Archive for June, 2010
That’s right. It’s poll time, fools. Make with the clicky-clicky. Spread the love. One vote. The links are in the poll, but they don’t really work out so well. You can go here and check out the comments if you need the clickable links — I might, if I have time, populate this page with [...]
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What I’m saying is, Happy Father’s Day. My own father, well, he’s off tracking game and taking down the Celestial Elk in his own Happy Hunting Ground, but as usual on this day — and on many days — I am reminded of him, reminded of stories that live on despite him, reminded of legacy and family and love and loss and all that crazy stuff.
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The opening lines of a novel are the shoulders on which the rest of the story is carried. It’s not fair that such a small portion should carry the debt for the larger, but that’s just how it goes, ladies and gents. Those opening lines gotta hump a lot of weight through the jungle.
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Bold statement: The Wire is the best television show I’ve ever seen, start-to-finish. That last phrase is key. Start-to-finish. Some shows may have had better seasons here and there, and certainly a few really whopper holy-shit bomb-go-off episodes, but as a package? As a show that begins properly and gets a proper end? It’s The Wire. It’s The Wire by a country fucking mile. You feel me?
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Let me toss these ideas to you, see what you think. If you think these idea are cool, compelling, interesting, and you’d like to subscribe to my newsletter and sacrifice jungle cats to my honor, great. Alternately, don’t hesitate to point out pitfalls, and further don’t hesitate in saying, “Ehhh, I don’t think this is such a good idea, Beardigo, and here’s why.” Don’t worry, I won’t put your name on a list or anything.
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