Tennant, Tate, and My Mistress
Posted in awesomenessentertainmentpop cultureSad the news that the 11th Doctor is now on his way To usurping the Tardis with companions new and d’verse. Just a few specials before Tennant goes on his...
View ArticleThe victory dance
Posted in awesomenessentertainmentno contest 2008politicspop cultureJust to make it official, you know: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=65I0HNvTDH4 That’s called Barack and Roll. Tweet
View ArticleNo matter how you’re feeling, there’s a Roger Clyne song for it
Posted in awesomenessentertainmentlifemusicLike this one: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Gjg-m8Tz8 “Boy oh boy I gotta noisy head.” I think one of the reasons I felt the catharsis I mentioned was that...
View ArticleJohn Connolly on an old argument
Posted in booksentertainmentpop culturepublishingreadingwritingI have to admit, I’ve not yet read a John Connolly novel, though by all accounts, his books seem right up my alley. He’s an Irish writer...
View ArticleHecklers, Anonymous
Posted in awesomenessbloggingentertainmentMoviespop cultureUncategorizedDuring one of the classes when I mentioned Eddie Izzard, one of my students mentioned a documentary called Heckler. I went to...
View ArticleSome quick video testing, starring Heidi Klum and Tom Cruise
Posted in awesomenessentertainmentMoviesmusicI think the embedding for YouTube is different on self-hosted WordPress blogs than over at WordPress.com, so I thought I’d test it out. Which is nicely...
View ArticleAwards season
Posted in entertainmentMoviespop cultureIn the midst of all my traveling and holidaying, I think I missed that the Hollywood Foreign Press association had announced their nominations; they’ll name the...
View ArticleIn which I challenge my new headphones
Posted in entertainmentmusicWhen I got my loan disbursement this time around, I took care of all my education-related bills and such, and had a bit left over. Which was a nice relief after having been...
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The Top Twenty Movies of the Decade: Numbers Eleven
Posted in entertainmentMoviesEveryone’s doing decade-end top-ten lists, and I keep reading them and not seeing anything I thought was awesome, so I decided to do my own, one each for movies, music, and...
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The Ten Best Movies of the Past Ten Years
Posted in entertainmentMoviesI know the list of number elevens, of also-rans, of honorable mentions, probably already implies my taste in movies. Which many people have called suspect over the years,...
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