I forgot to mention that we also watched an old movie called "The Big Lift."  (This is part of a project to watch as many movies with Montgomery Clift as possible.  Just kind of a whim.)  It was pretty good.  It told the story of the Berlin airlifts, and was done in a documentary style.  (Except for the two lead actors, all of the military types ( Read more... )

Been spending the late nights watching stuff on DVD.  This is not only due to the girft from tancred, which is going to last a while, but because we actually bought some stuff through the mail.  Anyway, we watched "Thank You For Smoking."  It was pretty good, if not quite as savage a satire as I expected.  ("Cold Turkey" is a funnier satire on ( Read more... )

The Earthling

Mister Zixx was out hunting early one morning when he met the alien. It was a lovely day, with Phobos full and bright in the west, its largest crater clearly visible. Deimos wouldn't rise for a day or so, which was slightly disappointing, but the crisp air and amber dawn made up for it.

He followed the three-toed tracks of a sandbeast ( Read more... )

Today, as I got up early to feed the cats and get ready to go to work, the full moon was dazzingly bright, floating over the ridge to the west of our home.  Then, as I drove to work through some heavy fog, the sun appeared, dimmed by the fog to a pale yellow circle.  It's rare to be able to look directly at the sun that way.  It's easy to ( Read more... )

So I tried out that silly thing that comes up with resolutions for you, based on your LiveJournal interests.  For some reason I can't link it directly, but here are my results:

Give some animal rights to charity.
Apply for a new transgender.
Find a better liberalism.
Backup my environmentalism regularly.
Buy new cats.

For something generated at random, ( Read more... )

Last night, after working for twenty-four hours in a  row at my two jobs (including drive time; Happy New Year), I collapsed in front of the tube and watched something we had recorded from late December.  It was the funniest commercials of the year.  It was amusing enough.  Many of the commericials weren't so much hilarious, as just very cleverly ( Read more... )

This wild exploitation film runs less than an hour, but it's packed full of enough bad acting, incoherent plot twists, and deranged scenes to fill up a whole case of CD's.

We begin with some words about insanity on the screen. Get used to this, because similar quotes are going to pop up at totally random moments during the film. The story starts ( Read more... )

I'm working my way slowly through the "50 Horror Classics" that my good friend tancred gave me.  Let me first of all point out here that this is NOT the usual set of "50 Horror Classics" that pops up when you search for it on the Internet, but something entirely different.  Besides the usual out-of-copyright full-length movies that such sets always ( Read more... )

The Tide Clock: A Tale of the October Club

The year's end draws near. A light snow dusts the streets outside the October Club. Within it is quiet and warm. Few come to share their stories at this time of year, when thoughts turn to home and family. But there are always those who listen. The woman who has come to speak was obviously once a very ( Read more... )

Sorry, folks.  Since I am so stupid when it comes to computers, I had no idea that my long-winded blatherings were eating up so much space on your "friends" list.  I have since learned how to put them behind a "cut" line.  (Many thanks to my good friend zmarlowe, a gentleman who is always very kind and helpful.)  I will try to keep doing things ( Read more... )