The Booth at the End.

Holy shit. I should've been in bed hours ago, but just could not stop watching. Excellent premise with brilliant follow-through. It never lags, never stops being fresh. And the ending somehow manages to trump everything that goes before.

Set aside 2 and a half hours. Seriously. It's an experience.

Last Monday night, while I was parked outside Wendy's waiting for my food, a guy getting ready to pull out onto the street discovered that they had forgotten his fries, got upset, threw it in reverse and shot backwards, curved too sharply and tore off my back bumper. Clean off. That's what I get for eating junk instead of cooking at home ( Read more... )

Finally, a Republican I can support.

This is probably a really stupid question, but ( Read more... )

Charlyne Yi is adorable.

Does anyone know any good sci-fi mystery flicks like Dark City and The Thirteenth Floor? Something slightly escapist with a good puzzle element. Bonus points if they're kind of Noir.

( In case you haven't seen one, here's a breakdown of each. Warning: contains spoilers. )

( Current piano assignment: Beethoven's 'Easy' sonata. (He named it that.) ...This is not easy. )

I'm not sure how to introduce this. I don't think it really can be introduced. You have to see this. I'll just let the videos do the talking.

( Street musicians from around the world. )

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( Animated version, with notes. )

At today's piano lesson, while going over Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C# minor, after hitting a particularly awkward chord ( Read more... )