We’re just here for the food. Okay, not really. In addition to getting a little South for our mouths, D and I also puttered around downtown Raleigh today, checking out the capitol building and then ducking inside the Museum of…
Year: 2007
Transformers: Spectacularly Okay
That’s my two-word review, as requested by D when I came home from the movie on Tuesday. My biggest complaint (minor spoilers): Did anyone else notice that the final shot was set in virtually the same location as the infamous…
Jane Espenson’s Writing Exercise
I’m doing Script Frenzy this month, which means writing a 20,000-word screenplay in 30 days; and the magic words “quantity, not quality” also appeared in Jane’s “I Guess He Really Can’t Drive” blog post yesterday. So here I am to…
US States Renamed For Countries With Similar GDPs
From the strange maps blog: US States Renamed For Countries With Similar GDPs. I find it highly amusing that this particular scheme renames Texas to “Canada” and New Jersey to “Russia.” Those darn mobsters!
Meet the World
Art project by 25-year-old Brazilian Icaro Doria: Using national flags as graphics to communicate statistics about that country. For example, instead of a pie chart showing how many 14-year-olds in China are studying instead of working: www.brazilianartists.net/home/flags In the same…
Ancient Greek Espionage (and Girl Power)
From Cary’s translation of Herodotus’ The History, Book VII (Polymnia), Chapter 239: When Xerxes had determined to invade Greece, Demaratus, who was then at Susa, and had heard of his intention, communicated it to the Lacedæmonians; but he was uanble…
Which Movie Reviews Should I Believe?
Which Movie Reviews Should I Believe? Apparently, my peculiar tastes can only be approximated (with 87% accuracy) by Rotten Tomatoes. That’s all.
Can’t Stop The Serenity: Silicon Valley
Got plans for Father’s Day (June 17th)? Why not bring dear ol’ dad to a charity screening of Serenity, the 2005 movie based on Joss Whedon’s Firefly? Can’t Stop The Serenity: Silicon Valley benefits Equality Now, a non-profit group working…
Dead Die Hard
Thanks to Kung Fu Monkey, I’ve had the Die Hard song running through my head for several days. So this week, I dipped into my laserdisc collection (yes, they still work, thanks for asking) and watched Die Hard, Die Hard…
…and Washed the Spider Out
You haven’t seen Spider-Man 3 yet? It’s skippable. You really want to go? Try a matinee. As I said to D on Friday, it’s not so much about “what happens next” as it is “some stuff happens.” She called it…