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Holy Gravy. This has to be shopped. Tell me there is not curriculum that includes Nicholas Sparks, nor people who are unable to read the whole volume, thus necessitating Cliffs Notes. For a Nicholas Sparks book. In any event, I hope it includes a discussion section on how he infantilizes, sanctifies, and whoreifies his female characters. Let’s not forget Savannah who got date raped but wasn’t sure she didn’t love her attacker. He probably doesn’t hate women — though more nuanced and complete feminine portraits might come out of a room of four year olds and some Bratz Dolls. I always figured the heavy religious influence certainly contributed, that Bible book doesn’t do chick lit so good, either — but this is interesting. From his FAQs (which amusingly include the “frequently” asked question, “What were your running times in high school?” Uh huh.) Why do you write love stories? I chose that genre because there was little to no competition. At least that’s honest. (PS, he’s crowd-sourcing his next book.) The parallel that seems obvious between Sparks and Kincade becomes even stronger knowing this. Wildly successful art-as-product. Because sometimes there’s art because you have to get out or it will consume you, and sometimes there’s art for consumption.

Holy Gravy. This has to be shopped. Tell me there is not curriculum that includes Nicholas Sparks, nor people who are unable to read the whole volume, thus necessitating Cliffs Notes. For a Nicholas Sparks book.

In any event, I hope it includes a discussion section on how he infantilizes, sanctifies, and whoreifies his female characters. Let’s not forget Savannah who got date raped but wasn’t sure she didn’t love her attacker. He probably doesn’t hate women — though more nuanced and complete feminine portraits might come out of a room of four year olds and some Bratz Dolls.

I always figured the heavy religious influence certainly contributed, that Bible book doesn’t do chick lit so good, either — but this is interesting. From his FAQs (which amusingly include the “frequently” asked question, “What were your running times in high school?” Uh huh.)

Why do you write love stories? I chose that genre because there was little to no competition.

At least that’s honest. (PS, he’s crowd-sourcing his next book.)

The parallel that seems obvious between Sparks and Kincade becomes even stronger knowing this. Wildly successful art-as-product. Because sometimes there’s art because you have to get out or it will consume you, and sometimes there’s art for consumption.

I have the hardest time explaining the concept of recording to kids. I cover all these events with an mp3 recorder, and they ask, “What’s that?” So if you don’t have a tangible concept… I mean you can’t say, “I’m taping you.” Not a verb anymore without its noun friend. “I’m copying your voice”? “Kids, let me spin you a little yarn called, ‘Record needs turning over…’” (You had me at Uncle Gunner.) igunr: Ok, lesson time with Uncle Gunner… Children, the plastic rectangle acting as the head is called a cassette tape. It’s what we used to listen to music on before CDs were readily available. A CD is a disc that held music in data form that we used before iPods existed. Also, the head of the piece is painted to look like Gene Simmons, known as The Devil, from the rock band KISS. Rock music is music that melts your face with pure guitar greatness that we used to listen to before they invented auto-tune and Disney Pop. Man, art really is lost on the younger generations there days.

I have the hardest time explaining the concept of recording to kids. I cover all these events with an mp3 recorder, and they ask, “What’s that?” So if you don’t have a tangible concept… I mean you can’t say, “I’m taping you.” Not a verb anymore without its noun friend. “I’m copying your voice”?

“Kids, let me spin you a little yarn called, ‘Record needs turning over…’”

(You had me at Uncle Gunner.)

igunr:

Ok, lesson time with Uncle Gunner…

Children, the plastic rectangle acting as the head is called a cassette tape. It’s what we used to listen to music on before CDs were readily available. A CD is a disc that held music in data form that we used before iPods existed.

Also, the head of the piece is painted to look like Gene Simmons, known as The Devil, from the rock band KISS. Rock music is music that melts your face with pure guitar greatness that we used to listen to before they invented auto-tune and Disney Pop.

Man, art really is lost on the younger generations there days.

Behold, the tail end of MomCon ‘11. The postcard souvenir of “We have to get up at the Crack of David” forgotten until his posterior showed up in the post yesterday. That is indeed, the Crack of David. The brilliant ray of light highlighting the same was however not intentional, but[t]provided by the Gods themselves.

Behold, the tail end of MomCon ‘11. The postcard souvenir of “We have to get up at the Crack of David” forgotten until his posterior showed up in the post yesterday.

That is indeed, the Crack of David.

The brilliant ray of light highlighting the same was however not intentional, but[t]provided by the Gods themselves.