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Reality Bites
I wouldn't consider myself a big advocate of reality shows, but I usually am watching one weekly at any given time. Right now it's season 2 of Top Chef. Incredibly this has to be one of the craziest seasons I've ever seen for any reality show. In the second week, one of the judges quit after being accused of stealing. In week 4, no one was ( Read more... ) -
Hell has frozen over.
I am in such a good mood right now. First of all, a big shout-out to Peyton Manning for coming back from a 21-6 deficit to beat the Patriots 38-34. Peyton deserves the Super Bowl, and I can't think of a team I hate more than the Patriots (3 Super Bowls in 4 years). Well, maybe the Yankees. I couldn't believe that Brady actually threw an ( Read more... ) -
Slickr, the Party Pleaser.
Sometime over Christmas break, Ethan and I were sitting in his room having some discussion, and somehow I started preaching about Flickr (as I am wont to do often), and we both sort of came upon the idea that there should be an application that would show full-screen images from the Flickr "Explore" page. The more we talked about it, the more we ( Read more... ) -
Give me comedy, or give me death.
I miss Eddie Murphy. I miss Steve Martin. I miss Dan Aykroyd. I miss Chevy Chase. At least Bill Murray is still Bill Murray. -
Dial-up speed is exponentially lower than Cable.
I can't believe I just posted as "Anonymous" twice in less than ten minutes on two different blogs. Do you ever have that brief glimpse of realization of how much of your life is automated by technology? I think I'm much less pro-technology than most of my friends, yet I certainly don't think I could ever be anti-technology ( Read more... ) -
Red vs. Green
I have been a staunch advocate of Rotten Tomatoes for a few years now, but lately I've started to doubt its ratings more and more. I've always held an opinion that it's the best rating we have out there, but it isn't perfect. I still don't trust that critics don't read other critics before they post their own. If you've studied RT's ratings as ( Read more... ) -
24 years and counting.
Call me crazy, but 24 seems like a big number. Shouldn't I be married right now with a child and one more on the way? Shouldn't I be expecting my promotion to low-level management? Shouldn't I have a 30-year mortgage and two car payments eating up my bank account ( Read more... ) -
Do the Evolution
I watched a PBS special on the evolutional history of dogs. I've always wondered why there are so many different varieties of one animal. The special introduced some interesting theories about how dogs evolved from wolves. What's so fascinating is all of this evolving has happened in a span of 10,000 years or less. And the the main theory they ( Read more... ) -
Friday demolition.
Yesterday evening, I was consumed with anger -- that of which I have not felt for years. Mixed with the anger was disappointment, sadness, and confusion. I felt as if I had been stood up for a date. I don't really understand why it was this experience that made me so furious though. I am used to bitter disappointment. I have known for many ( Read more... ) -
The Problem of American Syntax
After watching the Daily Show discuss the syntax of the Civil War/Sectarian Violence in Iraq, I really feel like speaking out about the problems with syntax in US politics. It definitely frustrates me to watch politicians, because the issues get lost because of syntax. People limit their words when what isn't said is really the things that need ( Read more... )