What You Need To Know

I read a lot. It's escapism. I believe that chocolate can fix everything, at least temporarily. I am candid without being tactless. I fancy that I share a lot of personality traits with cats. I'm stubborn to a fault. I like bad weather. I haven't yet decided whether I'm an idealist or a cynic. I'm a hopeless romantic, and a feminist. I believe that there is a flavour of tea for any mood you may happen to be in. I have a bit of a Peter Pan complex. et cetera.
P.S. My taglines are mostly plagiarized. Just so you know.
P.P.S. If you are a music artist, I'm not going to bloody add you unless you add a note saying why you think I'd like your music, or, of course, if I know you personally.

What I Pay Attention To

books, computers, technology, people, psychology, sociology, feminism, theology, webcomics, life, love, hugs, muffins, cheesecake, pillows, cloaks, &etc.

Who I'm Singing - see all

• The Weakerthans - 638
• The Strokes - 258
• Stars - 250

Affiliates - see all 19

Pet Quotations

• "The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think."
  - Horace Walpole
• "Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence."
  - HL Mencken
• "It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us."
  - Peter De Vries
• "What can we know? What are we all? Poor silly half-brained things peering out at the infinite, with the aspirations of angels and the instincts of beasts."
  - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• "A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices." - William James
• "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Sir S. H. Roberts

Web Haunts

• Reuters Oddly Enough - stupid news
• Wired - cool news
• xkcd - a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language
• A Softer World - painfully real tableaus
• Dinosaur Comics - stupid musings of a smart guy
• Modern Life - a web design blog. I'm not a webmaster; I don't know why I read this.
• Threadless - awesome t-shirt designs
• Overheard in New York & affiliates - why you should watch what you say in public places
• Alexa - stats on the most popular websites

Interesting People - see all 9

Artists Who Have the Right Idea - see all 11

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Books

The Lord of the Rings, The Black Jewels Trilogy, Tir Alainn, His Dark Materials, The Lioness Quartet, Pern, Darkover, Ender's Game, Alvin Maker, Pride and Prejudice, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Animal Farm, The Day of the Triffids, Fahrenheit 451, Ella Enchanted, Vows and Honour

Music

The Postal Service, Metric, Jack's Mannequin, Stars, Death Cab For Cutie, Iron and Wine, Owen, Azure Ray, The All-American Rejects, Bryan Adams, AC/DC, Alanis Morissette, Sheryl Crow, American Football, Ani Difranco, The Arrogant Worms, Blue Rodeo, Bright Eyes, 30 Seconds to Mars, Coldplay, Cute Is What We Aim For, The Decemberists, Feist, Get Set Go, John Mayer, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Modest Mouse, Oasis, Sufjan Stevens, Teddy Geiger, Tegan and Sara, The Epoxies, The Shins, The Strokes, The Starting Line, Supertramp, The Tragically Hip, The Weakerthans, Tom Petty, U2, Rilo Kiley, Howard Shore, Angels & Airwaves

Comics

xkcd, Buttercup Festival, A Softer World, Dinosaur Comics, Qwantz, Basic Instructions, Calvin & Hobbes, Toothpaste For Dinner, The Chalkboard Manifesto, Explosm

Film

The Lord of the Rings, Pride & Prejudice, The Sound of Music, Stranger than Fiction, Spiderman, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Matilda,

Television

House, Heroes, Grey's Anatomy, jPod

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