Archives for November 2009

Please President Obama

I post excerpts from Michael Moore’s open letter to President Obama and add my voice to those calling for the President to get us out of Afghanistan.

Zombie Watch! Part 8

Wherein I discuss my reactions to Otto, or Up With Dead People

Knowing when to shut up

Wherein I discuss the value of knowing when to shut up and to separate belief from facts.

400 Words/40 Days Challenge: Conclusion

So Friday, November 6 saw the conclusion of my 40 days challenge and my totals were, I think, respectable: 24903 words written in total with a daily average of 621. In the 116 days since I started my first 25 day challenge, I’ve written on 95 of those days with a total 47532 words written. [...]

Music You May Have Missed – Gogol Bordello

Take one part Punk, one part Gypsy music, and three parts lunatic lead singer, garnish with an insane amount of energy and a love of sex, drugs, and rock & roll and you will have something close to the Gogol Bordello experience.

I’ve been sitting on this post for a number of days, hoping to come [...]

Zombie Watch! Part 7

Zombieland is a fun romp of a movie and I enjoyed watching it.

That said, my standard line to people when they’ve asked how it was is to say, “It was fun. No Shaun of the Dead but fun nonetheless.” Whereas I could watch Shaun of the Dead time and time again, Zombieland will probably max [...]

October 2009 Books

"City of Glass (The New York Trilogy, Vol 1)" (Paul Auster)

"Probability Angels" (Joseph Devon)

"Starfish (Rifters Trilogy)" (Peter Watts)