Garrett D.

  • Anime Appreciation: Giants of Anime

    I’m going to assume, for the sake of convenience and my ego, that you all read my last post, ‘Anime Appreciation’ and now are craving more. If so, do I have good news for you! If you watch the three anime below you should satisfy your craving and gain the groundwork to hold a discussion… Continue reading

  • Anime Appreciation

    I recently heard someone say, “I hate anime.” Since I was in one of our venerable library branches I stifled my indignant gasp. As a neophyte* anime otaku†, my body shook with a barely suppressed pontification. My opening salvo likely would have been to highlight the debate over whether anime is a genre or a… Continue reading

  • Three for Free: YouTube edition

    Remember when they had music on MTV? I don’t. YouTube has wiped that knowledge from my brain. Whenever I want to watch a music video, or even just listen to a song, it’s going to be on YouTube. But if I’m going to be in the car or on a bus with my mp3 player,… Continue reading

  • Seeing is believing, even when you’re reading

    Ever since the first printing press and the resulting boom in literacy and the availability of the printed word, another commodity arose. Font, is now such a simple word, it’s easy to forget its historical context. Font was initially from the French fondre meaning to melt or cast; a far cry from our current association… Continue reading