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Quivering Daughters
Quivering Daughters

The Sublime and the Ridiculous: Eight Values of Awesome

I’ve been overly busy lately putting the finishing touches on my CD, a new writing gig, and a few new songs. I think you’ll like them once they’re unveiled (not too long now, I promise! Really!).

I’ve added a few new features to the website just for fun: check out my Links I [...]

Well, That Answers That…

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Not Exactly “Der Götterdämmerung,” But…

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…I fear that (not to name any names) the recent fad of popular books and movies about Teenage Mopey Angsty Vampires may signal a twilight of art appreciation. It will be many a new moon before the works of great composers like Grieg will eclipse them in popularity again.

But I’m an optimist [...]

Contrary to popular belief…

… this is not actually what editors live on.

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(Photo (c) E.P., taken in a little shop in Ireland. More about my life to follow shortly; just had to share the [...]

Department of “Wait, What?”

Ring… Ring…

“Hello, Department of ‘Wait, What?’.”

“Yeah, it’s me. Hey, it’s been a long time since I did a ‘Stuff and Nonsense’ post, and I think I’d like to put in some ‘Wait, What?’.”

“We’ve got that. What would you like?”

“How [...]

Friday Funnies

Because we all could use something funny this week:

1. Tax Advice

Failblog reports that the following appears on the IRS website:

Living in Chicago, I have to admit I’m not entirely surprised, but still… doesn’t this explain so much about our political system?

And in case you were wondering, yes, it’s [...]

Gaimanography

Here’s a little something for you fantasy fans. As you might have heard, because I can’t stop talking about it, I’m a fan of fantasy writer Neil Gaiman, author of books (such as Coraline or The Graveyard Book) that enchant children and give nightmares to adults–often from the same story.

***Overheard on [...]

Tales from the Kitsch: More Tacky (and Creepy!) Nativity Scenes

I told you guys to stop me. You can’t say you weren’t warned this would happen. Ohhhh, man.

Emboldened by the Crescat’s contest and your delighted reaction to my previous hilarious tacky nativity scenes, I pushed past my initial fear and kept searching through the dark and terrible world beyond [...]

You’re a Mean One, Mister Kitsch: More Tacky Nativity Scenes!

On the second day of Kitschmas, I gave to the Crescat’s contest:

Does it get any tackier than an inflatable Nativity Scene? Yes sir. Yes sir, it does….

 

Disproving the rule that everything is cooler with robots.

 

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Merry Kitschmas: Tacky Nativity Scenes!

‘Tis the season: On the first day of Kitschmas, The Crescat gave to us the Tackiest Nativity Scene Contest!

You know things are going to get interesting when they start out like this:

That’s not even the half of it. Follow the link above [...]

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