Super 8 – fun, loud, full of explosions and great acting from the kids; too many lens flares Bridesmaids – fun and funny, great cast Bleu – reminds one of why great films are great White Noise 2 – horrible, atrocious, terribly cynical, but Nathan Fillion and Katee Sackhoff made it necessary to watch Withnail …
The Cthulhu Cult by Rick Dakan The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O’Neill Apparition by Anne Washburn Dinner by Moira Buffini Reasons to be Pretty by Neil LaBute Endymion by John Lyly Hull Zero Three by Greg Bear No: The Classical Theatre …
This was the birthday card they made for me this year. Some of you will get it. If you don’t, well, that’s all right, I still like you. 🙂
I’ve been putting off writing this essay all day because I am rather frightened of putting these thoughts into words and putting those words out to the world. But I have done nearly all my other work for the day and I need to maintain my current goal of writing 500 words every day. So, …
Lyle Lovett is awesome. If you haven’t listened to him lately, you should. If you’d rather the original video, it’s not embeddable but you can click here for it. One of my favorites: And finally:
Short but lovely film about the Karahuri, the art of Japanese automata A really good essay addressing some “placebo medicine” issues Why the singularity isn’t around the corner Gorgeous microscopic images of sand – you won’t believe how beautiful sand can be! (via Geekosystem)
Because some times you just have to be who you are, and I’m the type of person who likes new operating systems and playing with new ways of doing things and futzing around with settings on the computer. I mention this not to seem special or especially adventurous, but to let my readers know that …
Those who follow me on Facebook or happen to regularly check my Flickr account might have noticed that I started a new Project 365 on my birthday. For those who aren’t aware, Project 365 is an attempt to take a photograph for each and ever day of a year. I did one when I turned …
Yesterday was probably one of the most lovely days I’ve experienced in Pittsburgh since moving here nearly a year ago. Bright, but not hot, a lovely breeze that lasted the entire day instead of dying a still, sullen death in the early afternoon leaving the air to stagnate and stultify as it does most summer …
They have obviously never seen this: The same theatre company has also done a production of Robocop for the stage.