Watched Batman tonight. Awesome, but that's not what I'm going to write about ( Read more... )

Go watch Dr. Horrible. It's from Joss Whedon (all things awesome). It's starring Neal Patric Harris (Doogie Howser), Nathan Fillion (Mal Reynolds) and Felicia Day (Cute... also Buffy).

Watch it.

A while ago I started writing about Sherlock Holmes.

I was going to say some things, and probably not very well. I've now read a much, much better way of saying some of the things I would have said.

Without further ado, Raymond Chandler:

In everything that can be called art there is a quality of redemption. It may be pure tragedy, if it is high ( Read more... )

In recent news, My sister-in-law gave birth this afternoon to a healthy, happy baby boy tentatively named "Dirtbug." Needless to say, I shall not let my nephew be named such a thing for long. In a surprising move, Dirtbug has shown significantly advanced mental powers and contacted me telepathically. I'm not entirely sure I have his language ( Read more... )

Today (or yesterday or tomorrow depending on ambiguous headers) is the 30th anniversary of the first spam e-mail. Happy Birthday. Thanks DEC.

It's sometimes interesting to indulge myself in speculative thinking. Especially when it's speculation that ends where I know it will end. Especially when I'm... comfortable with that end ( Read more... )

I hate answering machines. I didn't like them before, but after tonight I hate them ( Read more... )

I think Henry Ford was an idiot. Stupid assembly lines ( Read more... )

So, to provide further evidence as to Tibbsy's Rule of Three's (tm ( Read more... )

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