"Hello? Is this the program? I don't know. Do I start? I guess I can start. Is this it? No? It's not? Ok. I thought that was it. This is not the show? What's that guy pointing at me for? Supposed to start? Oh, it is the show. I'm sorry." -- A confused, hesitant Gene, attempting to host The Best Show "That ain't gonna happen. Not on my watch." -- Spike, vowing to thwart Hillary Clinton's plans to create a "Planet [...]
It's been a busy week, which explains the lack of blog posts, but I'll attempt to catch up a little bit here. The book tower is finally one book shorter, as I finished reading Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs. The memoir started and ended strong, but I was a little bored in the middle. When Burroughs wasn't trying to shock, I enjoyed his writing, but much of the book was mired in redundant descriptions of deprivation and underage sodomy. A chapter or two on these subjects would have been sufficient, but they reappeared [...]