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Emily and I are heading out on Friday for a little vacation in my ancestral homeland (northern Illinois) to hang out, play games and drink like fish with my extended family. This is just a little post to say hi and check in on things me-related before we leave.
It’s worth mentioning that this blog was [...]

Okay, it’s after 2:30 AM so this is gonna be brief.
Tim Blake Nelson and I made eye contact at JFK this morning. He was on my flight to Austin. I passed his row on my way to the lavatory and noticed he was watching a 1970s Roy Scheider movie on his laptop that may or [...]

I’m pretty excited about this! Join Steve, Emily and me on Sunday from 4 – 6 P.M. eastern time for the live broadcast & stream of Poli-Sci-Fi Radio’s 100th episode. Special guests joining us during Sunday’s broadcast/stream include…

MSNBC political commentator and analyst, Rachel Maddow
Comics writer and illustrator, Brian Wood
Political blogger, Matt Yglesias
Actress and web video [...]

Reinhardt. Not Fett.
Today is guitar genius Jean Baptiste “Django” Reinhardt’s 100th birthday.
Treat yourself and listen to some of this music. Django was incredible — and only had two usable fingers on his left hand (that’s the hand that makes chords). Django is on my short list of greatest guitar players of all time.
Seriously, take a [...]

Cue the mad knitting.
And for that very special someone in your life, Robot Kasten is offering the best t-shirt of the holiday season.

Nobody tell Emily!
Actually, it’s not so much of a crush as a recognition of this woman’s talent and likability. Jenny Slate got on my radar just last week with the season premiere of SNL. She did a hilarious “biker chick” character who hosts a Wayne’s World-esque TV show in her basement with her frickin’ best [...]

…and congratulations to Steve Benen for making AtlanticWire’s list of The Atlantic 50 — the 50 “most influential commentators in the nation.” Wow. Nice job, Steve.
Here’s how they arrived at the list, on which Steve is listed as #44 — one higher than Lou Dobbs. I think Steve should consider this alone a personal and [...]

…so that I can buy them some of these custom-made Wii cake toppers!

This groom for Bill,

and this bride for me (though even my avatar would never wear blue eyeshadow!).

Two posts in under ten minutes?! What is going on around here?
Via Nerdcore (my German doppelganger):
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