Posts Tagged ‘ punching things in the face ’

Paranoid About Facebook

I'm spurning Facebook as much as I can now, and this post explains why, as well as how else I'll share the information I so love, in case you're interested in following that trail, in the blessedly ad hoc fashion we peruse the internet[ READ MORE ]

Lock In, But Not In the Cool Way Like at a Video Arcade

[I've been meaning to post this for a while. I've been hesitating because it feels unfinished, but I now think that's because the central idea is going to need a long time, and many posts, to percolate into anything really coherent. Consider this a disclaimer or an invitation, however you prefer to see it. Sorry [ READ MORE ]

On Assaulting Your Friends in Dreams

I just woke up from a terrible dream, into a wakingness I resented because it was still 4 am and I knew I wouldn’t be able to get back to sleep – I was suddenly too aware, not groggy like I’d just woken up, and immediately my mind started racing, and I felt compelled, as [ READ MORE ]

Optimism is Compulsory

This article on Dave Eggers’ optimism about youth literacy and print books (via @Mean_land) made me think of the title of his unfinished Salon.com serial, The Unforbidden is Compulsory, or, Optimism: for Eggers, it would seem, optimism about print books is compulsory, and should not be forbidden. Elsewhere (almost everywhere else), it seems the trend is [ READ MORE ]

Twitter I Love You, But You’re Freaking Me Out!

Dear Twitter, What we had was thrilling for a while, but then it got lame. I’m sorry – it’s not you, it’s everyone else. You gave me the confidence to publish longer blog posts at Socratic Ignorance is Bliss, but there’s something … something about you that makes me feel squeamish now. I know, that’s rough, but I [ READ MORE ]

Lee Siegel Hating On The Internet

I’ve been interested in this guy Lee Siegel lately, since I found his critique of What is the What and the cult subculture that Eggers has spawned with McSweeney’s. This was the first well-considered and in-depth critical review of the whole phenomenon that I had read since feeling awkwardly contrarian in criticising What is the What [ READ MORE ]

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