Candleblog

We conclude our trip down Candleblog lane, looking at September-December, 2008…

9/13/08: David Foster Wallace has died. – Emily discovered via Twitter that DFW had killed himself. The news was a shock. This was my insufficient eulogy.

9/30/08: Let Bible Spice talk! – The fall was unusually political at Candleblog as election day approached. Here I gave the McCain campaign some much-needed advice. Too bad for them they didn’t listen.

10/8/08: Notes on the culture war – The politics kept on rolling in October as I donned my elitist cap and went to town on those who would embrace “folksy dunder-headedness” as a sign of political strength.

10/17/08: How to make a documentary film – This is my own instructable on doc filmmaking. Follow these simple steps to filmmaking stardom!

10/25/08: Let the Right One In – Here is my review of one of the best genre films of 2008.

11/4/08: ZOMG – ’nuff said.

11/5/08: Zub zub! – All over the galaxy, sentient beings celebrated Obama’s victory.

12/6/08: It’s the simple things… – Sometimes life is just kind of good.

12/9/08: Changing change.gov – My advice to the Obama transition team on making their transition web site more user-friendly.

12/18/08: The deep woods of censorship – Some thoughts on Google’s new draconian content policy.