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So, currently recovering from a minor gastrointestinal thing. Sick is dumb. I hate sitting at home in sweatpants. It makes me feel foul.

Pitchfork over the weekend was pretty good. I really enjoyed Jarvis Cocker, the Hold Steady, King Khan, and the Apples in Stereo. The one bummer was that I didn't stumble on any new bands over the weekend. So it goes.

So, there is a job opening at the liberal arts school in the town where I grew up. I think, a year ago, I would have told you: "No way in hell." It's a tiny department, and I wanted to live in a big city. And part of me still wants to be in a big, fancy department in a hip urban environment.... but.

But...
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So, hey, what does Alan Moore think of the Watchmen movie, and Zack Snyder and the (super shitty) 300?

Hey! I got my first rejection!

It's a bummer, but it's not a huge deal. Most journal submissions are rejected. And the version I sent it, it was a bit of a stinker. That said, I got some really great feedback: some data things to try, a suggestion to expand the dataset, a theoretical frame to explore, and a few historical details to include/sweep away....
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Editing is more fun when:

1) Your chapter does not suck ass

2) You know what the fuck the chapter is about.

The more you know, kids.

There are days when I'm not quite sure why I fight with LaTeX and R. I like what they can do, and the presentation they put forth is really nice. But I think a lot of why I use them is so I look bad ass. But ugh. It's a headache sometimes.

So, you know, been busy and stuff. Two weeks ago, I checked out Wizard World Chicago and blew a wad of cash on comics. Over the Fourth weekend, we did the Taste, saw Wanted, and spent Sunday taking a walk by the lake. Summer is great.

I have switched almost all of my daily web browsings to Google Reader. Which is sweet. Ironically, it makes wasting time harder. I click over to reader, see there are no updates ... and, um, I guess it's time to get back to work?

We'll see how long this lasts.

I'm ambivalent about Chicago getting the Olympics. I can see how it could do a lot of great things for the city (improving the trains, leaving some great new facilities in its wake). But I'm sure it can also fuck some shit up (like moving lots of poor people out of their current houses, screwing up current parks).

What I do want to know is:...
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Outside of how *good* of an idea member comments being used to determine which sets go "live," I don't really get the *concept.* As in: the set is already available for me to see, and I look at it. Then I give a comment. Once it goes live, am I supposed to look at it and comment on it again? What is my responsibility as...
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