Category Archives: meta
Before You See Breaking Dawn…
Before you head out to see Breaking Dawn this weekend, give a listen to the Halloween episode of Filmjitsu, in which Jason Santo and I join Mike and John for a roundtable discussion of the Twilight “saga,” the nature of … Continue reading →
Summer of Research: Getting Ready for San Antonio
I’m back from Provincetown and the Center for Family Connections’ Meeting of the Minds conference. It was intense, to say the least. This was my first adoption conference, and, oddly, the first time I’d been around other adoptees (not to … Continue reading →
Summer of Research: Meeting of the Minds
My summer thesis research for my project on adoption continues apace. Next week, I’ll be in Provincetown, MA for the Center for Family Connections’ Meeting of the Minds conference. If you’re going to the conference, drop me a line. I’m … Continue reading →
Tagged as adoptees, adoption, conference, research, thesis
Help Support My Summer Research
This summer, I’m working on my MFA thesis project. It’s called “Open & Shut: Open Records, Privacy, The Internet, And Adoption,” and it’s about how the internet, the adoptee rights movement, open records laws, and changing attitudes toward privacy have … Continue reading →
Filed under adoption, meta, writing
Tagged as adoptee rights, adoption, kickstarter, MFA, privacy, research, thesis
A Call For Adoption Stories
So, here’s the deal. I’m adopted. And I’m working on my MFA thesis, which, not coincidentally, is about adoption. My focus is on how the internet has changed how adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents interact. Adoption searches, familial relationships—they’re … Continue reading →
The Bacon Explosion
Yes, it’s true: I, along with my BBQ associate Mike, summoned The Bacon Explosion from beyond the realms of human understanding and lived to tell the entire greasy, smoky, delicious tale. You can read the whole story over at Geek … Continue reading →
On the third day, they scavenged
Here at Stately Clow Manor, we’re always looking for ways to keep life interesting and fun, and there are few things more interesting and/or fun than gallavanting around Dover in a quest to solve puzzles and collect random junk. That’s … Continue reading →
Filed under Dover, meta, Uncategorized
Tagged as board game, clue, herring, pot holders, scavenger hunt
Bad Biology
Oh, Frank Henenlotter, what have you wrought? The twisted genius behind “Basket Case” and “Frankenhooker” has returned with “Bad Biology,” a gloriously gross epic about love, faith and hideously mutated genitals. Read my review over at Cinema Suicide, but beware: … Continue reading →
Filed under horror, meta, movies, reviews
Tagged as Bad Biology, Basket Case, Cinema Suicide, Frankenhooker, Henenlotter, horror, horror movies, movies, reviews
The Cremator
Over at Cinema Suicide, I’ve got a review of the surreal Czech horror flick “The Cremator,” and, as you might expect, it’s full of Nazis, creepy dudes obsessed with funerary rites and classical music. Good times for all!
Discordians in Dover 3: Fnord Harder
The Great Discordian Poster-Gasm of ’09 continues! At the bus stop in front of City Hall (when, oh when will the disciples of Eris infiltrate city government? Or have they already done so?): As the Dover edition of Operation: Mindfuck … Continue reading →
Filed under Discordian Society, Dover, meta
Tagged as Discordian Society, Dover NH, Eris, fnords, New Hampshire
