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It Begins!
I got the email today. I will not be a graduate student at the University of British Colombia next semester. They rejected my application ( Read more... ) -
Bad Hair Day
PD Project Part 1B is now up at d.con. I'm going to try to update that with a new disc every Wednesday and Saturday. Why? Because to do it any slower would mean dedicating about three months of my life to these films and I'm not going to do that ( Read more... ) -
PD Project Part 1
Rumors of my death have been exaggerated. Rumors of my computer's death have not. Ugh. And right when I was planning to start blogging stuff again.
Anyway, here's something new I'm messing about with. It'll be cross-posted here and on d.con. I currently have four "50-Movie Mega Packs" of DVDs (Chilling, Sci-Fi, Horror and Drive-In Movie Classics) ( Read more... ) -
Where I am Now
So I haven't posted since May, since Jerry Falwell died actually, and it seems like there should have been something good worth mentioning between then and now. However the presidential election was already ramping up and there can be nothing good while that's going on. There will be nothing good until November and even then there won't be anything ( Read more... ) -
Arthur's Back
Once Upon a Time... returns:
As long as the Military Commissions Act remains in force, we live at the mercy of the Executive, and we remain in the anteroom of Hell. Almost no one even tries to move us to a safer location, where we might live in peace and liberty.
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Where We Are Now and Where We're Going
Seymour Hersh interviewed by Rolling Stone:
Why would you go to war when you don't have to go to war? It takes very little courage to go to war. It takes a lot of courage not to go to war.
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Did America learn anything from Vietnam? Was there a lesson in the way that war ended that could have prevented this war from starting?You mean learn ( Read more... ) -
Suicide Club
Just got the new Atlantic in the mail today and there's an article about anonymous suicide groups in Japan-"Let's Die Together" by David Samuels (membership required). It's a good piece and a weird story, but it reminded me of Suicide Club-a surrealistic Japanese horror film. I highly recommend the film if for nothing else than this clip (WARNING: ( Read more... )
