http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ The Sound of One Duck Quacking en Vox Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:35:48 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/check-out-this-series-of-books.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Duck) http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/check-out-this-series-of-books.html?_c=feed-rss http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/check-out-this-series-of-books.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:35:48 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/book/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fad6976bdd0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fad6976bdd0004-50si" alt="The Devil You Know" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I'm usually excited when I get to read a big-boy book. I just had five books-to-review in a row (not including picture books) and suddenly I'm in control of my reading moments. What should I discover while perusing the catalogs at work but a new ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/check-out-this-series-of-books.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fad6976be70004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books reading mike carey http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/hey-freaks-geeks-fans.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Duck) http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/hey-freaks-geeks-fans.html?_c=feed-rss http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/hey-freaks-geeks-fans.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:27:16 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/book/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fa9683742c0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fa9683742c0002-50si" alt="Ignatius MacFarland: Frequenaut!" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Especially you with little boys (on the outside or in your head)... Paul Feig has a novel coming out that's worth your time! I just finished the ARC of --> (Don't know if that's the final cover or not or the final spelling of the title character'... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/hey-freaks-geeks-fans.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fa968374b00002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books freaks and geeks paul feig http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/i-know-its-my-own-fault.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Duck) http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/i-know-its-my-own-fault.html?_c=feed-rss http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/i-know-its-my-own-fault.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:00:17 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/book/6a00d414259e4a6a4700e398da14320003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d414259e4a6a4700e398da14320003-50si" alt="Seeking the Link" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> You know I love reviewing books. But I have to say that in the past few months, I am newly re-astonished at the crapola that gets published. Yeah, I know, I've said it before. Self-published books are one thing. Most of them don't go through an e... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/i-know-its-my-own-fault.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fa96823e280002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> humor rant books writing writers reviewing http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/wow-great-anti-mccain-ad.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Duck) http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/wow-great-anti-mccain-ad.html?_c=feed-rss http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/wow-great-anti-mccain-ad.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:11:18 -0700 Saw this on TV and had to share: <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/wow-great-anti-mccain-ad.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fa968114aa0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics election moveon.org mccain http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/im-not-fat-in-japan.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Duck) http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/im-not-fat-in-japan.html?_c=feed-rss http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/im-not-fat-in-japan.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:38:47 -0700 The story below is clipped from NYT, but Trent read me the story from this week's "The Week" (our news magazine of choice). Turns out I'm not fat in Japan! Woo hoo! I have a 33 inch waist...So, yes I'm on the cusp, but were I in Japan I would off... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/im-not-fat-in-japan.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fad69376ce0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> humor japan fat weightloss http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/in-case-you-need-a-laugh.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Duck) http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/in-case-you-need-a-laugh.html?_c=feed-rss http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/in-case-you-need-a-laugh.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:24:42 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/book/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fad69208ba0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fad69208ba0005-50si" alt="In Defense of the Bush Doctrine (Contemporary Issues in the Mid)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Rejected subtitles include: "Hey! At Least He Didn't Get Us All Killed!" "He Made Millard Filmore Look Good!" "He Proved the Majority DOESN'T Rule" "Sending Healthcare and Edication back to the 1950's" "Could Be Worse, Could Be Raining Bombs!" "S... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/in-case-you-need-a-laugh.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fad692ec1a0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> humor politics books bush george w bush http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/watch-your-toes-were-on-the-road.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Duck) http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/watch-your-toes-were-on-the-road.html?_c=feed-rss http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/watch-your-toes-were-on-the-road.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:00:00 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/video/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fa967f3d040002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fa967f3d040002-50si" alt="Stagecoach Parade" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Yes, we are at it again...NOW we're doing parades. Yes, that shudder was the appropriate response ;-) The first of six parades this year. DMLition, the Dayton Metro Library's book cart drill team, was a star attration in New Lebanon's Stagecoach... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/watch-your-toes-were-on-the-road.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fae8c3cfda000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> library dmlition book cart drill team http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/i-have-been-remiss.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Duck) http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/i-have-been-remiss.html?_c=feed-rss http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/i-have-been-remiss.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:01:55 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fad69116520005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fad69116520005-50si" alt="MyNewCar" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I haven't blogged my most recent purchase...yes, sadly the Jeep has gone bye bye. Fourteen miles to the gallon wasn't going to cut it any more. I also don't like driving something NOT covered by warranty. This one will be for eight years! Woo hoo... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/i-have-been-remiss.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fad691f9100004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> cars http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/weather-panic-not-just-a-winter-phenomenon.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Duck) http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/weather-panic-not-just-a-winter-phenomenon.html?_c=feed-rss http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/weather-panic-not-just-a-winter-phenomenon.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:55:40 -0700 There are plenty of areas in the country that have legitimate weather concerns; Dayton is not currently one of them. Nor was it last evening when we were trying to watch the Tony Awards... So the broadcast starts...and just after the opening come... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/weather-panic-not-just-a-winter-phenomenon.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fa967f85020003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> humor weather tony awards news media rich wirdzek http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/surprising-little-movie.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Duck) http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/surprising-little-movie.html?_c=feed-rss http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/surprising-little-movie.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:01:33 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/video/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fad691e5fc0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fad691e5fc0004-50si" alt="Suburban Girl" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> This one didn't get released to theaters so we weren't too sure about how it would be...and the whole May/December love affair thing can get creepy (in this case...it was more of an April/September). But this was really not bad at all. We laughed... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://disturbingfurniture.vox.com/library/post/surprising-little-movie.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414259e4a6a4700fae8c36322000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> movies sarah michelle gellar suburban girl