Last night I couldn't sleep, so I put on a documentary about Jacques Derrida (named aptly: Derrida). Unfortunately it didn't put me to sleep.

( Naval-gazing ahead... )

Here are some great movies from the last decade. If you haven’t seen them, you should give them a chance; if you have, I'd suggest giving them a second look.

( The Flicks )

No pseudo-scientific scoring system was used in determining these songs. There were only two rules: the song had to be on my portable music-listening device, and it had to be released within the past decade. Some songs I chose out of personal affinity; others for following a noteworthy trend, some for managing to come into my life at just the right ( Read more... )

I debated with myself writing anything about Brad, because he and I were not close - we were in the same room more than a dozen times over the past five years, and had friends in common, and still I never knew him. I found him difficult to know. But his passing has left my friends devastated, and I want to present my own no-bullshit recollection ( Read more... )

This is long, but worth it:

http://www.bobfromaccounting.com/shizzypage40.html

Apparently headbanging is bad for your heath.  Who knew that repetitively straining your neck and moving your head violently up and down could be... oh wait.  Yeah, duh.  I wonder how much money they spent on this study?

Here is a mindfuck for your consideration.  I find it far more relaxing, and less nonsensical, than recent political coverage.

Mindfuck!

I called out this possibility months ago ( Read more... )

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