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Re: Areas in which my expertise is embarrassingly lacking

bryanmckay — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:37:03 -0000

90s pop music = not very good
how to order coffee = black, or maybe with cream & sugar if that's your thing, but if it's good, you should just leave it alone
philosophy = mental masturbation

Re: http://georgiaisyourfriend.tumblr.com/post/781774820

bryanmckay — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:21:04 -0000

"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable we have to alter it every six months." – Oscar Wilde

Re: http://fromme-toyou.tumblr.com/post/780960145

bryanmckay — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:30:59 -0000

Cool, more subtle visual references than I was thinking. His 1940s films have a similar b&w, high-key style to your photograph, so I was thinking along those lines. Either way, it's a great shot!

Re: http://fromme-toyou.tumblr.com/post/780960145

bryanmckay — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:13:57 -0000

(Which is still totally awesome.)

Re: http://fromme-toyou.tumblr.com/post/780960145

bryanmckay — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:02:44 -0000

If you're channeling Hitchcock, the look of this picture (except for maybe the hair) feels much more 1940s Hitch than 1960s.

Re: My instant review of the LOST finale. (Scripting News)

bryanmckay — Tue, 25 May 2010 08:17:21 -0000

I strongly disagree that it stands alone. It might feel that way after having watched the show for six seasons, but I think it would be nearly impossible for anyone to follow the story without being intimately familiar with the show and its characters.

Having said that, it "stands alone" in the sense that it resolves really only the narrative aspects of this season and, I suppose, some of the character arcs. I found myself being a little disappointed that the mythology wasn't either a) resolved more clearly or b) left with a giant gaping inexplicable hole (a last-minute twist?) that we'd ponder for years.

But I understand that I might be in the minority as a viewer who never cared much about the characters (most of them, anyway) and was always more interested in the mythology and sci-fi aspectds of the show. Anyway, though I don't agree with your reactions, they were nice to read nonetheless.

Re: http://meaghano.com/post/617025782

bryanmckay — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:47:39 -0000

I also guess it is possible that my first reaction was to take that way too seriously?

Re: http://meaghano.com/post/617025782

bryanmckay — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:42:12 -0000

I think everything you (and Melissa too!) said was really smart/on-point except that last bit: "Oh, but also? We do what we want! That’s why we did it this way!" Because, really, you made a great case for *why* you're doing it the way you're doing it, and then you end on a sort of dismissive-y note (attempt at humor?) that I feel undermines the general friendly community spirit of your whole awesome book project.

Re: http://sarzha.tumblr.com/post/616829074

bryanmckay — Thu, 20 May 2010 15:00:12 -0000

Well, it's not *about* to burst. The book is set in the earlier part of the decade and the bubble didn't burst until around 2000. So they've got a few years to get extraordinarily wealthy before things fall apart.

Re: http://48hrmag.com/blog/39-post-game-wrap-up

bryanmckay — Wed, 12 May 2010 18:10:34 -0000

Cool! I just remembered the Gizmodo interview where the price was quoted at $10 (or $9.60 before markup) for 48 pages, so I just wasn't sure what the final costs/profits were. If that was disclosed previously, I must have missed it. Thanks for the response, Alexis!

Re: http://48hrmag.com/blog/39-post-game-wrap-up

bryanmckay — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:40:23 -0000

So, in the spirit of transparency, are you getting some sort of discount from MagCloud that you haven't mentioned? Because I'm pretty sure a 60-page publication would cost $12 + your markup, right?

Re: http://abbyjean.tumblr.com/post/571561475

bryanmckay — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:25:51 -0000

Maybe this is misplaced cynicism, but while I recognize the political message this is sending, I wonder how the disabled community would feel if American Apparel *did* use disabled models in their ads? Another company might be able to get away with it, but given American Apparel's image, I feel like people would just cry "exploitation!" if there were to actually make ads like this.

Of course, if American Apparel *were* producing ads like this, they likely *would* be exploitation, so it probably wouldn't be an unfair claim to make.

Re: http://tomatoallergy.tumblr.com/post/411360373

bryanmckay — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:52:12 -0000

I grew up in Branford, and I am an unabashed Sally's loyalist, having gone there for most of my life. (I live in Boston now, so whenever I visit my parents, I make sure we go get a pizza.)

But, Sally's! It is so thin! And delicious!

Re: http://tomatoallergy.tumblr.com/post/411360373

bryanmckay — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:42:32 -0000

Pepe's is OK, but Sally's is SO. MUCH. BETTER.

That's my public service announcement from a fellow ex-New Haven County resident.

Re: http://tylercoates.tumblr.com/post/380095205

bryanmckay — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:28:58 -0000

I am listening to this podcast now and for what it's worth, I think she is calling his writing "parodic."

Re: http://nerdshares.tumblr.com/post/380106075

bryanmckay — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:26:25 -0000

On the plus side, I am listening to the podcast now and she's definitely saying "parodic," so we can stop using that fake(?) word in scare quotes now.

Also, Katie Roiphe is horrible and I don't know if I can stand listening to her for the rest of this thing!

Re: http://nerdshares.tumblr.com/post/380106075

bryanmckay — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:55:00 -0000

I find McCarthy's writing varies wildly between almost obscenely baroque (á la Blood Meridian) and incredibly terse and, er, "periodic" (i.e. The Road, No Country for Old Men).

Re: http://abbyjean.tumblr.com/post/356346870

bryanmckay — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:12:48 -0000

You may want to check out some of the more recent studies on neti pot use. I guess use to relieve symptoms is OK, but daily "preventative" use can actually lead to /more/ sinus infections. Mucus is good for you, and you don't want to flush it all out!

Re: molls...she wrote

bryanmckay — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:25:19 -0000

Why is Molls sad?

Re: Tonight

bryanmckay — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:19:38 -0000

Sweetwater is like... THE Emerson bar. I don't know what it is like for grad students, but as an undergrad, I could walk in there almost any time of day and run into people I knew.

Re: Um, why are there no liquor stores here?

bryanmckay — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:41:41 -0000

All liquor stores here close by 11, I think. You just need to stock up. You get used to it. (I've lived in New England all my life, so the idea of buying liquor in a convenience store is a total novelty to me.) There's a liquor store on Charles Street in Beacon Hill, btw. If you want to stock up for cheap though with a GREAT selection, take the green B-line out to Blanchard's liquor store in Allston. It's a block or two north from the Harvard Ave stop.

Re: this.might.suck - i’m so anti-feminism (and yes i’m a girl)

bryanmckay — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:29:05 -0000

This is just a joke that I'm missing, right?

And if it's not, then do you think women aren't meant to get paid equally? Or treated fairly in the workplace? Or, you know, vote?

Re: this.might.suck - i’m so anti-feminism (and yes i’m a girl)

bryanmckay — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:50:11 -0000

Wait, what? Are you sure you know what you're talking about here?

Re: Life is hard. Here is someone.

bryanmckay — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:29:17 -0000

I read VACATION. It was really good. It's a pretty quick read too.

Re: The Reblog Blog

bryanmckay — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:45:39 -0000

I thought of you when I saw it/posted it.