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Curtis Weyant

Literature. Language. Liberty. Life.

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Thoughts about Bryan Singer’s Forthcoming Adaptation of The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

March 12, 2015 by Curtis Leave a Comment
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

This is a roughly chronological delivery of the things that crossed my mind when I read that Bryan Singer was going to direct an adaptation of Robert Heinlein’s The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. 1. Yes! I love that book! Finally they’re gonna make it into a movie! 2. Bryan Singer – is he the guy … [Read more…]

Posted in: Literature Tagged: books, humor, movies, Robert Heinlein

What bespoken images art these?

April 23, 2013 by Curtis Leave a Comment
Will

In April did the Avon Bard appear, and in that self-same month did he depart whilst sun shone bright with ever-fulsome sneer and Springtime dallied chill as boggler’s art. Today, we halt anon and dream awhile to make our vulgar speeches simular, frail trump’ries though they prove to be, and smile in epilogue to his … [Read more…]

Posted in: Literature Tagged: humor, literature, movies, poetry, Shakespeare, writing

The Day the Twinkie Died

November 17, 2012 by Curtis Leave a Comment
Dead Twinkie

Really not that long ago I can still remember how that pastry used to make me smile And I know if I had one more In its wrapper it would store And maybe I’d have no cravings for awhile But those confectioners made me shiver With every picket sign they quivered Bad news on the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Literature Tagged: humor, music, poetry, writing

A review of “Anyway*” by Arthur Salm with fewer footnotes and slightly less exaggerations

May 11, 2012 by Curtis Leave a Comment
Anyway, by Arthur Salm

Anyway* by Arthur Salm is a work of genius. I could read it a gajillion times.1 I read it in Barnes & Noble, and I LOL’d a LOT. People probably thought I was a moron. This book hit just about every emotional and rational2 chord a former twelve-year-old boy could have: The embarrassment of having … [Read more…]

Posted in: Literature Tagged: books, humor, reviews

Jacobean counter-arguments on the benefits of tobacco

May 8, 2012 by Curtis Leave a Comment
James I of England, by Daniel Mytens

While looking up some info for a new project I’m working on with my friend Dave, I ran across an unexpectedly funny (in a “oh no he didn’t just write that” kind of way) treatise by King James VI of Scotland and I of England — that is, the guy who authorized the creation of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Liberty Tagged: government, history, humor, laws

Tragedy of the ephemeral witticism

July 8, 2010 by Curtis Leave a Comment

Today while working on a story, a little witticism popped into my mind. It was a throwaway play on words sired by an overheard conversation between some women (specifically about a book they were discussing) sitting nearby and the name of a person connected with an organization I am particularly familiar with. It was not … [Read more…]

Posted in: Literature Tagged: humor, writing

10 better endings to LOST

May 27, 2010 by Curtis Leave a Comment

Okay, I know probably a lot of people are doing these right now, but I figure, what the hell. Without further ado (which is something the LOST writers never would write…): The island’s events were the imaginings of a boy gazing into a snowglobe. “Call my name, Bastian. Call my name!” Jack wakes up in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Literature Tagged: humor, lists, TV

A to-do list 15-20 years too late

March 16, 2010 by Curtis Leave a Comment

I’m pretty stoked – I had a list published today at McSweeney’s Internet Tendency titled Common Sense Solutions to Alt-Pop Song Problems. I got the idea while listening to Matchbox 20’s song “3 AM” at 7 in the evening. I was eating the Chicago Classic at Uno’s. The line “the clock on the wall has … [Read more…]

Posted in: Literature Tagged: humor, lists, music, writing

The sunny side of brotherly love

April 11, 2009 by Curtis Leave a Comment

I just finished watching the first two seasons of the FX situation comedy It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and I have to say it’s absolutely fantastic. Quirky and irreverent, it’s what you’d taste if you took the banter of Ed, the setting of Cheers, the pointlessness of Seinfeld, the offensiveness of The Family Guy, and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Literature Tagged: humor, TV

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