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Air Bond
Look, the film opens in Heaven with James Bond stealing an angel's wings after strangling the angel with harp strings, then he throws a halo at the pearly gates to keep them from closing all the way, he flies out sideways and finds himself back on Earth reincarnated into a royal corgi.
It's easy!
It's easy!
November 12, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Air Bond
Eleanor Wachtel interviews Taibo on cbc in 2008. digital.lib.sfu.ca/writers-comp...
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Eleanor Wachtel interviews Taibo on cbc in 2008. digital.lib.sfu.ca/writers-comp...
I adore these books.
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I adore these books.
I ain’t no evergreen
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I ain’t no evergreen
Norman Fell and John Vernon in Charley Varrick.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Norman Fell and John Vernon in Charley Varrick.
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repost with an iconic fictional band (if you feel like it)
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
repost with an iconic fictional band (if you feel like it)
Tortoise in March.
November 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Tortoise in March.
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
How to Draw a Novel, Martín Solares
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
How to Draw a Novel, Martín Solares
The next Bond movie should be about how they have to go to Hell and bring Bond back because of austerity measures and Brexit.
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The next Bond movie should be about how they have to go to Hell and bring Bond back because of austerity measures and Brexit.
Ever since I bought X at Y, Y emails me every day with new deals on X.
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Ever since I bought X at Y, Y emails me every day with new deals on X.
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Wallace Stevens
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Wallace Stevens
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"The golden age of jerks" (sound on)
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"The golden age of jerks" (sound on)
Peter Hyams has a hell of a catalogue, genre flicks that hit harder than they need to. From Busting to Timecop. Narrow Margin was a frequent rental from the neighbourhood Sev.
Last night’s film, OUTLAND (1981). In the period between Bond & his late 1980s renaissance as older sex symbol, Sean Connery did some really Interesting films. Solid mix of low-fi SF, western & bad town noir. Could argue Connery at his best when he wasn’t firm in his footing, as seems the case here
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Peter Hyams has a hell of a catalogue, genre flicks that hit harder than they need to. From Busting to Timecop. Narrow Margin was a frequent rental from the neighbourhood Sev.
You hang around here long enough, you’ll get a visit from ZZ Top.
weld county garage (and gas station), routes 85 & 34, greeley, colorado, 1980
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
You hang around here long enough, you’ll get a visit from ZZ Top.
From The Absolute Perfection of Crime by Tanguy Viel
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
From The Absolute Perfection of Crime by Tanguy Viel
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Holy shit. I emailed the director of Sebadoh's music video "Ocean" to find out what the fuck it was about, and she emailed me back.
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Holy shit. I emailed the director of Sebadoh's music video "Ocean" to find out what the fuck it was about, and she emailed me back.
easiest pitch meetings ever
i suspect every issue of Zoning Practice magazine features a societal ill and then suggests solving that ill through zoning.
Zoning Practice magazine devotes an entire issue to *checks notes* pickleball noise
November 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
easiest pitch meetings ever
i suspect every issue of Zoning Practice magazine features a societal ill and then suggests solving that ill through zoning.
Zoning Practice magazine devotes an entire issue to *checks notes* pickleball noise
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
i suspect every issue of Zoning Practice magazine features a societal ill and then suggests solving that ill through zoning.
Ppl are messy and complicated and that’s what makes stories good. Everyone is messy and complicated in The Lowdown and it just makes for such a rich and compelling story. I shed a tear, I’m not ashamed.
Sterlin Harjo: It’s not very hard to look out your window and see diversity, and it’s very lazy when you don’t try to understand that diversity around you. And it’s like, Well, are you a writer or not? That’s your job, you know?
Finished THE LOWDOWN this evening. What a rich, wide show, maybe the best mystery series I've seen in years, with a deep sense of place and character -- and perfectly cast, right down to the cameos. Once you've seen the whole thing, read this lovely @avclub.com interview with Sterlin Harjo.
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Ppl are messy and complicated and that’s what makes stories good. Everyone is messy and complicated in The Lowdown and it just makes for such a rich and compelling story. I shed a tear, I’m not ashamed.
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Men embracing reading is the absolute worst thing to happen to manosphere influencers and hate groups. They don't know how to pivot to take advantage of that. It's not like Andrew Tate is going to be able to lead a YouTube discussion on Watchmen.
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Men embracing reading is the absolute worst thing to happen to manosphere influencers and hate groups. They don't know how to pivot to take advantage of that. It's not like Andrew Tate is going to be able to lead a YouTube discussion on Watchmen.
So many things to say about The Lowdown, but how about the sweet presence of Tim Blake Nelson?
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
So many things to say about The Lowdown, but how about the sweet presence of Tim Blake Nelson?