No, it's not just you, my friend. Definitely been a dearth. Hopefully this newest influx of contributors will pick up the slack-- more unique propositions and questions, and fewer flamebait posts. Hope you're well!

No prob, man. Hope you enjoyed the interview.

Holy shit, they closed the Sidewinder division? Didn't realise that, I was going to get another one if I could. I loved those sticks, man. The FF pro is still kicking on strong after years of abuse. Damn Vista, making my obsolete tech... well, obsolete...

I'm not an Austinite, no. From Houston-- but I make it over to the good city as often as I can. It's a jewel.

And the Pelevin. I was surprised. Initially, I didn't care for it-- I was having a hard time necessarily understanding what I was to get from it. It just seemed kind of awkward. And then I realised, I get what I put in. I don't know if the translation was as good as it could've been, but my Russian is non-existent. I'm looking forward to grabbing one or two of the novels proper next time I pop into the central branch of the library. It seems to be excellent stuff.

I was impressed by your argument in the conan thread so I thought I'd follow you just incase you get into any more interesting debates ;D

Oh shizzit--a star? When did this happen? I'm so confused. Does this mean I'm going to have to act differently now? Start wearing dresses? Will my voice change? Am I going to get hair in weird places? What if my shoes don't fit anymore? I really like my shoes.

Are you there, God? It's me, JustThisGuy. I'm just zis guy, you know?

I've actually got the Four Stories volume out right now, haven't got a chance to read it yet (more than a few pages so far, anyway), had a lot of work lately. It's on my bedside mantle. Look to be dropping into it tonight.

Fuck yeah, I love Autolux. I put it in because I was upset when some commentator used shoegazing as an example of emo, which just boggled my mind. Only reason I removed it was because it was making my handle too long. I'll probably start rotating around other lyrics every once in a while.

Where are you? Your moment is passing you by! Look for Maggie's article about authorial intent and Space Giraffe.

Nice to see some MBV fans around here!

It's still there! Kotaku's just acting up. It's like, sometimes on posts it's the correct one (MBV), and other times it's T-Rex. I'm blaming Gawker!