But my mind is deep.  How to reconcile.  I was asked about Amanda Knox, and I replied, "I think she's guilty - because she's not that hot."  Now, of course that isn't what I think, but I imagine it allows me to determine if someone gets my sense of humor or not.  I've had encounters of late with people whom I've tried to tell jokes to but they ( Read more... )

During a particularly dull housesitting venture in my recent past, I burned a slew of CD from the local library.  I have no idea how or why it happened, but one of them is labeled "Van Cliburn."  Perhaps I'm missing a song, have them in the improper order, added some tracks, I don't know.  The album, when I put it in my computer and order it to ( Read more... )

I read that Richard Feynman was a brilliant physicist because he was able to see the problems with equations by not getting lost in the math but applying the formulas to real scenarios.  I know nearly nothing about physics so I can only assume that's correct ( Read more... )

The problem with the movie is that it is an obvious, maybe even unrepentant, product.  A built-in fanbase will generate lots of dollars, but not if you make changes they're uncomfortable with.  Thus, the two-and-a-half hours of the flick run like a checklist across the screen: Here's her hunting, here's the drawing, here's you get the idea.

Jennifer ( Read more... )

Most drummers keep time.  Levon Helm could make music with his sticks.  That he was a hell of a singer too makes it seem unfair to someone has musically untalented as myself.

But don't read my bland words: Listen to The Band and wonder why we have that but want to listen to the nonsense that is the sounds that surround us.

Godspeed.

My NY resolution was meant as a way to fill my time while I worked a part-time job waiting for one a bit more demanding of my (limited) skills and (ample) hours.

My mother said a novena to St. Jude and, hand to God, on the 10th day I got a phone call then an interview then an offer and the point is I've been working.  I'd like to think I'm not ( Read more... )

The Help
Hollywood racism.  Honestly, it's little wonder most people think themselves above such ideas because they're not like at all like those people in the movies.

Yes, indeed! Racism's lingering effect on culture can be cured with ease. Alls one needs is a girl from Scottsdale, AZ to write a book about how bad it is. Empowerment follows as night ( Read more... )

Maher's movie has some funny moments, but he strikes me as the type who thinks funny and profound are synonymous. That someone with a BA in English from Cornell clearly doesn't understand the concept of reading any text except in a literal manner makes me thank God I went to a public U (go Cats!). I'm even more thankful he doesn't try to talk about ( Read more... )

I'll get to that in a second, but On New Year's Eve Cee Lo sang "Imagine" and changed the lyrics, and certain people have their panties in a bunch.

For the record, I think the song is pure bullocks. It's hard to take seriously a guy who, among other things, left England because of its tax laws and lived in the Dakota celebrating the idea of no ( Read more... )

Listening to Falstaff.  I wish I could at least understand Italian.