Think you know Office Space, the cult-comedy about Initech and their lives of quiet desperation? Think again. Knowing the movie as I do, this is the funniest damn thing I’ve ever seen. 😆
On Luciano Pavarotti
On a sad note, famed Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti passed away yesterday from pancreatic cancer. He was seventy-one.
On Balrog Wings
So, I’m reading this long and lengthy analysis on The Children of Hurin, The Silmarillion, and The History of the Hobbit, and I have but one thing to say… Balrogs have wings. Because wings look cooler. And because Peter Jackson says so. ‘Nuff said.
On the Songs of My Life
I did this about a year and a half ago — describe my life in terms of song titles. Feeling a little bored today and, honestly, a lot uninspired, I thought I’d revisit that. 🙂 Choose a band/artist and answer only in titles of their songs:We’ll go with one of my favorite bands — CarbonContinue reading “On the Songs of My Life”
On the Latest Spam Annoyances
Last week I went through my spam folder in my e-mail client. One, I wanted to make sure that no good e-mails had slipped through the cracks. Fortunately, not. And two, I wanted to go through the word salad spams and see if I could find some completely batshit phrase that might make for aContinue reading “On the Latest Spam Annoyances”
On Today’s Exciting Find
Found today. Kinfauns. A CD of demoes the Beatles recorded prior to the White Album sessions. Some of these tracks appeared on Beatles Anthology 3, but there’s twenty-odd others that didn’t. I haven’t seen this CD in a year. A year! Ah, listening to “Child of Nature” now. There’s a flamenco style to John’s guitarContinue reading “On Today’s Exciting Find”
On Weird Waking Thoughts
I have strange thoughts as I wake up. This morning was no different. I’m writing this, just so it’s down. The Ents. What sort of metaphysical philosophy would they believe in? Do Ents have an afterlife? Do Ents believe they have an afterlife? Are they doomed to walk Middle-Earth forever, and in time be forgot?Continue reading “On Weird Waking Thoughts”
On When Kitties Rule the Earth
I’ve realized. The problem with the President is that he’s a dog person. If he had cats, he’d be a very different person. That’s neither here nor there, of course. When cats take over the world, what will my role in the new world order be? Your Score: Head Box Cleaner Chances of becoming someone’sContinue reading “On When Kitties Rule the Earth”
On a Different Kind of Warfare
I’ve had WarCraft on the brain recently, so I went digging around yesterday for my WarCraft II discs. It’s strange, revisiting a ten year old strategy game. Age of Empires has one spoiled — the things I take for granted, like queueing up units or finding idle units quickly, aren’t there in this old relic.Continue reading “On a Different Kind of Warfare”
On the Coming War With Iran
I wrote two weeks ago about the President’s decision to name the Iranian Republican Guard — one of the major branches of their military — a “global terrorist organization” and the implications that had for a potential military strike against Iran. Then I read this today, an article at DailyKos giving the perspective of aContinue reading “On the Coming War With Iran”