"Write a 250-word abstract." That's all that you need to do, it seems, to be in the running for Academic conference consideration. After that, if you're one of the lucky ones invited to speak, you actually have to come up with a concrete idea of what to talk about.

I applied on Sunday to a conference taking place in Fresno, California. My goal is to ( Read more... )

I've slipped behind in my Criterion Collection viewing. Right now, I'm stuck on the documentaries of Allan King. They're a little hard to watch, firstly because the documentaries lack a narrative structure. You're mostly watching things as they happen, in other words. Secondly, the subject matter is not always pleasant. Thus was the case with Dying ( Read more... )

Every once in a while, I'll catch the chatter going on between Matt Lauer, Samantha Guthrie, Al Roker, and Natalie Morales on NBC's Today. Mostly, I am simply bearing witness to the program. I don't understand the show or its format. I just saw a segment where three of the hosts sat on stools, talking to a guest about recent celebrity goings on, ( Read more... )

That's the takeaway lesson for the day.

My question was:
Does anyone know what time the ceremonial unearthing and parading around of Julia Child's body, which is traditionally done for deceased celebrities on milestone anniversaries, is going to be held? I'd hate to miss it.
. . . to which someone replied:
James - If your view of Julia only exists as a ( Read more... )

This story Courtesy of dzuunmod. Click this link→ (Things To Never/Always Say To A Libertarian.)

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I've made it up to Canada now with the Criterion collection. However, as far as Criterion is concerned, Canada is mostly Allan King documentaries. I'm not quite sure who Allan King was or why he was important, but that is sort of the point of this exercise.

For Canada, in addition to Allan Kin films, we've also got what appear to be two Quebecois ( Read more... )

I'm brushing up on my HTML skills, and along the way discovered the code for drawing lines, which is

Now I can draw lines to my heart's content, which I'll do right now.

Hooray lines!!

Roku, the fantastic streaming player that allows you to deliver the power of the Internet to the TV, enabling you to watch Netflix, Hulu and other video and film services, is doing a little self-promotion today, asking the following question:

"Bigger isn't always better. 'Like' if you agree!"

I didn't just 'like' that comment, but went the "extra ( Read more... )

   

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