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Monthly Archives: June 2008
Singularity follies
I saw Disney/Pixtar’s “WALL-E” yesterday with my son. Fun movie, excellent animation, some good laughs. A bit heavy-handed on the overarching messages about society side… but that’s Disney for ya. B+ Based on the film, I was going to write … Continue reading
The Happening: mysterious moviegoing madness
Something is “Happening.” Massive spoilers below about the newest M. Night film. But, if you don’t feel like having the movie spoiled, know at least this… it’s really, really pointless.
Mad Stupid
So I downloaded the free trial of “Spore: Creature Creator.” I’ve been drooling in anticipation of the full game of “Spore” now for… I don’t know, Will… how long? 3 years? 5? Something like that. Anyway… played this little mini-preview … Continue reading
Great idea for a story, novel, poem
Abe Books has posted a neat article about stuff that used booksellers have found in books. Money, baseball cards, airline tickets and lots of personal notes. Would make a cool scene for a story or novel, or a neat moment … Continue reading
Triple movie review: You don’t mess with the kung fu skull
One of the things I grew up doing while waiting for movies — once the multi-plex took over from the single-screen cinemas — was to play “mix up the movie titles.” Nothing better to do while hanging out in the … Continue reading
Comforthood
Todays journey of metaphoric bliss: Alzheimer, buses, jewelry, YouTube. Patients with Alzheimer’s and other cognitive troubles who wander out of their nursing homes are a danger to themselves, of course. And with short-term memory issues, folks can go as little … Continue reading
Is the Web convex or concave? A meditation on dillweediness
[Note note: the draft of this post was written months ago. I'm not sick anymore, thanks for asking.] Note: I am sick as heck. Bad cold. This is Day 4 of what, at work, is being called affectionately, “The Pox.” … Continue reading
Another new poem: Where there’s smoke
Where there’s smoke The thunder came back for a third time last night. Explosive light spattered behind and beyond, too far up the county to preview the drums with a white, sharpened, spark bone jammed into your eyes. Sitting, not … Continue reading
New poem: Bad pun
Bad Pun he defines “untied” as “tied to nothing” no hope of hope no jump into a lake of cool sweet summer peace no rope swing leap from earth to air to water boys fly free men tire mourn hang … Continue reading
The perils of self-knowledge
First of all, let me explain the use of the word “perils” in the post title. It’s an arcane word, and clearly out of conventional usage. We’ll most often see it in modern language used in an slightly ironic way, … Continue reading