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Comment on White Zombie by James Finn Garner » Blog Archive » A Monstrous Christmas Season

James Finn Garner » Blog Archive » A Monstrous Christmas Season — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:50:37 +0000

[...] on by my limerick for “White Zombie”, Hilary Barta over at Limerwrecks has spent most of the season posting paeans to old horror movies. [...]

Comment on Mr. Dickens Goes Shopping by James Finn Garner » Blog Archive » Free Stories for Christmas!

James Finn Garner » Blog Archive » Free Stories for Christmas! — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:19:21 +0000

[...] “Mr. Dickens Buys a Comb”–in which our hero, Victorian in taste if not in time, has to navigate the perils of a megastore at Christmas to buy himself an article of personal hygiene. [...]

Comment on Fall is Time for Hard Cider by James Finn Garner » Blog Archive » The Bounty of the Harvest: Hard Cider

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:44:46 +0000

[...] year I fermented some ciders using a lager yeast, which came out pretty tasty. However, the drafts tasted a lot like those that I made years ago with champagne yeast. They [...]

Comment on Spelling Bee: It Pays To Increase Your Word Power! by James Finn Garner » Blog Archive » Cast a Spell on Me

James Finn Garner » Blog Archive » Cast a Spell on Me — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:55:01 +0000

[...] was probably my fourth time being a judge, and I absolutely love it. (I posted on it last year, if you’d like to read it. I put a lot of cool vocab words in it.) I may have to turn down the assignment in the future, b/c [...]

Comment on Some Mushy Spots in “Banana Shpeel” by James Finn Garner

James Finn Garner — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:02:19 +0000

[...] the necessary volume and energy that Broadway requires. (It’s a lot closer to success than “Banana Shpeel” was when we saw it in November.) The Addams’ individuality and optimism always strikes me as [...]

Comment on Chex Mix Confidential by James Finn Garner » Blog Archive » That's Enough for Now

James Finn Garner » Blog Archive » That's Enough for Now — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:59:06 +0000

[...] back to edit it in the meantime, I’m going to put it out there for all of you. You can read “Chex Mix Confidential” by clicking HERE, or go to the pages in the sidebar on the right and look over all my Christmas [...]

Comment on What We Talk About When We Talk About Neighborhoods by jfg

jfg — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:08:54 +0000

Well, there are other times when such comments aren’t so benign (I can think of certain family members), so it just struck me that it can be a loaded statement, and an odd one when making small talk.

I find the discussion interesting too, part of the whole patchwork of the city.

Comment on What We Talk About When We Talk About Neighborhoods by Stu

Stu — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:01:08 +0000

Jim,

This is a great post. I actually find myself getting down to the racial/ethnic makeup question fairly quickly when discussing a neighborhood, possibly as a method of “profiling” shorthand–not that I’m proud of that–but also because I just find the makeup of neighborhoods fascinating. That they change over time, that neighborhoods and cities flow in and out like the tide, is interesting to me.

You might have had to be there, as you were, but on its face I don’t find much to be annoyed about in his statement.

Comment on Swine Flu: Deadly, and Politically Incorrect by jfg

jfg — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:55:54 +0000

I guess you wouldn’t want an “unclean” virus, because…um…you could get sick from it?

Comment on Swine Flu: Deadly, and Politically Incorrect by Erica

Erica — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:44:27 +0000

Um…Did someone ask them to EAT or TOUCH the swine flu? I don’t recall either religion having any restrictions on saying or hearing the word swine.

Sounds like material for a new book (hint, hint, wink, nod)!