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Some Drinking Games That I Invented

Posted on March 17, 2018 by elliottggish

Never Have I Ever Read That Classic Novel Each player names a literary classic that they have not read. Players who have read it take a sip. Players who once pretended to have read it to impress someone with whom … Continue reading →

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Various and Sundry Denizens of the Public Library

Posted on September 7, 2017 by elliottggish

The Shusher. Librarians rarely shush people these days; we’re usually so happy people are using the library that we don’t want to dampen their enthusiasm by making them be quiet. Luckily, most public libraries now have a resident Shusher, a patron … Continue reading →

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All the Times Xander Harris Should Have Been Punched in the Face, Or, Better Yet, Lost His Second Eye

Posted on September 5, 2017 by elliottggish

As you may be aware, Joss Whedon’s ex-wife recently revealed that he is a really shitty dude. Many people on the Internet were surprised by this, because men who use their creative work as a vehicle through which to brutalize … Continue reading →

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The 10 Worst Films I Ever Paid Actual Money to Watch in an Actual Theatre

Posted on February 4, 2017 by elliottggish

Please note: This list is not a complete rundown of every terrible movie I have ever seen in a theatre. All bad films are not created equal, and some are downright delightful. For example, I paid real live human dollars … Continue reading →

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Some Brief Notes to Self

Posted on January 23, 2017 by elliottggish

At least one thing you really, really love right now is going to turn out to be total crap. Remember Garden State? Remember how deeply and unreasonably you loved Garden State? Remember when you rewatched Garden State as an adult … Continue reading →

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The 20 Best Books I Read in 2016

Posted on December 20, 2016 by elliottggish

I initially wanted to write this post about all the books I read and loved this year. Then I looked at the list of what I’d read and was like “yeah, no.” I managed to pare it down to twenty. Here … Continue reading →

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Movies That I Would Definitely Watch if Anyone Ever Decided to Make Them

Posted on August 24, 2016 by elliottggish

An animated adaptation of Mo Willems’ Elephant and Piggie series, with Richard Kind voicing Elephant and Nicki Minaj voicing Piggie. A sci fi/action thriller set in the year 3000, featuring Alia Shawkat, Ellen Page, and Janelle Monae as girl spies—IN … Continue reading →

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Your Thirty Greatest Flaws, in No Particular Order

Posted on August 4, 2016 by elliottggish

Whenever anyone posts anything slightly cryptic on social media, you assume it is a personal attack and are low-key resentful of that person for at least a week.

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Please Stop Including the Following Things in Your Fantasy Novels

Posted on March 30, 2016 by elliottggish

Good and evil. Not good and evil as abstract concepts, or characters who can be characterized as good or evil due to their actions (though even those are iffy), but good and evil as actual independent entities or forces. If … Continue reading →

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Summaries of Classic Novels I Haven’t Actually Read, Based On What I Have Learned About Them Through Cultural Osmosis

Posted on March 24, 2016 by elliottggish

Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Horrible things happen to a woman who does not deserve it. Then she dies.

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