It's been far too long since I had an update ( Read more... )

I remember when I was much younger I had a pretty strong aversion to the concept of transhumanism. I don't exactly remember why, but I suspect part of it was due to those recurring fears in our society of how "Scientific invention X is going to start a plague/set the atmosphere on fire/open a miniature black hole/cause aliens to invade Earth and ( Read more... )

A word of advice to my readership. If any of you ever find yourself somehow transplanted into the plot of a Hollywood action movie, remember the following two laws:

The law of the female sidekick (also known as the "Bond Girl Law"): If you are in a movie with a male protagonist, always make sure you sleep with him, and that you are the last ( Read more... )

I was watching Collateral the other day (Tom Cruise did a good acting job as the villain, too bad he's also batshit insane). I must have been living in LA long enough, because throughout the movie I kept on going, "wait a moment, I've been there ( Read more... )

There will be advanced screenings of the Golden Compass in about 800 theaters nationwide, this Saturday at 7 pm. I was able to find tickets on Fandango for the place closest to me (a 40 minute drive, and I'm hauling my ass there even though I have like a million other things to do), for what it's worth ( Read more... )

I suspect my current thoughts and opinions of the Wong Kar Wai film Fallen Angels acts as something of a proxy for the current state of my life ( Read more... )

I took French in high school, and while I'm quite open about how much I disliked the quality of the French instruction in high school (not to mention I still have genuine doubts about the sanity of two of my French teachers), the one thing I loved was when they would show French movies in class. In fact, French 5 was almost entirely a French movie ( Read more... )

ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS, EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE.

IT IS DANGEROUS TO REMAIN HERE. YOU MUST LEAVE WITHIN TWO DAYS.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU BELIEVE ME. LOOK BEHIND YOU.

I'd actually guess that a good portion of my sleepless nights occur because my mind is endlessly racing, and won't slow down enough to fall asleep. In any event, until I find a way to sedate my brain, or at least leave it chained to a fence post, I suppose I'll have to deal with these random nights striking out of nowhere. The downside is of ( Read more... )

I'm sure I've mentioned to some people here about how several months ago I had a sudden explicable desire to eat homemade chocolate chip cookies, which led to a sudden baking frenzy, during which I kept my oven busy and scoured the internet and countless obscure ancient tomes for the secrets of making really good baked products. Those of you who ( Read more... )