I admit that I tend to wax ecstatic about Rescue Me in general, but if I’m making that concession, I’d also have to admit that I happen to be right most of the time. Tuesday the 12th’s sixth episode of the fifth season, entitled “Perspective,” bears me out big-time. It’s one of the … Continue reading
I’ve eaten at least three meals a day every day of my life. I don’t remember most. Most feedings aren’t celebratory, and most of the time food simply serves to banish hunger for the next four hours. And I’ve been thinking. What if someone were to ask me what my three most memorable meals are? … Continue reading
I’m one of those hypocrites who claims to hate reality tv, despite having a terrible weakness for a few realities. I occasionally watch The Amazing Race and Survivor, I was once hooked on Big Brother Australia and Top Chef, I can´t resist the demonic magnetism of The Real World and America’s Next Top Model, and … Continue reading
Shit like this drives me absolutely batshit. Folks using religion as a get rich scheme, and in ways so transparent it only makes the folks who pony up look more sheep-like. In fact, it doesn’t do much for the “Christianity isn’t a Pyramid Scheme” paradigm. A couple of guys have created “custom” t-shirts declaring the … Continue reading
The Torture Mentality As I pointed out recently, it’s difficult to keep up with the denial, obfuscation, and sheer, tendentious illogic of torture apologists. Even now, despite Bush-era DOJ memos acknowledging that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times in a single month, Liz Cheney is still clinging to the Jack Bauer fantasy that KSM … Continue reading
Irony of ironies… Could it be that Star Trek has shown us the way to save Star Wars. Before I explain, let me first qualify this by saying that I don’t necessarily believe that Star Wars needs to be saved. Sure the second trilogy pails in comparison to the first and George has taken a … Continue reading
Why all the nerd outrage about the new Star Trek?
Some times I see that Wikipedia is derided for being unreliable thanks to it being able to be edited by anyone. I find it to be an immense goldmine of information. For quite some time now, I pass the time going from link to link on there. I’ll start on one topic, then see the … Continue reading
Summer 09 Movie Report #1
Ever since February, I had been trying to pass my teacher certification test. There are two parts to getting my certification. It doesn’t matter which test is passed first, but I wanted to get the one which I believe is the more important of the two. The content portion. Can’t teach the subject without having … Continue reading