Ratatat is playing Thursday at Tulane! I don't want to go alone. Who wants to come with me?

Found cat in Metairie. I am pretty sure he's a lost housecat: young, clean (mostly), fat, friendly, trying to get in the house. Please email if you have an idea who he might belong to.


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A friend just posted her recipe for Thai Chicken Curry, so just for fun here's my go-to for a fabulous accompaniment. I serve it with all my Indian food and it's typically the favorite part of the dish. It's a low-investment dish, only one cooking vessel and one mixing bowl, and a nice substitute for saag paneer or palak paneer, if you don't happen ( Read more... )

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An interview with myself, RJ, and Kim Paffenroth, conducted by J.J. Adams, the editor of THE LIVING DEAD 2, in which I sling the words "entropy", "aggregate" and "ass."

It regards both our general thoughts on zombies and specifics about our story in the antho, "Thin Them Out".

So, you know. If you're the kind of person who likes to do a lot of ( Read more... )

So J.J. Adams' followup to the acclaimed Living Dead anthology, the also-acclaimed Living Dead 2, is now available for order!

Includes short stories by:
Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead)
Max Brooks (World War Z)
Me
Also features:
Me lying about my story ("Thin Them Out" was actually a collaboration with my husband and Kim Paffenroth)
The coveted ( Read more... )

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: SELECTIONS FROM H.P. LOVECRAFT'S BRIEF TENURE AS A WHITMAN'S SAMPLER COPYWRITER.

Check out the hilarity

Genius fauxsters from the Scott Pilgrim universe featuring Lucas Lee, played by Chris "Only Redeeming Thing About Those Godawful FANTASTIC FOUR Movies" Evans. I think the guy's a chunk of treat but imagining him playing Captain America in the upcoming Cap and Avengers movies makes me all kinds of have-to-lie-down, for real, ( Read more... )

I can take (and even like) spiders. I can take wasps. I smash silverfish open-palm. I keep my cool around aggressive dogs. I'll pet snakes and sharks with the best of 'em ( Read more... )

On my May 9, 2006 blog, I published the following sentence regarding my dad and Pirateer: "He says it's a game where it pays to lie, cheat and steal, which is funny, because that pretty aptly describes his feelings about life." I retract this statement. It does not describe my dad's feelings about life, nor does it describe the Pirateer game ( Read more... )