There is no knowing the Evil Eyebrow
I’ve been reading a library book titled Great Scientific Experiments by Rom Harré. It contains discussion about the scientific method and how experiments contribute to it. It has 20 experiments that “changed out view of the world”. It’s very interesting reading. A lot of each experiment’s discussion talks about the history and preconceptions that led …
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Jenn and I went to see Mama Mia with some friends last weekend. The verdict: ack. And that’s “ack ack ACK ACK” of the Mars-Attacks variety; watch this movie and your mind will melt. It’s not bad so much as deeply annoying in some parts. I’m going to come at this sort of backwards: If …
Has anyone besides me and Jenn been watching ABC Family’s The Middleman? We have found it to be fun and cute; nice tasty chewing gum for the brain. It isn’t Dr. Who, but we think it’s worth our time.
Write write write. Writing about writing? I write in order to become better at writing? Ascribo ergo sum? I’ve spent a great deal of time in the last few years writing. Usually it’s miniscule blog postings or rambling opinion pieces. I’ve been writing approximately 1,500 word essays on traffic engineering (see Talking Traffic) at two-week …
Have I mentioned recently the Baen Free Library? No, I don’t believe that I have. Therein you find dozens of full-length novels, entirely free. Baen has been leading the charge and now other publishers are doing it, too. If you don’t mind reading on a screen, this is a great resource.
We saw The Dark Knight last Saturday. Verdict: “Very Good, but Traumatic.” Of course, it was traumatic because it was so good. And it was so good because of Heath Ledger. He carried the movie from start to finish and without his performance as crazy-fucking-psycho Joker, the film would have been just another Superhero Action …
After a long long long time, I’ve finally watched The Breakfast Club. It was one of my lacks in “classic cinema” if anything made in the 80’s can yet be called classic. My Verdict? So-so. I thought the story was well put together in most places and that the acting was done superbly (with a …
Jenn and I saw Hancock on opening night, yesterday. Short and sweet version: It met expectations (Jenn says it didn’t quite meet her expectations, but close). If you saw the previews, and how could you not if you own a TV or a computer, then you’ll be happy that they didn’t bait and switch like …
Jenn and I saw “Wanted” this evening. I’m sure our primary motivation to see this was Angelina Jolie, which shows what sort of literary taste we have. Verdict: Not bad, but definitely not good. It’s a bloody action film with lots of un-ponderable and questionably crazy action bits. Doff your skeptic hat before you walk …
I watched In the Name of the King last night, a movie that I was fully aware was supposed to be horribly bad. I still wanted to see it, despite the reviews, just to say I’d seen it and fully experienced its badness. If you feel the same way I did, that you just have …