The Byronic Man

March 13, 2012

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This new series, “For Your (Re)Consideration,” is something I’ve been wanting to do for a while, in order to take a look at older pieces – books, music, movies – that either have been maligned, or have become classic to the point of ignoring.  What I mean is, there are works that everyone hates because [...]

March 11, 2012

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I’m a total baby about turning the clocks forward.  I hate it. I’m angry all day.  I’m angry at every clock I see and have to change.  I’m sulking right now, in fact, because I got up early and so I can get a lot done today except oh wait I can’t because it’s an [...]

March 8, 2012

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Don’t panic – you didn’t blackout for a week.  Instead of your regular, bi-monthly 20 Questions interview, I’m adding a special one this week, because SJ’s answers were so terrific I just had to put them up right away!  Also, I’m going out of town again today, and have no time to write.  But mostly the [...]

March 6, 2012

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Oh, Mitt Romney.  I adore you.  You are my absolute favorite political candidate in this presidential race, and I just want you to know that.  Don’t misunderstand me – I don’t really want you to be president, but I’m enjoying your campaign so much it just makes me giddy.  You’re like a parody of the [...]

March 4, 2012

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Today, my friends, we take the Weekly Question of the Week up a notch.  Call it Phase Two.  Exciting, right?  Darn right.  Just wait until Phase Three.  It involves lasers. Here’s the new dealio: I’ll give you a question, or scenario, or maybe even sometimes a visual prompt. You provide an answer.  You may answer [...]

March 3, 2012

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In honor of my 666th subscriber (welcome, Stacie Chadwick!  Thanks for coming by!), I – naturally – immediately began humming Iron Maiden’s “The Number of the Beast” to myself.  This, of course, made want to do two things: One, rock.  Two, take a moment and explore 6(66) reasons to love 80’s Heavy Metal! 1. For [...]

March 1, 2012

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Today’s installment of 20 Questions features Darla, from the currently titled She’s A Maineiac.  Her site has gone through a couple name changes, some real, some theoretical, but I think she’s settled on this one, as she’s a firm believer in getting the soundtrack to Flashdance stuck in people’s heads. Darla and I, I suspect, [...]

February 29, 2012

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AMC, purveyors of some pretty great TV shows, have just released the promotional poster for season 5 of Mad Men, like a plate of bacon before the over-analytical dogs that are the show’s fans. Um, that analogy might need some work. Anyway, producer Matthew Weiner says that the poster is, “a nonverbal representation of where [...]

February 27, 2012

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It’s International Polar Bear Day.  I don’t know what that means, but I don’t care, because, Polar Bears! To celebrate, let’s review some pictures of polar bears, and some fun facts. Fun fact 1: If you eat a polar bear’s liver, your skin will fall off. This is because of the amount of vitamin A [...]

February 26, 2012

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So, listen, we all have different feelings about the Oscars…often not great, sure, but there’s something unmistakably alluring about whole thing.  Maybe it’s just trying to identify the “best” movie, maybe it’s trying to identify what will win through examining the odds, maybe it’s just waiting for it to be over so you can huff [...]

February 24, 2012

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“Uncle Byronic?” Yes, adorable little child? “You know those ads for Dr. Pepper 10 that equate drinking diet Dr. Pepper to guns and being a Viking and smashing things with your bare hands and being in a rodeo and stuff?” Sure. “Those are awful.  They make me want to burn things.  How can those exist?” [...]