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. 🙂
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 …
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.
If you find yourself avoiding going out or moving much because of the heat this summer, here are some links that will give you something to do and make you all smarter and betterer in the process. First up, Minnesota Public Radio has a cool, relatively new show called Wits and their final show of …
Facebook Hiatus I decided to take a hiatus from Facebook for a number of reasons, and so I will not be logging onto the site for the rest of the July. If you didn’t see my status about this, I just wanted to remind people that while my blog posts and Flickr updates will post …