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The Best Movie I've Seen in the Last Year
This evening I wandered back to Livejournal for the first time in way too long and saw the 30-day movie meme that l0stmyrel1g10n is doing. "Hey!" says I. "An excuse to write about movies using more than 140 characters at a time! Let's do it!"
( The next 30 days in writing-about-movies. ) -
GREAT MOMENTS IN SPORTITUDE
I am currently researching Great Moments in Sportitude. If you know of any other interesting ones, please pass them along ( Read more... ) -
Behold! It's the IMPORTANT ANSWERS!
The 2010 Nathanielperson Census is over! Here for your infotainment pleasure are the results, with my comments and analysis.
( All data & conclusions are guaranteed 100% scientifically valid. So nyah. ) -
Announcing...
The 2010 Nathanielperson Census
In order to better serve you as a friend, relative, acquaintance, or random internet person, the Nathanielperson Census Bureau requests that you complete the following short questionnaire. The NCB will collect your data anonymously, and (with your permission) release it into the comments when the study period has ( Read more... ) -
An informal survey
I had a lengthy and interesting conversation this evening about what makes something art. So I'm wondering: what is the closest synonym you can think of for the word "art"? Or perhaps more precisely, what is your one-word definition of the term "art"? Responses will be automatically screened until I've decided there are enough, so as to avoid undue ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
From ethereal_winged and desafinada13:
1. Go to the Wikipedia home page and click random article. That is your band's name.
2. Click random article again; that is your album name.
3. Click random article 15 more times; those are the tracks on your album.
Band Name: Armed Forces of the Federated Suns
Album Name: The Sundering
Track List:
1. Uparaja
2. Nepal at the 1964 ( Read more... ) -
A Proposal
*Over the last seven years, President Bush has dramatically increased the power of the Executive Branch. One of the most important tools he's used are signing statements - essentially declarations that the President is above the law and can do whatever he wants, nyah nyah nyah. Here are some examples*We may very well have a Democratic President in ( Read more... ) -
What time is it? Why, it's municipal politics time!
(First off, Philly voters: Please vote against retaining Municipal Court Judge Teresa Carr Deni. When a defendant accused of raping a prostitute came before her, she threw out the rape charges and characterized his actions as "theft of services" instead. The Philadelphia Bar Association is up in arms, and Deni's days on the bench are numbered... ( Read more... ) -
All the cool kids are doing it!
My class schedule, starting tomorrow:
MWF 10-11: Mass Media and Culture (Communications 150). This is the class I'm least certain about: it's an intro Communications class, and it's at 10 in the morning. That said, it's on a topic I'm really interested in, and the professor's MA thesis was on dialogue in action movies... I wonder what he'd think ( Read more... )
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