Category Archives: Plugs and Shoutouts
Study
I’ve never been one for lyricless music. The words to a song are more important to me than the actual music. Often the first thing I connect with when looking for new music is a phrase or word that seems … Continue reading
Songbird
While it isn’t quite ready for prime time, Songbird is an excellent music player with the potential to be a one stop music application. The biggest thing that differentiates Songbird from other library managers like iTunes is the built in … Continue reading
Flash Post 3
Casino Royale = good movie, great Bond movie. Very close to original story with only details changed to bring it up to date. Fun and entertaining. Recommended.
Filed under Brando Said It Best, Plugs and Shoutouts
TED
A while back my friend the One Man blogged about the TED Conference. This is just a quick note to say thanks. I’ve been taking the time to watch just a single presentation per day, but it is among the … Continue reading
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Decoder Ring Theater’s Black Jack Justice
Just a quick plug today as I have far too many things to do, like prepping for my classes starting again, to be taking up too much time with blog posts. Right, uh, so… Decoder Ring Theater’s Black Jack Justice … Continue reading
Another Quick Book Post
Last night I finally got my copy of Kurt Busiek’s Astro City: Local Heroes and it was definitely worth the wait. This series of graphic novels is a brilliant post-modern look at superheroes and how interactions with ordinary citizens might … Continue reading
Filed under Plugs and Shoutouts, The Four Eyed Monster
Covered
Coldplay is one of those bands that I thought were promising, but I just did not have the time to check them out when they were rising. Now, they are a big, established, million selling rockband and I still have … Continue reading
Belle de Jour
This post deals with sex and erotica. If you are offended and / or weirded out by reading about such things, you may want to click away and come back tomorrow, when I plan to have a nice, safe, minor-level … Continue reading
Mythlandia and Other Links
Just a couple of quick links tonight. First is an incredibly cool, interactive map called Mythlandia, made by artist Julian Hector for his senior thesis. I had not previously heard of Julian Hector but he has an amazing site and … Continue reading
Pirates
M and I went to see “Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest” tonight and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. The story is just a bit darker than the first one and the effects are a little campier in places … Continue reading
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Sword of Damocles Redux
Well, not to be outdone by the One Man, who has opened up a great cafepress store to make his artwork more available to all of you out there in the world, I created a new cafepress store today, celebrating … Continue reading
I (Heart) Huckabees
I (Heart) Huckabees is a really bizarre movie. In a good way. I think. It bills itself as an "existential comedy" and it is that. That story centers around a young man (Jason Schwartzman), who has been working to save … Continue reading
Filed under Captured Bits of Light, Plugs and Shoutouts
Temeraire
Well, it's finally happened. For the first time since I was fourteen, I bought a book with a dragon on the cover. Based on a recommendation from the Dragon Page: Cover to Cover, I ordered a copy of Naomi Novik's … Continue reading
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Social Drinking
In recent years, I've been drinking a lot less than I used to, for a variety of reasons. Health, finances, general acting-like-a-grown-up, stuff like that. There have been some side effects, naturally – I have more money, get fewer headaches, … Continue reading
Second Life, and Golf
Yesterday, I had a bit of free time on my hands, so I walked over to a driving range near my apartment and put in the first practice of the season. I tore up my hands and twisted up my … Continue reading
Filed under Plugs and Shoutouts, True Thoughts on True Life
Mucho Mojo
Joe R. Lansdale's Mucho Mojo came recommended from a good friend, saying that the central protaganists' relationship mirrored ours to some extent. He's got a point. The two protaganists are friends who have obviously been through a lot together and … Continue reading
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Scar Tissue
I stayed up all night reading Anthony Kiedis' Scar Tissue, an autobiography much more about one man’s coming to terms with his addictions than it is a book of being a rock and roll frontman. The story is written … Continue reading
The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, was an incredibly fascinating read. Gladwell proposes that fads and trends are epidemic in nature and can be identified, launched, and even prevented. The book is organized … Continue reading
Blogging the Bible
Occasionally, an internet meme will come around and catch me completely off-guard. I have been reading Will Shetterly's re-write of the Bible at fatbible.blogspot.com since he began writing it in October of last year. I have found it to be … Continue reading
Killer Bunnies, Dude
Finally, we got our copy of Killer Bunnies! Woot! We were introduced to the game by friends of ours who brought it with them when they came for our wedding last September. We had a great time learning to play … Continue reading
Filed under All the Baby's Linkage, Plugs and Shoutouts
Veronica Mars
Another TV show that I was horribly late to the game on. But what a great show. Good characters, good stories, a bit of humor, a lot of drama, good music. Makes me wish I was a teenager again, but … Continue reading
Filed under Captured Bits of Light, Plugs and Shoutouts
Shopgirl
A couple of months ago, I watched the movie Shopgirl, starring Steve Martin and Claire Danes. It was a good movie, slow and subtle and interesting, so I picked up the book to read on the plane during my last … Continue reading
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Stadium Arcadium
This album sounds like the Chili Peppers finally let John Frusciante off his leash. It just rocks. Well, the first disc does anyway, the second disc is much slower, full of ballads and love songs that we're not too … Continue reading
Filed under Plugs and Shoutouts, Punk Rock Saved My Life
Pandora’s Star
Pandora's Star has kept me up reading far too late for the past several nights. It's a fantastic book; it's got action, intrigue, politics, personal stories, and space battles all wrapped up in a neat, little sci-fi package. Well, not … Continue reading
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My Current Favorite Song
Colin Haye, formerly of Men at Work, has released a fantastic solo album that I can not find here in Japan or on the interwebnets. I may have to order it from Amazon Australia and that just irritates me. Grrr.
I Should Be Writing
Mur Lafferty has a couple of great Podcasts. I had been listening to Geek-Fu Action Grip for a while but only started listening to I Should be Writing recently. She’s got a lot of great advice for writers and wanna-be … Continue reading
Another Mid-Week Book Post
Recieved my copy of Roald Dahl’s “Going Solo” in the mail today and got halfway through it waiting for dinner to cook. It’s that enthralling. Dahl’s writing style is just as simple and clear in this auto-biography as it is … Continue reading
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Quick Plug
My commuting time this week has been spent listening to Michael Palin’s “Around the World in 80 Days”. (You know, Michael Palin from Monty Python’s Flying Circus, that Michael Palin.) It was thoroughly entertaining and quite fun to listen to. … Continue reading
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Knife of Dreams
This one’s a lot better than the previous two. Lots more action and a lot less politics and it seems like the story is actually going somewhere this time around.
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The Seanachai
The Seanachai is a podcast I’ve been listening to for about a month. It’s great. The author puts up a story every once in a while that’s usually funny, sometimes scary, always good. What I especially like about it is … Continue reading
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