Okay, first of all, saw it on IMAX. Not necessary, not even a particularly special bonus, the way it was for, saw, Dark Knight (with extra IMAX-aspect sequences) or Superman Returns (with 3-D). No, all it served to do was to play up the worst parts of the movie, the parts that make this a movie and not a comic book: obvious audience-baiting ( Read more... )

As for the toil going into fixing the Writ, both technically and as a community, let me compare it to the gears on a bike. We're pedaling furiously, but I get the sense that the chain has slipped the gear and all of our work is getting us nowhere. At this point it's going to take some lateral thinking and a good, jarring realization to get us to ( Read more... )

okay, yeah, i'm a week late. but i'm hopping mad about republicans, for any number of reasons ( Read more... )

Dear McCain Campaign ( Read more... )

So, it's been a whirlwind week of political coverage over multiple news networks and internet streaming feeds and all kinds of nonsense. Barack Obama is officially our (us being Democrats- it didn't even occur to me as I first typed it) nominee for President of the United States of America. POTUS ( Read more... )

left the house for a few hours tonight to go for a drive. left a little later than i wanted to (read: was still here when others came home) because i decided to watch bob saget get roasted on tv. this caused a somewhat awkward moment of my roommates asking me where i was going (it being 1130 pm) and me giving the vague answer, "for a drive." it ( Read more... )

been in a foul mood. not entirely sure why, but i'm not thrilled by the prospect of living in this house for much longer. liz is leaving. the physical structure of it is less and less appealing each day - today, for instance, our hot water died. i don't like the neighbors. generally i really don't like people very much ( Read more... )

So a post about treading water from almost a year ago (but only a few back in number) addressed some complaints that I would have had a week or two ago ( Read more... )

I do believe that this condition of being a writer is permanent. Chronic, perhaps, but wholly incurable. The occasional flare-up, along with the accompanying redness, itchiness, and swelling, is marked by long sessions of compulsive typing, scribbling, and babbling, often in several media simultaneously. It can only be halted temporarily by ( Read more... )

Oh man, where to begin ( Read more... )