To get the fun of this, I'm afraid you're going to have to suffer through the first paragraph or two of the Slate review of Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union. (If you keep reading, you'll find that the writer actually liked the book. She's just too busy ranting about other things to be bothered with an actual review for about half the ( Read more... )

This post is brought to you by the fact I've never posted a poll before and want to see how it works. (Hint: Use the HTML view.)

Poll Metapoll

I know I usually avoid politics in this journal, but I'm all on pins and needles over the election results.* I hope everyone that could voted Saxon, though obviously I couldn't do so myself. Harold Saxon's policies really are best for Britain and by extension for the whole world ( Read more... )

I can't believe I'm posting this. Unbridled fangirl squeeage, specific to the last two seasons of "Doctor Who". Not kid/work/boyfriend safe. As promised, all six verses (yes, six!) of ( Bring Back My Doctor To Me )

My Uncle J died this past Monday, so my parents have gone out of state for his funeral. On one hand, I probably should have gone to see Aunt J, but we weren't/aren't very close so I don't know that it would do much good. Also, that's a lot of time in extreme proximity to my parents, and we really do have enough proximity as it is. It was also ( Read more... )