(Subsidiary Parenthetical Ruminations)

The internet is all abuzz this week about Aliza Shvarts, a Yale student who issued a press release claiming that she artificially inseminated herself, then took various herbs in order to induce a miscarriage. Repeatedly. Yale responded with a release stating that Shvarts was a performance artists, and that her announcement had been the art piece, forcing people across the world into a discussion of what is and what isn’t art. Shvarts has since released another statement claiming that at least po… Continue

Many moons ago, back in the mid to late eighties, a friend of mine was directing a college production of Jesus Christ, Superstar. He invited me to opening night. Now, this production ends with Christ on the cross, ascending to heaven. They had built a mechanical cross, that would rise slowly and dramatically, up past the curtain line. For opening night, several cages of doves had been hung above that curtain line, and as Christ rose past them, the cages would open and the doves would fly out ov… Continue

New story post up at The End Is Nigh, which, in case you've forgotten, can be found at endisnigh.ning.com Hoping to encourage some more activity, project seems to be dead in the water.

So, after reading all the controversy, the commentary, the back and forth between JMS and Quesada, I finally got around to reading One More Day.

It didn't suck. Which was about all that could really be hoped for, under the circumstances.

It was never really a story, it was a transition point, a means to an end. A way to take Spider-man back to the days before his story became such a complex mess.

Once that decision was made (for good or bad, I think good), something ha… Continue

Warren wanted to know who to kill to make twitter work again...