Over on plastic a recent

Over on plastic a recent article about Risk 2210 a.d. popped up. This quickly became a debate about Risk vs. Diplomacy and lblack reminded me why I stopped reading slashdot years ago.

From a certain point

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.-Kafka When I first started playing around with Blogger I had an idea what I wanted to do with it. I never really capitalized on it the way I wanted. I guess life’s sort of like that though. You expect one thing and get another. At any rate, I lost sight of what I’d planned on doing with this site and I’ve been treading water for a few months. It’s become an embarrassment.

To anyone that stumbles across this I just wanted to mention I don’t have any plans on updating any time soon.

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Leia and I saw CQ

Leia and I saw CQ last night at the Magnolia. It was part of a Fable series that L.M. Kit Carson put together. He opened the screening talking about his first movie David Holzmann’s Diary. He spoke about how diaries were the pre-cursor to the novel. Novels like Robinson Crusoe grew out of someone keeping a diary. Keeping a diary is how people learn to tell a story.

I wonder if he has any idea what people are doing with weblogs.

Hmm...decisions, decisions...go see Insomnia for

Hmm…decisions, decisions…go see Insomnia for free at the Angelika, with Christopher Nolan present for a Q&A afterwards, in a packed theater. Or wait till the 24th when the movie is released and miss the director Q&A but not suffer through the swollen crowds?

W00t! My favorite editor Pepper

W00t! My favorite editor Pepper is now available on OS X and Windows 2k. (Previously it was OS X only) Also it jumped from version 3.6.6 to 4.0.3. I’m so happy!

I think I’m going to cry.

I feel kinda weird. I

I feel kinda weird. I just found half a weblog that is done by an old friend from high school. I always felt like out of the 460 or so people I graduated with I already knew the two or three who have web pages on the net.

Life’s full of surprises I guess.

In case of fire alarm

In case of fire alarm in apartment complex at 6:30AM

1. Hold sock against alarm to mute noise1. Wonder why this alarm is going off, and what the neighbors think1. Wake up1. Retrieve screwdriver1. Disassemble alarm, thus ending awful noise1. Realize it’s the whole apartment complex1. Wander outside and see people you never knew lived on the floor beneath you1. When noise stops, go back to sleep I had no idea what the alarm was for or why it was going off. I imagine my first instinct wasn’t supposed to be take it apart. I had no idea what the alarm was for or why it was going off. I imagine my first instinct wasn’t supposed to be take it apart.

I was checking out books

I was checking out books by James Jones on Amazon. I read through the reviews and scroll on down to the “People who bought titles by James Jones also bought titles from:”

• Norman Mailer- Stephen Ambrose- Microsoft Corporation- Bernard Lewis- Mark Bowden One of these things is not like the other. One of these things is not like the other.

Caught Spider-Man this morning at

Caught Spider-Man this morning at 10am, the first showing. I had moderate to low expectations. Sam Raimi’s last two movies The Gift and For Love of the Game kinda sucked. As is the way with major motion pictures adaptations of things I like (X-Men or The Fellowship of the Ring) I go in with the “Please don’t suck” mentality.

I border on mild enjoyment to disappointment with X-Men. Spider-Man however was roller coaster, kick in the ass, rock ’em sock ’em fun. The special effects really aren’t so special but I didn’t care. The only special effect that mattered was that I enjoyed the hell out of myself. Willem did a good job with the Green Goblin and Tobey did a great job with Spidey. I’m still puzzling over how exactly they did the shot with Peter Parker standing in front of his mirror taking his glasses off and putting them back on, after he’s been bitten by the spider.

There are cool moments and

There are cool moments and then there are moments of coolness. Walking up to the local art-house theater and being recognized by one of the managers is a cool moment. Having him pull us aside and give Leia and I free passes to The Cat’s Meow is a moment of coolness.