Comments

My basic AR reaction was: Okay. My wife has been pregnant for five years with this big, fat comedy-baby. And at this point all of our friends and family won't shut up about how excited they are for the baby to come. And we're like, "We get it. We love babies. We loved those babies five years ago before they "went away." But please stop talking about this baby. You're ruining everything we love about babies by posting pictures of one clapping like a chicken in your womb on Facebook every 10 minutes." It gets to the point where I'm more excited for the birth itself than the baby. The birth comes along, and we all cry and hug, and it's the happiest moment of our lives together. But then we realize we're stuck with this baby—a baby whom, at this point, we've grown to resent quite a bit. And like all babies, you should probably keep an eye on them. So I spent the weekend watching the baby. And the baby was cute, and "breathtaking" in that special baby-way, and did plenty of cute, baby-things, but it still didn't quite feel like my baby. But I guess that's okay. I just wish I hadn't spent my whole weekend watching the baby, because now the baby is "gone," and the cycle will begin anew. Overall: 7/10, would conceive again.
+5 | 5/28/13 12:39 PM
on 
Method acting in preparation for the role of Murray Siskind.
0 | 4/23/13 5:18 PM
on 
I totally relate. I wish I had a chance to read him when he was living so I didn't have to feel guilty about conducting/trying not to conduct a post mortem every time I read him now. That being said, The Pale King is pretty great for aspiring writer-ish types (me) on the merits of its sentence construction alone.
0 | 4/22/13 6:14 PM
on 
For some reason this post's accompanying picture made me laugh harder than I've ever laughed at Wahlberg. You might have just proven his point, Gabe.
+9 | 4/22/13 5:03 PM
on 
In other Bookgum-ish news, I just (as in 2 minutes ago) finished DFW's Oblivion. Woof. (That's a positive woof, as in, "Woof, that was SOMETHING. How does he do it?")
+1 | 4/22/13 5:01 PM
on 
As a devoted acolyte of both these human people, I do not know how I was unaware of this. Sincere thanks.
+1 | 4/22/13 4:57 PM
on 
I'm curious about the Frasier tag. Was there a Frasier think piece written recently? I ask because I've been re-watching Frasier, and loving every minute with that damn crew.
0 | 3/21/13 2:07 PM
on 
You've truly gone off the deep end, Walter.
+10 | 1/19/13 1:46 PM
on 
Also, does vgum tell anyone else that they don't exist, a la: http://i.imgur.com/SUwpu.png ?
+5 | 1/15/13 7:28 PM
on 
Hey, that's almost the same way I clip my nails! Except I use a month-old pizza box instead of an air vent, and I live in a studio apartment instead of a spaceship.
+4 | 1/15/13 7:19 PM
on 
YOU'RE ONTO ME. GET OUT OF MY HEAD. THIS OUGHTA HOLD YOU OFF FOR A WHILE. http://i.imgur.com/M2i1O.jpg Crunch(Chuck)berry
+13 | 12/14/12 6:23 PM
on 
I suggest everyone listen to this: http://www.kqed.org/arts/programs/writersblock/episode.jsp?essid=19147 George knows best.
+6 | 12/14/12 5:46 PM
on 
http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/al-swearengen.jpeg You got a stagecoach to catch or somethin? Slow the fuck up.
+6 | 11/30/12 12:17 PM
on 
Aidan Knight — Small Reveal
0 | 11/21/12 3:32 PM
on 
This date is worth the wait: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WNyYg4OCx94/SJhfXdUgqlI/AAAAAAAAAA8/cx7hnwlVp3Y/s400/QuesadillaBurger_det.jpg
+4 | 11/8/12 6:21 PM
on 
My roommate's mom is taking us out to dinner tonight. Fingers crossed for Applebee's.
+23 | 11/8/12 5:39 PM
on 
Those harmonies ruined an otherwise passable song.
-4 | 11/1/12 12:05 PM
on 
Return of the Jedi — A statue is stolen from a large worm, who is later choked to death by a stripper. A bounty hunter falls into a sandy vagina monster. Small bears kill countless men. A religious zealot and his father team up to throw an old man down a well. Ghosts smile as they watch everyone dance.
+8 | 10/26/12 4:12 PM
on 
— Newman loses Dodgson's shaving cream in some mud.
+4 | 10/26/12 4:04 PM
on 
The Wrestler — A wrestler wrestles.
+28 | 10/26/12 3:55 PM
on 
NEXT PAGE

Stereogum Media

Stereogum Digest