so Quincy Jones and half the planet are here today to record "We Are The Haiti", or whatever the hell they're going to call it ( Read more... )

CW greenlights LFN remake pilot.

wow, CW. sounds hugely lame.

:::thinks the 8th Doctor audio Scherzo part two, is possibly some of the finest storytelling ever:::

Mary Katherine Ham on "teabaggers" now suddenly becoming "tea parties" in the press.

"The truth, of course, is it was always about whether government is working for the people, not racism or violence or fringe militia groups. And, if the media or Democrats had bothered to treat Tea Partiers' concerns with a modicum of respect in August, they ( Read more... )

hey folk with kids, check out Wilson and Ditch, now up at pbskids.org. it's two Bulgarian gopher brothers in a van, checking out the country to teach kids geography. site just went live today.

for the geeky amongst, it's 3d motion capture gophers comp'd against live-action backplates.

heh.

a short story "fic" told in the email-thread style, if computers and modern corporate-speak had existed during the time of the Hebrew Exodus from Egypt. as The Ten Commandments is one of all-time favorite films, naturally i was picturing it as i read. teh lulz.

wow. i may have to see if this showing in LA somewhere. this is what i grew up with. i wrote reports on them in grade school.

unfuckingbelievable.

:::is listening to Branagh's film version of Henry V:::

eta: :::gets to the St Crispin's Day speech and maybe gets a wee misty, not just for the brilliance of the speech, or the lush performance, but for remembering a tv show and the strange, magnificent bonds it formed:::

"...we few, we happy few..." who really were so, very, many ( Read more... )

physician heal thyself, yo.i've never, nor been with folk who have, spent New Year's Eve pining for what's come before. from childhood, it was an evening to reflect, remember, celebrate, but most importantly, look forward at the endless possibilities; like Fall, and the promise of new beginnings. sure, we mourned those we'd lost to time, distance ( Read more... )