Murmurings
From time to time, I post articles on a website called murmur.com. Anyone can do it, the only thing that makes me cooler than “anyone” is that I’m also a Staff Member. Among few other things, this means my articles get tagged as special, there’s a nifty black bar stamped on my user image, and when I get the courage up, I can participate in the podcasts. Per a friendly suggestion, this page features all the articles I’ve authored and all the podcasts that include my voice. It does not include all the other worthy articles on the site or any of my pity comments, so when you’re done here, you really should go check out the rest of the site.
Current as of: 10.21.2009
Podcasts – All of the murmur podcasts are worthy, but these are the ones that also include my rambling voice. Check them out on murmur.com or subscribe to them on iTunes
October 2009
- Vampires: It’s a Bit More Complicated Than That – A response to an Esquire article speculating on the source of the latest version of the vampire 10.15.2009
September 2009
- In Defense Of: Book Clubs – I swapped columns with Jim to share how I changed my mind about book clubs 09.22.2009
- Top Of the Stack: Fall 2009 – The books I’ve given a higher priority to reading this fall 09.09.2009
- The New Twitter Stalkers – Sometimes I get creeped out by how companies are using twitter to improve their customer service 09.04.2009
Fall 2009 Television Recaps – Gossip Girl
- Season 3 Episode 6 “Enough about Eve” air date: 10.19.2009
- Season 3 Episode 5 “Rufus Getting Married” air date: 10.12.2009
- Season 3 Episode 4 “Dan de Fleurette” air date: 10.05.2009
- Season 3 Episode 3 “The Lost Boy” air date: 09.28.2009
- Season 3 Episode 2 “The Freshmen” air date: 09.21.2009
- Season 3 Episode 1 “Reversals of Fortune” air date: 09.14.2009
Fall 2009 Television Recaps – Others
- Grey’s Anatomy Season 6 Episode 4 “Tainted Obligation” air date: 10.08.2009 (stepped in for WonderAli)
- True Blood Season 2 Episode 12 “Beyond Here Lies Nothin’” air date: 09.13.2009 (sadly, the season finale was the first recap)
August 2009
- An Open Letter to They Might Be Giants – I politely ask Charlotte’s favorite band to make some content for her favorite game. 08.24.2009
- Why Math and Logic Are Bad For Fiction – Where I try to apply logic to population figures and fail. 08.03.2009
- Late to the Party: Netflixing TV – What I’m catching up on thanks to Netflix. 08.02.2009
July 2009
- You’ve Been Typecast as a Jerk! Now What? – a brief analysis of how some actors have overcome/embraced their role as That Jerk. 07.08.2009
- Show Your Rock Band Vocalist Some Love – Songs the whole “band” can enjoy that are especially fun for the singer. 07.02.2009
Ongoing Series: Talk Amongst Ourselves – I mostly just ask a question and the real content is in the comments
- Early TV Season Surprises Fall 2009 09.27.2009
- Summer Vacation 08.27.2009
- What Are You Going to Miss at San Diego Comic-Con 07.23.2009
- Overcoming Writer’s Inertia 07.10.2009
Someone Else’s Series: The Week That Was in TV – I took over another writer’s weekly TV review column while he was intermittently out of town. It’s mostly just what I watched or didn’t watch every night that week.
Pre-Staffening
- Bubble Tea: You Know You Want Some06.15.2009
- Two Weeks Later: The Kindle 2 05.23.2009
- Kindle 2: Mamma Want 05.07.2009
- Mutant Chronicles: Not So Much 04.29.2009
- My Favorite Martini 04.13.2009
- Chopped: A Tasty Reduction of Top Chef’s Better Qualities 02.20.2009
- Fable II: More Sims Than Swordplay 02.02.2009
- How I Made Peace with World of Warcraft 01.23.2009
- How to Fill That Twilight-Shaped Hole in Your Bookshelf 01.18.2009