A Buddhist Review of Rachel Getting Married.

I was at the Starbucks in Meijer (superdupermarket) getting a little caffeine to carry me through the groceries, and noticed a Talking Heads compilation on the CD stand. The barista, a middle-aged woman putting the last drizzle of caramel on my macchiato, said, "Those are going fast! That's the last one left! It's really popular these days ( Read more... )

You may have seen this before, but seeing the debate raging over at the AV Club, I thought I'd take a little poll here:

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Poll PS22 Chorus

The chorus actually has other videos on the site that apparently have gotten widespread attention, including a handful of Tori covers.

It seems like a pattern in my involvement in user-created community groups, that I'll get involved, become committed and responsible enough to be trusted, then have a leadership role--or at least a decision-making role--offered to me, without really having to seek it. It happened with Toricon 2002, it happened with the LJ Buddhists community, and ( Read more... )

We've been watching Expedition Africa, a show that can be summed up by its credits: it's produced by Mark Burnett (producer behind Survivor and The Apprentice) and aired on the History Channel (channel of lots of boring shows). It straddles the line between "documentary series" and "reality show" as it chronicles a group of semi-experts who ( Read more... )

So what do we all think about the new Tori Amos album?

So after a few weeks of timidly checking Travelocity for flight options, I finally took the plunge and committed to spending another August in India. Once again flying through Delhi, definitely returning to Benares and Bodhgaya, possibly returning to Shimla, probably not returning to Calcutta. Thinking this time I'll hit these places I didn't get ( Read more... )

Poll a certain hyphenated word

Three correct unscreened answers on the music quiz. There's one that's left as an enigma. Wrapped in a riddle.

I've been going back and forth with my friend Shawn on Facebook sharing music trivia quizzes, and thought some people here might like to share in the quizzitude. I'll screen comments for the hell of it. Find the common thread that links these musical artists:

1. Echo and the Bunnymen, Alphaville, Romeo Void, Mike and the Mechanics
2. The Foo Fighters, ( Read more... )