Not a link, but a request. My 10-year-old daughter is getting into graphic novels and has already devoured the four "Bone" books she got for Christmas. She's read "Calamity Jane", the "Lightning Thief" graphic novel, and series with graphic elements like "Captain Underpants", "Diary of a Winpy Kid", and "Bad Kitty". I just started reading Alan Moore a few years ago, and I know she's not ready for that level yet. Any suggestions on something in between?
If you can dig them up, Dead Boy Detectives, about two ghosts running a detective agency in Britain, might be up her alley (Jill Thompson did one she might like).
Now, even better from Jill Thompson is her series of Scary Godmother, which is perfect for that age.
Man, I love reading Joe Posnanski even when I don't agree with him. Dude's just good. Also, this cracked me up a lot:
"<span>Ozzie Smith may have been the greatest defensive shortstop in baseball history. But he already is encouraging too many Omar Vizquel fans, and so he’s out."</span>
I love zoo borns!!!!!!!!! And why yes I do volunteer as a guest engagement embassador at my local zoo and it is 31 yr old me and a bunch of 60+ retirees on Wednesdays, but it is awesome and come see me some wedenesday in lincoln park once the weather hits march or better.
The woman who puts the Good TVeets together was my professor for a couple of great TV classes in college. You can follow her at www.twitter.com/crsbecker, or just the Good TVeets at www.twitter.com/goodtveets.
This may be a little bit morbid, but it's interesting: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/magazine/09Immortality-t.html?emc=eta1
If you've had to deal with the death of a friend in recent years, you may have already navigated the Facebook process. But there's twitter and flickr and who knows what else out there... all with different policies and different ways of handling things.
On a cheerier note, a recent xkcd comic: http://www.xkcd.org/843/ got me to this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions and now I'm not sure I should believe anything I ever learned was right. :)
I re-read Woody Allen's "The Whore of Mensa" this week to remind myself why I ever thought he was funny. If you haven't read it, you should.http://woodyallenitalia.tripod.com/short-uk.html
And there's always Extremely Literally Captioned New Yorker Cartoons: http://www.avclub.com/articles/literally-captioned-new-yorker-cartoons-make-new-y,49739/
If there is a better sportswriter on the planet, I'm unaware of who it could be, and he's in the conversation for best essayist altogether, in my opinion. Just great.
How about "Does Your Favorite NFL Playoff Team Have a Corresponding Best Picture Candidate?" from Movieline? Seems like a pretty good assessment to me. (Nice joke at the Seahawks' expense, too...)
ReplyDeleteBaseball fans who haven't seen it yet should check out Joe Posnanski's attempt to create The Willie Mays Hall of Fame:
ReplyDeletehttp://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/01/06/the-willie-mays-hall-of-fame/
And I don't know if it's worth reading, but Sepinwall posted the entriety of the 18-minute Oprah filibuster from the TCAs.
Not a link, but a request. My 10-year-old daughter is getting into graphic novels and has already devoured the four "Bone" books she got for Christmas. She's read "Calamity Jane", the "Lightning Thief" graphic novel, and series with graphic elements like "Captain Underpants", "Diary of a Winpy Kid", and "Bad Kitty". I just started reading Alan Moore a few years ago, and I know she's not ready for that level yet. Any suggestions on something in between?
ReplyDeleteTime to watch Rikki Tikki Tavi again!
ReplyDeleteIf you can dig them up, Dead Boy Detectives, about two ghosts running a detective agency in Britain, might be up her alley (Jill Thompson did one she might like).
ReplyDeleteNow, even better from Jill Thompson is her series of Scary Godmother, which is perfect for that age.
Man, I love reading Joe Posnanski even when I don't agree with him. Dude's just good. Also, this cracked me up a lot:
ReplyDelete"<span>Ozzie Smith may have been the greatest defensive shortstop in baseball history. But he already is encouraging too many Omar Vizquel fans, and so he’s out."</span>
I don't think the filibuster itself is worth reading, but the compendium of contemporaneous tweets certainly is: http://www.newsfortvmajors.com/2011/01/oprah-tveets.html (Start from bottom and scroll up.)
ReplyDeleteIf you're looking for an obscene dose of cute, try:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.zooborns.com/
Eric J. that's the link I was going to post! My favorite (although it's hard to choose) is
ReplyDelete"Tip: If you're ever with Oprah and she starts talking, pauses, then says, "long story..." - just shoot yourself in the eye."
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I love zoo borns!!!!!!!!! And why yes I do volunteer as a guest engagement embassador at my local zoo and it is 31 yr old me and a bunch of 60+ retirees on Wednesdays, but it is awesome and come see me some wedenesday in lincoln park once the weather hits march or better.
ReplyDeleteThe woman who puts the Good TVeets together was my professor for a couple of great TV classes in college. You can follow her at www.twitter.com/crsbecker, or just the Good TVeets at www.twitter.com/goodtveets.
ReplyDeleteOMG, that set of OWN tweets was so awesome that I was required, through some law of nature, to use the term "OMG."
ReplyDeleteThis may be a little bit morbid, but it's interesting: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/magazine/09Immortality-t.html?emc=eta1
ReplyDeleteIf you've had to deal with the death of a friend in recent years, you may have already navigated the Facebook process. But there's twitter and flickr and who knows what else out there... all with different policies and different ways of handling things.
OK, here's another Joe Posnanski piece, but this one's for everybody, about taking his daughter to Harry Potter World:
ReplyDeletehttp://joeposnanski.blogspot.com/2011/01/katie-prefect.html
On a cheerier note, a recent xkcd comic: http://www.xkcd.org/843/ got me to this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions and now I'm not sure I should believe anything I ever learned was right. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Joseph -- I'll check them out. I hate to threadjack, but I always get great reading recommendations here, so I thought I'd put it out there.
ReplyDeleteThat was good for about 2 hours wasted on Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteI re-read Woody Allen's "The Whore of Mensa" this week to remind myself why I ever thought he was funny. If you haven't read it, you should.http://woodyallenitalia.tripod.com/short-uk.html
ReplyDeleteAnd there's always Extremely Literally Captioned New Yorker Cartoons: http://www.avclub.com/articles/literally-captioned-new-yorker-cartoons-make-new-y,49739/
That post made me cry, but in the best possible way. What a great reminder that small actions can make large differences. Thanks for sharing, Devin.
ReplyDeleteIf there is a better sportswriter on the planet, I'm unaware of who it could be, and he's in the conversation for best essayist altogether, in my opinion. Just great.
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