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Still Playing Macbeth
The meeting with the witches where they call the spirits to answer his questions: Read how he reacts to the spirits. Think about the times in which Shakespeare lived.
I do believe Macbeth was meant to be drunk off his ass in this scene. -
Pretentiously grasping at my bygone theatrical bona fides
Inspired by a movie I was watching on Netflix, I started playing again with the "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow" soliloquy from Macbeth (yes, this is what some rank gamers, cowardly writers, and actors without the cojones to go pro - all three, I - sometimes do in our spare time; BTW and à propos of nothing, this speech is eminently adaptable ( Read more... ) -
Proof that the universe is F-TUP
I got nominated as an Employee of the Month. Didn't get it, but that's unsurprising; I can't see the owners letting that happen even if I did get the most votes, which is as unlikely as the owners letting that happen. I just think it's fucking funny. The fact that I didn't get it actually saves me from having to make the choice between being ( Read more... ) -
Thanks, PhillyE
NERF actually stands for something: "Non-Expanding Recreational Foam." Never knew that. -
Leveraging Wireless
Not sure what this says about me: Standing at the kitchen counter, with the laptop, making dinner...
...and working. -
Ganked from an e-mail to Mom
If you can believe it...
Horatio Alger entered Harvard at sixteen. He never lived a "Horatio Alger story;" he made them all up. Marx and Engels were products of the bourgeoisie, but recognized the injustice of the system that had bestowed such privilege on them, and decided to try to do something about it. Yet we lionize Alger and demonize Marx -
Happy Murder, Rape, and Pillage Day
I didn't notice it was Columbus Day until I heard so on the radio on the way to work this morning. That, of course, warranted a few listens to Public Enemy's "Hitler Day."
Five hundred years ago, one man claimed to have discovered a new world. Five centuries later, we the people are forced to celebrate a black holocaust. How can you call a takeover ( Read more... ) -
Netflix and Hot Dish
I've joined the Netflix cult. And I guess that means "the Netflix and not Qwikster cult," because it was about two days after I started my free trial that the split took place. I'm half-inclined to believe it was a reaction to my sign-up, but that's not possible. Because I really wasn't interested in the DVDs anyway ( Read more... ) -
I just watched the GREATEST movie
Hobo with a Shotgun.
It was a title and the star that turned me on.
Gratuitous, campy, low-budget violence combined with ham-fisted social commentary.
Rutger Hauer plays a hobo who gets fed up with abuse and crime, uses his panhandling money to buy a shotgun, and goes vigilante.
Possibly the most gratifying movie I've seen since Law Abiding ( Read more... ) -
Unbelievably Delicious Pan-Fried Steak for the YouTube Generation
1/2-3/4 lb New York Strip steak ( Read more... )