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I spent all of "Black Friday" comfortably seated either in bed or on the couch, still basking in the internal glow of good food from the day before and warmly insulated from the goings on of the world outside my apartment.

After about twelve hours of being immersed in things I ( Read more... )

First, I really want to see this movie when it comes out. Got to love those horror musicals. Sweeney Todd is so on my list of "Must See" films. And now "Repo!" is, too.

Second, I now have almost everything I need to finish off my Halloween costume. What I am missing is the neck piece (like the one seen in this picture. Don't worry, I won't be ( Read more... )

I love having cable.

They Live! was just on. I had almost forgotten how fun that movie is ( Read more... )

After work last night, I entertained myself by wandering through bookstores and things for three or so hours before hitting dinner at Marrakesh for starsoup7's birthday get-together.

The dinner and entertainment at the place were pretty darn good. Wonderful belly dancer. And, of course, a fantastic group of people to spend time with ( Read more... )

Kevin Smith said:
“Dogma”, our fourth film, resulted in me getting into all sorts of trouble with a group called the Catholic League. Seven years later, that’s all a distant memory: “Dogma” hasn’t been the focus of religious ire in close to a decade.

Until now. And this time, it ain’t Christians who’re up in arms.
And followed it with this news ( Read more... )

What signals are you sending (or are perceived) from your virtual identity?
One "basic" example that is taken much the same way each time it occurs is with the waste of resources. Wasteful costs, said Donath, is associated with reliability. In the human world, I took this to mean that people who seem to be able to spend rather lavishly on ( Read more... )

You, To, Can Right Like a Blogger
I looked longingly at the bottle of Chianti behind the counter, but resisted the urge. It's hard enough staying with Topsy's train of thought while nursing a latte. I was left to wonder, though. If he's right -- if only a relative few in our post-literate society can tell good writing from bad, whether it's online ( Read more... )

Those of you out there who are really into comics--not just the characters and the stories but the medium itself--probably already know Scott McCloud. He wrote Understanding Comics, considered by many to be one of (if not The) definitive (comic) book about the comic book.

I just stumbled across his website for the first time. There is a lot of ( Read more... )