This is the place where the snippets go. My interwebs junk drawer so to speak. I have too many other blogs that are themed but never seem to get any attention (from me). Here is a lazy opportunity to shove it all into a spot, cram it away, and then rediscover it later.
I'm a Gen-Xer who is reader of mainstream comics (mostly Marvel), short fiction, and obsessed with television. I'm also a huge New York Yankees and New York Rangers fan.
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A while back my wife shared pictures she found from abandoned mental asylums and it was pretty cool. Today, I found an article highlighting ten Japanese Ghost towns. These look like the end of the world. Everything from abandoned mines, hospitals, bowling alleys and theme parks (including Russian Village). The images are stunning.
I have a toddler and he has rekindled my love of LEGOs. Even though he is playing with DUPLOs (their larger cousin), the idea of dumping out blocks and building something crazy or interesting or different has brought back great feelings from my own childhood. I always knew they were cool but I forgot just how cool LEGOs are. Today I found (thanks to the New York Times' Abstract City blog), a great use of LEGOs. I LEGO N.Y. Go check it out, it's one of the coolest things I've seen in a while. I guess LEGOs are on the brain for me lately. There was even mention of them in the book I'm reading by Michael Chabon (Manhood for Amateurs).
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While I'm not sure I like all the stories in this contest having to use the same opening line, I think this short fiction contest from NPR is pretty interesting.
That morning she pours Teacher's over my belly and licks it off. That afternoon she tries to jump out the window. I go, "Holly, this can't continue. This has got to stop."
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For a few years now, people have been claiming that childhood vaccinations cause autism. As a result, many people have stopped giving their child vaccinations, bringing back diseases like measles. The study this was based on turns out to be fraudulent. Go read about it here.
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My wife couldn't have followed that re-tweeted PBS message at a better time.
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Typically I'm not a fan of really weird, experimental fiction. This short essay written on Google Maps, however, is so different and short that it captured by attention. Overall, it's a pretty interesting use of location.
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I follow up blog post that I thought about with a video of a baby laughing
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As a blogger, I often have aspirations of writing more and better stuff. In the past I've written about stuff that bugs me, sports, a little about travel, pop culture, etc. To be honest, most of my blogging projects fail for a myriad of reasons. Sometimes I get bored with a topic and move on. Sometimes I'm distracted by, well, life. As a writer, each of my blogs is one of my babies. While none of them have generated any kind of readership, I still look back on each of them with a little bit of protectionism. I like the idea of them.
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Please enjoy this clear and simple explanation of the NBC Late Night Situation, if only I had known that the Hulk was involved, it would have made more sense to start with.
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