In honor of Halloween, Amazon is selling the Complete Addams Family TV series DVDs today for $26.99. In honor of the Addams Family being one of the best shows ever, I bought it instantly.
Unrequired Reading: Oct. 31, 2008
Oct 31, ’08
5:00 AM
Slappy Halloween! Time for some oddball links!
Fatty elbow and the end of dog-days
Oct 30, ’08
10:49 AM
I had a sad experience on Monday night. Rufus has a hygroma or fatty tumor on the “elbow” of his left foreleg. Never having finished (or, in fact, started) veterinary school, I decided to take him down to the vet to get it checked out. Also, I wanted to get him weighed, because I think [...]
Because that’s the way God wants it?
Oct 29, ’08
11:58 AM
I have an editorial advisory board at my day job. I hit the members up for article topics, send them “Ask the Board” questions and otherwise kibbitz about the direction of the magazine. It’s a non-paying gig, but it carries some sort of esteem, I guess. Since we’re coming to the end of the year, [...]
Rhode Island is Famous for You
Oct 29, ’08
7:51 AM
Happy birthday to Paul Di Filippo, great pal & litterateur extraordinaire! (from your pal, a litterer ordinaire!) I gotta get around to ordering Cosmocopia, his new book with Jim Woodring, sometime! Like now! (and we really have to make a visit up to Providence soon, if the official VM greyhound can handle 3+ hours in [...]
You make my heart stipple
Oct 28, ’08
3:57 PM
This WSJ article on Mitch “Wild Thing” Williams’ post-baseball career is entertaining, especially when he calls out Paul Newman. My favorite part, of course, is the Drew Friedmanized headshot of Williams: The more I look at it, the more Wild Thing seems to have been put through the Todd McFarlaneizer (or is that the Erik [...]
NBA PREVIEW! AAIEE!
Oct 28, ’08
9:01 AM
It’s that time of year, dear readers! The 2008-09 NBA season is starting tonight, so that means it’s time to check out the official Virtual Memories NBA Season Preview! Sure, you might want to go straight to the team-by-team previews, but I think you really want to check out contributor Tom Spurgeon’s great intro essay, [...]
Lost in the Supermarket 3
Oct 28, ’08
6:57 AM
We have a lot of deer hunters out here, so maybe they need to camouflage their Jiffy Pop when they’re out in the woods: See the whole Lost in the Supermarket series
What It Is: 10/27/08
Oct 27, ’08
5:00 AM
What I’m reading: A whole ton of magazines that have piled up, including the recent issues of Monocle, New York, Foreign Affairs, the Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, and Fantastic Man. Not Montaigne, which is why there’s no Monday Morning Montaigne this week. Sorry. I know you were looking forward to it. What I’m listening to: [...]
Way-way-yonda
Oct 26, ’08
7:26 PM
We joined the weekly greyhound walk/hike up at Wawayanda State Park again! Enjoy my pix!
