Penpals

"Do you love Jovanotti? I love Jovanotti." I had no idea who Jovanotti was, but my brief high school penpal from Italy had scrawled this all over the envelope containing her letter. (I have zero […]

Required Reading

The new library. Well, I'm in-between libraries, geographically. I had a book sent to Leonard (The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, which is certain to be uplifting) which I picked up today, and Speedboat, which […]

Slowest

Speaking of slow, I am really excited about that one of my favorite not-that-famous bands since high school, The Pastels, is releasing their first album in 16 years. And fittingly, it would be called Slow […]

Slower and Stupider

Eventually most self-ware people come to the realization that they're mediocre (and I don't mean counter-intuitive mediocrity). That's fine. I'd take mediocre. But I'm starting think I'm subpar. Like genuinely too stupid to execute. I […]