i liked it but i didn't love it.  i think part of the reason why is that the movie wasn't what i expected based on a) the trailers, b) what people were saying about it, and c) the initial tone.  It's possible i might like it better after a second viewing now that i know that the movie is as much of a serious movie as it is whacky ( Read more... )

all of the drumlines i judged today were competing for the first time this season.  two groups were competing for the first time ever in an indoor arena ( Read more... )

It's been a full week already, and it's not going to really end.  Today i have Green Wave Winds rehearsal from 17:00-19:00, then there's a Green Wave Brass Band gig that plays at DMacs from 23:00-00:00. Then i have to wake up at about 05:30 so i can drive to Pineville to judge a drumline competition, then i'm staying the night there to recoup ( Read more... )

So Kyle and I have both discovered that trying to answer deep and meaningful questions while playing either a tabeltop or video game can be somewhat challenging because you can't really focus on either the way you need to to be succesful.  It's dificult for me to gauge how much the babble translates into something entertaining to other people, to ( Read more... )

when i was in middle school/high school and rode on school buses and was near the front, i was always fascinated by the fact that the left windshield wiper and the right windshield wiper of almost all of the school buses didn't go at the same speed.  I never asked anyone why, but i always wondered.  I also used to try to figure out the sync cycle, ( Read more... )

My life changed pretty drastically when i took over as Assistant Director here at Tulane in terms of workload ( Read more... )

Legends of Tomorrow:  a huge mess.  maybe when things get calm i'll give it another try, but right now it's not worth the time to dredge through the awful episodes ( Read more... )

i forgot to post an entry yesterday because it ended up being a much crazier day than i anticipated, but that's okay because sundays don't count for lent, so here's the make up ( Read more... )

So i have a game in Endless Mode and a game in Endless Plus mode that i can now run infinitely unless i make a really stupid mistake.  Here's what i feel are the most key components to beating the game after *murmur murmur* hours of gameplay.

Initial configuration:Doctor Xu is an absolute must.  The ability to crack open safes and to permanently ( Read more... )

for a while now i've had this idea that if i ever gave a multiple choice test that i would make it comprised of, say, 100 questions of slowly increasing dificulty, and all of the answers except for one would be the same choice (say, A), and i would tell the class ahead of time that that one question was worth half of the grade ( Read more... )