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31
Mar

the one in which i beg off

Category: personal | Leave a Comment

Nope, no “real” content coming from me today. I signed the lease on my new apartment this morning and have been setting up the webpage for my father’s new jewelry store, Phoenix Jewelers (which is the reason I’m posting anything, to put up this not-so-shameless plug). Nothing flashy on the sight right now, just basic [...]

29
Mar

while we were sleeping

Category: politics, society | 2 Comments

Have you seen the Sorcerer’s Apprentice sequence from Fantasia? Where the sorcerer leaves Mickey Mouse in charge of the castle and Mickey bewitches a broom into doing his work for him? The broom then gets out of control so he chops it to bits and is suddenly confronted by hundreds of brooms. That’s the world [...]

26
Mar

v for vital, part the first

Category: film, philosophy, politics, society | Leave a Comment

In light of this rather excellent review of V for Vendetta, I have decided to forgo writing a review of my own. (If you haven’t seen the movie and/or read the graphic novel, I think you’re safe, in terms of spoilers, reading down through the paragraph which ends “it seemed like a wasted bit of [...]

20
Mar

v for very local

Category: decatur, film, local, politics | Leave a Comment

My review of V for Vendetta (and some associated political talk, don’t worry I’ll lead with the review) is coming. This ain’t it. The internet will funnel it into your eye sockets later this week so that when you are making plans for the weekend you will remember that it is good and you will [...]

19
Mar

lock your doors, the president’s coming

Category: politics | Leave a Comment

I really wanted to go longer without writing about political stuff. Heck I didn’t want to post again today at all. Thanks to Mark Evanier though, I discovered this U.S. News and World Report article on possible warrantless physical searches and feel compelled to pass it along for all of you to read (even [...]