The Double is the story of a woman who wakes up one foggy evening to find herself framed for adultery (or is it early morning? time is nebulous in this show – between the fog machines and the spotlights aimed through every window, you will never know what time of day it is). To ad...
and you better read it so you can have the pleasure of reading it and the pleasure of talking about it with everyone." (Lydia) Painting Time by Maylis de Kerangal: The French author’s latest, a bildungsroman about a young painter, follows the apprenticeship of Paula Karst, a student at...
Trend Recap: If you too have blinked and found that the year is winding down already, caution: This sound may induce severe nostalgia. Use this audio to showcase your 2024 highlight reel. That's a wrap, y'all. Audio: 2024 recap (Long version) - northernelg Current # of Posts: 9.2...
The greatest pleasure this weekend, though, came from seeing my Beloved shine. Sandi has spent years in other people’s shadows, lending her quiet power to more obvious luminaries – me included. This year, though, she made her first major showing as a pro in her own right… anddamn, di...
7. I started blogging to ease myself back into writing for pleasure. I started a novel two weeks later, and finished the 500-page first draft in October. So much for easing into it. 8. I started the rewrite in December, and so far, it’s much harder. 9. I was never much of a...
stretching at the computer terminal during a micro- or meso-break[ii], go over to your coworker and play “pattycake.” This is the game in which you and your partner face each other and then clap your hands and then touch each other’s palms. Do this in all variations of the game...
re excited about 24 Hours in Italy, you can read the first four chapters for free here, and you can also preorder a copy here—which is rather convenient, because then, on release day (or sometimes a day or two before), the book will arrive on your doorstep for your reading pleasure...
I’m in Toronto for six days, three pleasure, three business, although everything gets all mixed up in the end. I’m in town chiefly to visit my beloved and to try to figure out how, or even if, we’re going to navigate this phase of what has never been a typical relationship. ...
The analogy gets better. Many, perhaps most, fastball pitchers consider the knuckleball unsporting, a circus stunt unworthy of a “real pitcher.” Check out the comments from my first VB6 column, and you can see this meme at work: “VB6 is a toy, not a real programming language, and peo...
Resident Evil Village is a game so famous it became a widespread meme for months before the game’s full release. But vampire lady Alcina Dimitrescu is not the only reason you should play this game. RE Village is a fresh take on the Resident Evil franchise. Breaking away from its usual ...