Yesterday the Judge Dredd video game arrived in stores. Released eighteen months ago in Europe, its North American release had been delayed time and again as the game changed publishers and reviews savaged the game. In the back of my mind I couldn’t believe that the company spent the extra money to have Judge DreddContinue reading “On Constantine”
On Deja Vu
I call them “deja vu moments”–time seems to stop, and for the briefest of moments I know I’ve “seen” this before. Tonight, while straining macaroni I had a “deja vu moment.” Yesterday, scribbling some notes at work, I had one. A few days ago, while doing nothing of any import at work, I had another.Continue reading “On Deja Vu”
On My Day
I planned on writing a completely different post. It’s even drafted. For a variety of reasons, though, it won’t appear here–a little too much about corporate myopia and tunnel vision. This evening I conducted an interview. Store managers in the district send employee candidates to me for a second interview, and after a few fitsContinue reading “On My Day”
On the Morning Round-Up
Reading through a six-page thread on TrekBBS this morning I came to a realization. The bloody thread needs Simon Cooper and his angry Irish voice. Oh, I’ve no doubt I would disagree with his insights, but the world needs more snarky ranting, which Simon was always able to deploy at a moment’s notice. Simon, buddy,Continue reading “On the Morning Round-Up”
On Branagh’s Much Ado About Nothing
Steve Mollmann wrote in the comments, ” I figured out who Robert Sean Leonard [was]. He’s the guy who ruined Kenneth Branagh’s Much Ado About Nothing. OK, so it was Keanu Reeves who ruined it. But Leonard didn’t exactly help.” Ah, Branagh’s Much Ado. Visit Target and you’ll probably see the DVD cheap. Five orContinue reading “On Branagh’s Much Ado About Nothing”
On MVP Baseball
EA’s MVP Baseball 2005 came out today, as did Sega’s ESPN MLB 2K5. I’ve just simmed my first season in MVP. The Cubs have me worried–Nomar Garciaparra was on the disabled list twice by the end of May. On the other hand, the game still lists Sammy Sosa as a Cub–the rosters for the gameContinue reading “On MVP Baseball”
On House
From an article in today’s Raleigh’s News & Observer entitled “Fox’s bitter medicine man a hit”– Hugh Laurie was quite likely the last person anyone imagined would star in Fox’s hit medical series “House.” Creator David Shore loved Laurie’s British sketch show “A Bit of Fry and Laurie,” but couldn’t imagine that anyone best knownContinue reading “On House”
On Work Stress
The difference two hours can make. Every Monday the managers in my district have a conference call with our supervisor. This Monday was no different. Two o’clock conference call. It was an upbeat call focusing on areas to develop over the next week and important new releases this week–Gran Turismo 4, Tekken 5, MVP BaseballContinue reading “On Work Stress”
On the USS Constellation
For Christmas my partents gave me a LEGO set, the USS Constellation, a recreation of one of the United States Navy’s oldest and most famous wooden ships. For a variety of reasons I hadn’t the opportunity to assemble the set until today. After working on the set for most of the afternoon, I’m finished, allContinue reading “On the USS Constellation”
On Syndication
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