Archive for November, 2001
exhaustive insomnia
I’m saddened this morning to hear of the death of George Harrison. Much of what I wrote last December on the 20th anniversary of John Lennon’s death still rings true today. Harrison, long after the Beatles, was also a driving force behind another of my all-time favorite bands: The Travelling Wilburys. Godspeed, George.
Does it seem [...]
he popped the question
I knew it was coming, sooner rather than later. And it happened last night during dinner. Marlin popped the question.
“What do you want for Christmas?” (What? You were thinking it was another type of question? That’s still not legal in our state, so we continue to live in sin … and we fuss over each [...]
so many movies, so little time
The Sundance Film Festival today released the list of films in competition in the dramatic, documentary, American Spectrum and American Showcase categories. I’m not linking the Sundance web site because, quite frankly, it sucks. But cnn.com provides this page with the list of entrants as well as short descriptions. Premieres, World Cinema, and other category [...]
gone to the arcade …
Oh those wacky Japanese.
(They have an) arcade game called Boong Ga Boong Ga in which you, the player, try to cram a plastic finger up a virtual woman’s ass. The harder you shove, the more reaction you get from the computerized face on the screen.
Can you imagine the outcry if a game like this showed [...]
cute as a button
Here’s a news story to get my inner geek all warm and gooey:
No bigger than a regular shirt button, the micro gas turbine engine uses the same process for producing electricity as its big brother electricity stations — burning fossil fuel and running it through a power plant.
A laptop could theoretically run for 24 hours [...]
bring on the snow
We bought a snowthrower tonight. I figured since Homo Depot is practically giving things away (no payments, no interest until 2003!), now was as good a time as any. Following all the heavy snowfalls last winter, it’s something I’ve been giving serious consideration as this winter approaches. I don’t mind the vigorous aerobic workout, but [...]