You know, you never hear "20 dead in office shooting" or "14 killed in line for bank."  It's always schools ( Read more... )

This is something I wrote freehand in my journal while I was in Rome this past summer after having a conversation with one of my roommates, Erik, about European and Eastern cultures. (Incidentally, Erik was a great guy to talk to because he was a philosophy major at a real school, and he neatly confirmed everything I thought I knew about how ( Read more... )

Go here. Download Bad Dudes ( Read more... )

The movie was excellent. I'd go so far as to say that it's the Star Wars of a new generation, and all the things that implies. It certainly reeks of the "Han shoots first" rough-and-tumble, good-natured space opera of the Original Trilogy. And it has a better moral lesson, to boot ( Read more... )

In response to a general outcry for objective measures of common occurences that are recognized as consisting in spectra, or degrees, the St. John's Working Laboratory has founded a unit on which to build a system of reliable, demonstrable observation of a particular social phenomenon: the Lane ( Read more... )

Some observations gleaned from watching late-night MTV (you know, when they actually get around to playing music videos ( Read more... )

1. Go here.
2. Pass it on.
( my answers )

By the way, I don't know how many of y'all knew this, but I'm in Rome right now, and have been for the last three weeks. I have three more weeks in the Eternal City before I head home.

It's incredible. I'll write about it later.

Purchased: Wednesday June 1, 1:00 PM
Finished: Sunday June 12, 7:00 PM

Put that in your book pipe and smoke it.

The original trilogy is a myth. This point has been rehashed (not the least by Lucas himself, to gain himself literary credibility) a million times, but it bears repeating: it is a new myth for a new age. The Farm Boy, the Princess, the Rogue and the Wizard must fight against the Evil Emperor and the Black Knight to end evil in the Galaxy. It's ( Read more... )