For those of you who weren't at XOXO Fest this year, here's a video of the talk I gave (with subtitles). It's very funny and you'll learn a lot. It was the first talk I ever gave! I had a pretty great time! Also, my hair looked terrific and I didn't throw up out of nervousness
even once
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It’s a sticky afternoon in June and I’m standing in a manicured field in Long Island. There’s a leash attached to my belt loop. On the other end of the leash is a blonde woman named Mandi barking out commands.
This is George.
He lived in the forest.
He was very happy.
But he had one fault. He was too curious.
Now he is not happy. Now he has many faults.
What is your fault?
What will make you unhappy?
Edmonia Lewis in her lifetime was an enigmatic, singular figure, a maker of art in pristine marble. Though highly educated, she allowed the contemporary press to portray her as a naïf savant; though black and female, she succeeded in exhibiting her sculpture alongside the upper crust on both sides of the Atlantic.
It's a little hard sometimes to define what it is that I love so much about Mel Brooks movies (Spaceballs being a notable exception and one that I am no longer willing to argue about with you people). At least part of it has to be because of his murderer's row of comediennes he featured in his films: Teri Garr, Tracy Ullman, Cloris Leachmann, Bernadette Peters, Bea Arthur, and of course The Kahn.
This is the week The Toast was born anew! Let's all talk some more about how much we love the redesign. And if you have yet to fall down the rabbit hole reading all the nerdy technical deets / listening to the related podcast, I can vouch that it's a good way to spend your afternoon.
Toasts! Happy Halloween weekend! What are your plans? The Bartender went to Vancouver for work last weekend and found no poutine. But the nachos you see before you made up for it.
