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Adam Dunn will settle for a critical hit during Washington's wild rally rather than a game-winning grand slam. Ivan Rodriguez capped a three-run comeback in the ninth inning with an RBI single and...
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John Granger, Dean of Harry Potter Scholars: The Nerd World Interview

Friday, 04 September 2009

John Granger writes rigorous but accessible literary criticism about Harry Potter. He's written four books on the subject so far, most recently Harry Potter's Bookshelf: The Great Books Behind the Hogwarts Adventures, and he blogs at HogwartsProfessor.com. He is, basically, the scholar that I set out to become but never did. When I met John at [...]

Posted originally: 08/28/2009

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Legend of Neil, Etc.: A Housekeeping Post

Friday, 04 September 2009
OK, I totally need to do a new post, because the last one is growing comments in this weird, tumorous way that made me think it might become sentient shortly. So I will merely call out for you the birth of two new stars that have brightened the firmament of nerd culture. The first is a [...] Posted originally: 08/27/2009 Write comment (2 Comments)

I Am on Day 5 Without a Cell Phone, and I Am James Bond

Friday, 04 September 2009
My phone broke the other day. And when I say it broke I mean I broke it. I had had a piece of good news, I went out and celebrated, I drank a lot. (Pro tip: if you are not James Bond, do not order a “vesper.”) Then I took a bath. My phone took [...] Posted originally: 08/25/2009 Write comment (2 Comments)

I'm Back and I Want to Talk About Enigmo

Friday, 04 September 2009
Hey Lev Grossman, you're a big rock star. You spend weeks on the road, cruising from juke joints to road houses to small independent bookstores, reading your work to literally dozens of listless, distracted fans. The pressure must be intense, man. How do you keep your head together? I'll tell you: Enigmo. Enigmo is an iPhone game [...] Posted originally: 08/24/2009 Write comment (2 Comments)

Dead Screenwriters Quiz

Friday, 04 September 2009

Three important screenwriters died recently. Which writer's work will have the greatest impact on the future of movie-making? A) Budd Schulberg (On the Waterfront) B) John Hughes (Ferris Beuller's Day Off) C) Blake Snyder (Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot) The answer, in the pattern of how these things always go, is C) Blake Snyder. Yes, Budd Shulberg embodied the [...]