Saturday Morning Links

So last Saturday morning, instead of blogging for you the way I usually do, I was standing behind a table at the AWP book fair with an over-caffeinated Isaac Fitzgerald watching him close people so hard that Blake from Glengarry…

Why don’t you buy my book? If you’re in south Florida and looking for something to do tonight, come by 18 Rabbit Gallery and check out the Sound Art show. I’ve seen some of the pieces already–my partner (and Rumpuser)…

Guess who’s got copies of his new book for sale. The surprise news last night was that Keith Olbermann’s show on MSNBC is no more. The interesting thing about the story is that no one can seem to agree who…

Happy New Year, folks. Let’s see what the internets have to offer on 1/1/11 (or 1/1/11 if you’re using the European method). I think this story from Kentucky pretty much sums up the political situation in the US of 2010.…

I’ve been flirting with one for days, ever since the end of the semester, but I think today I actually have a full-blown hangover. Take it easy on me, would you? If this works–and I haven’t tried it out personally…

“When you swim in the sea and an eel bites your knee, that’s a moray.” –Spider Robinson Yep, it’s gonna be that kind of day. The Rumpus’s favorite US Senator, Bernie Sanders (I-Awesome), took to the floor of the Senate…

So, December. So you’re starting a PAC and you need a name for it, something bland and generic and completely de-emphasizing your plan to replace all the caffeinated coffee in the world with decaf, you evil bastard. Here’s a name…

Hard to believe that it’s only been eleven months since shopping season for last Christmas ended. It goes by so fast. It doesn’t take much to make the terrorist watch list in Pennsylvania these days, it seems. Do you have…

If my life is ever made into a movie, I want it aired on SyFy, & I want some sort of combination animal involved, like a sharktopus, only cooler. And I should be a cyborg. Christopher Hayes reviews Ralph Nader’s…

Yesterday, we mentioned the trouble with for-profit education. Now, take a look at the economics of for-profit education. Short version–profits will be down for now. Keith Wilson at We Who Are About to Die makes a very good point about…

This gets my vote as headline of the week. And it might be good advice if you’re looking to boost voter turnout. Maybe we could offer these as premiums. Are you a naturally-born woman between 18-27, a registered voter, never…