married on Sunday. No, no, hold your applause and just read my column about it.
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Tagged competition shows, garfunkel & oates, guest list, honeymoon, marriage, rainbow connections, religion, second wedding, wedding
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I wrote a column about quotes, because I like quotes. You can read it, if you’d like.
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Tagged boobs, butt stuff, children, depression, downer ending, empty pictures and pointless quotes, farts, introverts, james webb, javascript, love, mental health, parenting, quotation, quotatious quotations, quote, quotes, simple insights
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I’m moving soon. It’s been… interesting… to say the least. SIX OF THE WORST… things about apartment hunting
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Tagged apartment, apartment hunting, apartmentratings.com, condos, floor plans, hidden gem, location, luck, ratings, rent increase, rental homes, townhomes, townhouse, truffles
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Hey! I wrote stuff this month! And stuff was published, too! It’s like I’m a writer or something. PUBLISHED “Stand Up”, my story of an autistic, nongendered superhero, appeared as Episode 34 of The Overcast podcast. My narration of “Bluejay” … Continue reading →
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Tagged meta, update
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This week I’m talking about Star Trek Beyond, which I enjoyed. For the most part. SIX OF THE BEST… things about Star Trek Beyond
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Tagged a mighty faggot, beastie boys, beyond, deus ex machina, into darkness, jem'hadar, krall, star trek beyond, yorktown
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Escape Pod episode 535 features my performance of “Bluejay” by Edward Ashton. Listen here, or buy Edward’s book here.
With my wedding coming up in less than a month, you can damn well bet I’ve been reading up on etiquette rules, and how they’ve changed. SIX OF THE BEST… contemporary changes in etiquette rules
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Tagged birthday cards, etiquette, etiquette books, evite, facebook event, generation gap, gifts, marriage, meetings, multitasking, phone calls, rsvp, telecommuting, texting, wedding invitations
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Holy crap, this show’s pilot episode is good. SIX OF THE BEST… things the X-Files pilot episode did right
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Tagged cigarette smoking man, FBI, fringe, infodump, lone gunmen, Mulder, poo-poo, Scully, the body, The X-Files, X-Files
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If you didn’t know there was a Star Trek reboot series, helmed (for lack of a better word) by JJ Abrams, then you probably don’t live on the planet Earth. And even though the latest iteration isn’t written or directed … Continue reading →
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Tagged abramsverse, gene roddenberry, JJ Abrams, lens flares, reboot, star trek, star wars, tie-in novels
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I have reviewed Swiss Army Man, a.k.a. “the Daniel Radcliffe farting corpse movie”, at Escape Pod. Here is a link for you to click so you can read it.
Posted in comedy, escape pod, indie (or indie-style), movie, nonfiction, review, writing
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Tagged cotton eye joe, daniel radcliffe, daniels, farting, farting corpse, farts, mary elizabeth winstead, paul dano, sundance, swiss army man
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