The 90s had some good cartoons. I rather enjoyed "Space Knight Tekkaman Blade," "X-Men," "Bobby's World," and "Beavis and Butt-Head."

Some people have been making fan-recreations of various shows from that era.

Probably the highest-profile is "Moon Animate," a project documented on its own Tumblr page. It comes from a group of amateur and ( Read more... )

I have been eating very healthily for the better part of a year (mostly fruits and veggies, with some low-fat protein), so I think that I can afford to spend one day (perhaps this weekend) sampling all the crap I can just to say that I tried it once. McDonald's has a new array of super-cheap, mass produced burger variations on their dollar menus. ( Read more... )

Hrm... I'm in need of a new TV show.

I have already used my streaming NexFlix account to watch...
• All of "The IT Crowd"
• Season 1 of "Better Off Ted," but I lost interest in it
• All of the "Parks and Recreation" that NetFlix offers
• All of the "Bob's Burgers" that NetFlix offers, twice
• All of "30 Rock"
• Half of "Spaced," before it ( Read more... )

So, for the past couple of months, I've been mass-producing some compost.

...well, in as much as one CAN mass-produce compost the low-tech way in one's own back yard ( Read more... )

Been wanting to blog stuff for a while, but haven't had the wherewithall to sit down and compose anything. Figured I can get back into the habit of writing things (blogs postings, yes, but also other projects) by throwing together something small and quick at first ( Read more... )

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Not to harp on what I previously covered, but it seems that Blerta views the world of Hannah Horvath and friends pretty much the same way I did.

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And while we are on this topic (for the last time, one would presume), it turns out that the guy who plays wierdo boyfriend on the show will be the villain in Disney-Lucasfilm's new Star Wars sequel. No ( Read more... )

I read Dr. Philip Zimbardo's lengthy tome, The Lucifer Effect some time ago. It's a very verbose and very detailed examination of the hows and whys of what makes a reasonable, good person do horrific, cruel things. In it, he cites some very prominent studies in the field of social psychology:
• The Stanford Prison Experiment (which he ran)
• The ( Read more... )

I like this song.

That is all.

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Yup. They say that the best things in life are free. I'm inclined to agree. Sometimes, the best stuff is the best because it is free.

- - = = [1] Tribute from my loyal students = = - -This past Friday was Valentine's Day. Since I work at a middle school, and since there was a dance on that day, the combination of an irregular schedule, increased ( Read more... )