Just for fun this Sunday… Which Major Arcana Tarot Card am I? You Scored as II – The High Priestess The High Priestess is a card of intuition, instinct and hidden knowledge. She knows all your secrets, you can hide nothing from her. Yet you will never know the secrets she herself protects.If well aspectedContinue reading “On Life as a Tarot Card”
On the Weekly Elbow Update
A month ago I found out about Elbow’s Abbey Road concert with the BBC orchestra in which they played the entirety of The Seldom Seen Kid, their Mercury Award-winning fourth studio album. Not being a UK resident, I couldn’t see it, but they were releasing a CD/DVD set of the concert direct through their website.Continue reading “On the Weekly Elbow Update”
On Friday’s Philosophy Moment
“What am I doing here, miles from home? I’m following my dreams, living every day as if it’s my last. “One day I’ll have regrets… but it’s far better to regret something you’ve done, than something you never did.” — Martha Jones, Doctor Who: The Whispering Gallery You know how there’s a publisher that’sContinue reading “On Friday’s Philosophy Moment”
On The Beatles: Rock Band
I’m such a nerd. I want this. I want this so bad. The Beatles: Rock Band. There’s nothing there yet to see at that website, just an image of the inside of Abbey Road Studios. So what is it? It’s a video game. Coming on September 9th, 2009. (Note to self: Look in The CompleteContinue reading “On The Beatles: Rock Band”
On A Vast Open Expanse
I look outside, and I think I could fall into the sky. There are no clouds. Just sky that reaches forever. When it’s like this at night, I can feel forever. The sky is so dark and deep, the stars are so inviting. I can feel the vastness of the cosmos. I can feel howContinue reading “On A Vast Open Expanse”
On John Yoo’s Constitution
Contrary to popular belief, I do not have an Enemy’s List. Yes, Warren Ellis is my nemesis, but only because his writing makes me feel like an amateur. (Though I’m not sure what to think — yet — about Crooked Little Vein, which makes me realize how completely undepraved I am. That is a goodContinue reading “On John Yoo’s Constitution”
On The Complete Rocketeer
When people ask me what my favorite comic book movie is, there’s only one answer, and I don’t even have to think about it. The Rocketeer. Yes, Batman Begins blew me away. V For Vendetta, I’m sorry to say, Alan Moore, was well-nigh perfect. The Dark Knight, I wept at the end. Even Spider-Man wasContinue reading “On The Complete Rocketeer”
On Silly Thoughts on a Snowy Day
Snow! Lots of snow! I looked out my bedroom window, and the snow had piled up to the sill on the roof outside the window. It’s pretty. There’s a quote from Lance Parkin’s Father Time I sometimes use as an e-mail sig, and it sums up how I feel on days like today: There comesContinue reading “On Silly Thoughts on a Snowy Day”
On Paul Harvey
My junior and senior years in high school, I was Philip Barbour’s computer lab manager during the lunch period. (Well, that’s what my class period overlapped with.) The computer lab consisted of about fifteen TRS-80 Model IIIs or Model IVs, some Epson PC-XT compatible computers with monochrome monitors, a couple of flywheel printers, and twoContinue reading “On Paul Harvey”
On Curt Schilling’s Future in Baseball
Curt Schilling, baseball journeyman, from the Orioles to the Phillies to the Diamondbacks to the Red Sox, has begun talking about his future in baseball. Schilling thinks he might want to play for the Chicago Cubs. :cubs: Or possibly the Tampa Bay Rays. He’s not sure yet. One or the other, though. Schilling, who hasContinue reading “On Curt Schilling’s Future in Baseball”