obit

John Ritter and Johnny Cash have both died.

Johnny Cash was ... Johnny Cash.

And although I hated almost everything I ever saw John Ritter in--the inanity of Three's Company, the cringeworthy 1990 TV movie of It, the flat-out embarrassing biopic of Jan and Dean (which apparently is so embarrassing the IMDb won't even list it)--and generally disliked his acting style, he redeemed himself for me, forever and ever, Get Out of Jail Free, with his performance in the Season 2 Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode, "Ted." And on that basis, I am saddened by the news of his death on a level other than that of common humanity.

genre theory and marketing categories

rliz and I have gotten into a discussion of genre fiction (here and here), which has led me to think it's time to put down coherently some things I've been saying, in isolated patches to various people for several months, if not years, about genre theory and marketing categories.

( Warning: Construction Zone. Proceed with Caution )