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Apr 17 Ryan Boudinot commented on Is Piggy Seattle's Cutest Celebrity French Bulldog?.

It's Omar, hands down.

Apr 5 Ryan Boudinot commented on John Corvino: Risky Lifestyle?.

Am I the only one who agrees 1000% with everything John Corvino says yet finds him unbearably smug?

Jan 31 Ryan Boudinot commented on Authors Should Not Know That Much About Their Readers.

This reminds me of Komar and Melamid's "Most Wanted Painting" project. Writers learn about what their readers want by being readers themselves and reading a lot. I don't think it's "unliterary" to care about the reader's experience, and in fact that's what writing is, really. The reader you're satisfying first is yourself. You're writing the book you want to be reading. And your taste arises from everything you've ever read.

Jan 17 Ryan Boudinot commented on Beijing Meets Blade Runner.

Little did we know that Bladerunner would appear old fashioned because everything in it looked too clean.

Dec 27, 2012 Ryan Boudinot commented on The Museum That’s a Ship.

Great article, makes me excited to go there.

Dec 7, 2012 Ryan Boudinot commented on "How Freakin Dare You?????".

I kind of thought the goat cover was equivalent to Garfunkel and Oates's "Sex with Ducks" song. It requires one to negate a trope by ironically appropriating it. I saw it, chuckled, and forgot about it. Meanwhile the photos of same sex couples getting their licenses linger with me in a warm and fuzzy way. If I had to make a choice between looking at pictures of loving couples basking in a civil rights victory or a visual joke like the Stranger cover, I'd go with the loving couples.

Dec 6, 2012 Ryan Boudinot commented on The Stranger Reviews "Books".

I would have assumed that "Stoner with a Boner" would be fairly succinct. Thoughtfully, the subtitle provides fair warning about the length of the tale.

Dec 4, 2012 Ryan Boudinot commented on Schools Are Teaching Less Fiction Because Fiction Isn't Helpful for Shitty Business Jobs.

While I basically agree with the argument that fiction helps us imagine ourselves in other peoples' shoes, I'd go a step further. Fiction is about problems and how people solve them. One of the ways that people get better at solving problems is by imagining the points of view of people with competing interests. Fiction trains us how to think about problems multi-dimensionally. An exec sitting among a dozen people with conflicting agendas in a board room is going to be more effective if he or she is capable of seeing a problem from their various perspectives. And anyone who smirks at the value of emotional intelligence in a workplace is at a severe disadvantage. Work environments are roiling with emotions and those who can understand them can become really successful.

May 8, 2012 Ryan Boudinot commented on Matt Dillon, T-Doug, and Modernist Cuisine Win James Beard Awards.

You forgot to mention that Brad Thomas Parsons--until recently of Seattle--won for his book, Bitters. In addition to being a crazy informative book about something most of us haven't given much thought, Brad sneaks in references to Stephen Malkmus. Highly recommended.