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Blog this!
You can visit my new blog if you are so inclined. It probably will not ultimately be as serious as it looks, but then maybe it will. I've spent too much time tweaking it, but if you see anything wrong any of the workings (assuming you do ever visit) let me know. -
"No Mas!"
I quit ( Read more... ) -
The Return of Whit Stillman
Writer/director Whit Stillman (Metropolitan, Barcelona, The Last Days of Disco) is interviewed by former Nashville Scene writer Noel Murray in the latest edition of The Onion A.V. Club. I didn't know Criterion was releasing Metropolitan on DVD; that's exciting news. -
Romans 13
Thanks to a Vache Folle link via freeman, libertarian critter, here is a fascinating take on Romans 13. Although I have never bought into the notion the passage is saying we must obey all civil authority without question (as some have argued), Vache Folle sums it up nicely: I reckon the state is as much the instrument of God as smallpox or lava ( Read more... ) -
Tarantino's Favorites
On the Jimmy Kimmel thing after the Oscars last night, Quentin Tarantino listed his favorite films of 2005:- Sin City
- Domino
- Hustle and Flow
- The Devil's Rejects
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Emails from Thor
We use a network inventory product at my place of business that was developed and is sold by a company located in Iceland. Occasionally, today for example, I get an email from someone named "Thor." I don't know why it amuses me so, but it does.
The new issue of Harper's is excellent. I'm not a regular reader, but this issue contains an article ( Read more... ) -
Barney, Chester and Harry
I am not much of a fan of Larry King or his show on CNN, but I really enjoyed his show last night as he, Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Jim Nabors, and others reminisced about Don Knotts, who died a few days ago. Anyone that knows me very well knows of my love for The Andy Griffith Show. I can vaguely remember watching it and its successor, Mayberry ( Read more... ) -
Lesson No. 1
Congratulations to Kevin and Anita Robinson, aka Viva Voce, for the use of their song "Lesson No. 1" from their album Heat Can Melt Your Brain in the latest Motorola SLVR commercial. Shauna recently saw the ad and called it to my attention. I first met Kevin when he was part of the band Nine Volt Velvet. He has come a long, long way since then ( Read more... ) -
Alienation
Sometimes I feel like people around me (not family, mind you) are aliens. Maybe that's a sign that I'm insane. A couple of weeks ago I read a news story where the Chief of Police in Houston, Texas was calling for surveillance cameras in more public and private places. His reasoning was that if you have nothing to hide, why would you care? Today ( Read more... )
