Darkly humourous web comic set in a spooky war time environment; a tip from one of the blogs on the new CPC site

“Please note that while you were listening to the previous menu, our options changed yet again. For Option 1, press 4. For Option 7, press 3. For Options 2 through 4, press 0 or hang up and call our Consumer Relations Department at (427) 555-9221.”

Another Eisenberg link; I started reading his book, ‘The Recording Angel’ today, which is marvellous, so I hit the web to find out some more about him… not a lot of out there, but some cracking pieces for Slate. Even better, they’re the kind of short, g

A lot of the time I find the Guardian’s blogs more miss than hit. This is a fantastic entry though (and it’s reflected in some quality comments); it’s a well written paen to Rihanna’s irritatingly fantastic Umbrella: “The way she pronounces Umbrella with