Thing a Week One
© Copyright-Jonathan Coulton
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Fall time is Coulton time… Corduroy jackets and mulled cider. Turtlenecks and apple picking and the slow, aching death of everything green and good in the world. Big, bounding, fluffy golden retrieves leaping through your patio windows and tearing apart your house for no reason. And piles of burning leaves in the yard, with Jonathan Coulton staring into the inferno, wondering, how did it all end up this way?
Only I know the truth.
I first met Coulton in the Fall. It was at Yale University, where we were both educated. Throughout the world Fall is known as the season of death; but for the student, the chill winds mean hope and new beginnings and surprising new friendships.
One evening, some colleagues and I were sitting in a great, oak-paneled room of the many that infested the Yale campus. It was lit only by a blazing fire, and we were throwing huge glasses of brandy into it, wrapping ourselves in woolen blankets and taking refuge in discussions of four-way chessboards, fr
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The Best \"Thing\"
author: John Mounsey
All four Thing a Week chapters (quarters.. seasons??) are of course excellent.
For me though Volume 1 is the best. Make sure you check them all out for yourself though, you will NOT regret it trust me!
I was introduced to Mr. Coulton\'s work via \"Still Alive\" on the game \"Portal\" - and I\'m so glad I was :)
John.
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Sweet.
author: S. Hall
This CD is terrific. "Shop Vac" is a personal fave.
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What's not to like?
author: The Town Crotch
The best CD you may never have heard of...until now!
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Ah Ha
author: Jersey Todd
A fantastic fantastic album. JC could sing the phone book and I'd listen. In fact, I wouldn't put it past him.
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