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Feb 3, 2011 Posted by kormantic

I like things that are great.

Do you know what’s great? Love. Love is strange. Love is free. Love is all we need. And if you need some love, if you’ve had a rough afternoon, if you just want to feel a little happy buzz right in the center of your chest, I can turn your day around for you in three minutes or less. For reals. For free. With love. Ew, not that kind. With fanvids. Fanvids/songvids are movies or tv... read more

Dec 22, 2010 Posted by kormantic

“The world did, Arthur.”

I think I was poking around Hulu one day when I found Starlee and Arthur Review. It is a tiny series, in all senses of the word: few of its 12 episodes even make it to four minutes, and they focus on the groovy minutiae of the world, from the way episodes of Lost intersect with episodes of Gilligan’s Island, to which Hugh Grant romantic comedies are the best to clean to, and it’s all created... read more

Dec 2, 2010 Posted by kormantic

Every Wonder of Every Library

In In August 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius tossed its raging, molten heart into the sky and rained fire down upon the cities of Pompeii, Oplontis and Herculaneum. While Pompeii is known for the plaster casts of the gaps in the ash layer that reveal the haunting poses of the unlucky who were immolated that day, Herculaneum is known for the Villa dei Papiri: a vast and ancient library of papyrus scrolls. They are... read more

Nov 26, 2010 Posted by kormantic

The Boyz in Passaic NJ

Be Kind Rewind has a ridiculous premise: kind, patient Mr. Fletcher is trying to make a living renting VHS tapes. In 2008. When he goes on a business trip, his faithful employee... read more

Oct 15, 2010 Posted by matt

Kingdom of Loathing: An adventurer is you!

Always leave them wanting more. For all the charm, wit and geeky goofiness packed into The Kingdom of Loathing, that simple, proven axiom is the secret of the game’s long-term success. It’s a free internet browser game, which means it would be easy to stay up all night playing until you get all crazy-eyed (like you did with Bejeweled that one time, don’t lie) and then become sick of it.... read more

Oct 11, 2010 Posted by alyx

Features, some about bugs

Favorite Thing Ever is about things that are most excellent, so I won’t go into detail about Vancouver’s local newspapers and their general lack of decently-written anything. (I took a poke at them in “The Cage” and that’s plenty.) I will say, though, that one thing that’s not in abundant supply, locally, is high-end, in-depth feature writing. A well-written, carefully... read more

Sep 1, 2010 Posted by kormantic

All Directions Point to North!

You may already know Ryan North. He seems to be at the center of the Toronto Comix Mafia, which is fascinating, because as far as I can tell, Ryan North can’t really draw. No, really. His website at qwantz.com is called Dinosaur Comics, and it’s a sort of clip-art haiku meditation on cheerful philosophical absurdity. Using the same six panels in every comic, he expounds upon the mysteries of life... read more

Aug 27, 2010 Posted by kormantic

Ira Glass will enhance YOUR American life

Ira Glass. IRA GLASS! Allow me to introduce you to Ira Glass: Ira Glass introduced me to Sarah Vowell and David Sedaris. He has been my radio boyfriend since forever, or at least 1995 when This American Life first aired. Probably before I even knew who he was – I actually remember the NPR segment where they interviewed people who were rescuing birds from the Exxon Valdez disaster by washing them with... read more