Category Archives: nonfiction
SIX OF THE BEST… books I discovered by accident
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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Book Review: “Silencing Sharks” by John Hope
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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SIX OF THE BEST… efficiency-increasing Chrome extensions
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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SIX OF THE BEST… musical episodes
Do you like musical episodes? I like musical episodes. SIX OF THE BEST… musical episodes
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Tagged buffy, buffy the vampire slayer, fan fiction, Futurama, galavant, grey's anatomy, honest trailers, les miserables, musical, musical episode, once more with feeling, psych, psych the musical, song beneath the song, supernatural, tad cooper, the devil's hands are idle playthings
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Book Review: Only Superhuman by Christopher L. Bennett
I’ve reviewed Only Superhuman, Christopher L. Bennett’s first original novel, over at Escape Pod. I liked it, for the most part.
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Tagged christopher l bennett, escape pod, only superhuman
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SIX OF THE WORST… examples of corporatespeak
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
SIX OF THE BEST… medical conditions you didn’t know you might have
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
SIX OF THE BEST… things about planning your second wedding
I’m getting married on Sunday. No, no, hold your applause and just read my column about it.
SIX OF THE BEST… quotes I’ve collected in the past four years
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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SIX OF THE BEST… things about Star Trek Beyond
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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SIX OF THE BEST… contemporary changes in etiquette rules
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
SIX OF THE BEST… things the X-Files pilot episode did right
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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SIX OF THE WORST… things about the Abramsverse
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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Movie Review: “Swiss Army Man”
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.
SIX OF THE BEST… things about Hamilton
Oh, come on, you knew it would be written eventually. The damn show has taken the theater world by storm, and it won like a zillion awards. You’re probably sick of hearing about it by now. Either that, or you … Continue reading
SIX OF THE BEST… decluttering ideas
I’m moving soon, and before you move, you need to get rid of stuff. So I wrote a column about the stuff I’ve gotten rid of in the past month or so. SIX OF THE BEST… decluttering ideas
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Tagged backup disks, books, boxes, cables, CDs, clothing, clutter, decluttering, dvds, fat clothes, golf gifts, moving, school newspapers, stuffed animals, timeline
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SIX OF THE BEST… from 20 years ago
When you declutter your house, you go through all your old boxes. Sometimes you find your school newspapers from 20 years ago. And sometimes you discover that you’re still doing the same thing you used to do way back then. … Continue reading
Josh Roseman: Writer, Voice Guy, Dad, Human 