I have been told that only women want to bite/eat things that are cute, but I don't know if that is true.

DH is always putting the cats' heads in his mouth. Maybe that's just to see if they fit though.

The CULT TV Book Interview/Giveaway

The Huffington Post has called Soft Skull Press “The literary version of a punk rock label.” Neatoramanauts have a different expression for that: “a big bowl of awesome!” The good folks over at Soft Skull have been kind enough to give us a few copies of one of their latest, most awesome books, The Cult TV Book, edited by Stacey Abbott.

Somewhat long. Here they talk about Buffy:

Did we talk a lot about Buffy. I did try and keep it balanced. But it is a key show particularly in many of the ways we have talked about above. It attracted people who would not necessarily call themselves cult TV fans and they began to engage with the show on a cult level. But to answer your question, I would say that it marked a key shift away from the episodic quality of much of TV toward asking your audience to engage with much broader and developing seasonal arcs. The characters on this series grew up, they evolved and the show grew up and evolved with them. The show has memory and it encourages the audience to share that memory not just move on from episode to episode and forget what came before. As much as I love The X-Files, one of the frustrations of the later seasons is that Scully still plays the skeptic despite everything she has been witness to. It is unbelievable that she would still be so resistant to the supernatural. On Buffy the characters reflect back on the audience and their actions often show how they have evolved as people. This is one way I think that Buffy has influenced TV. Now we see this type of memory in all types of shows.

I am now at work. I have no more Lily, or Plei, or Paul. What I do have is the work credit card paperwork and my time sheets to do.

Stupid Monday.

Oh, and YAY Jess! I am so happy for you guys!

Natural disaster birthday twins!

Excellent. Next year? Tsunamis!

Natural disaster birthday twins!

Excellent. Next year? Tsunamis!

Well, I *do* live in a river city...

Well, I *do* live in a river city...

You could surf upriver on a tsunami! What cities are you downriver from? Akron? Youngstown?

Wouldn't it be cool to surf to Akron?

Happy Birthday, Hec!

Congratulations, Jess!

I just got up a bit ago and am trying to decide if I want to go do anything touristy today. Technically I told my work I was taking today as vacation (though there's some things I need to check in my email at some point). So I could. But other than going and getting food very soon I'm feeling lazy and not all "ooh art museum" or whatever. But then I know I'd feel better about today later on if I did go do something. Hmmm.

ita and other weapons type people might like [link] Warrior Arts and Weapons of Ancient Hawaii.