A paraphrased quotation from the better-than-I-expected kids’ film, Aliens in the Attic…
Twin#1: “They turned off the gravity — like on Halo!”
Twin #2: “Except this isn’t Xbox! It’s real — like Wii!”
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I did not grow up playing video games or computer games. In fact, my family wasn’t real big on games in general. (My preferred [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Wii do, do you?
Posted in Movies Music Media, Personal on 31 August 2009 | 1 Comment »
Umm, well, yeah …
Posted in Personal on 30 August 2009 | 1 Comment »
So, somehow, I have found myself with a cat.
Our neighbors brought the flea-ridden, one pound kitten to our house last week. They guessed rightly that we would take care of her (something about the 4 cats presently living in the vicinity). Charity demanded that I make sure she wasn’t in pain, get rid [...]
In Summary of Summer; Looking to the Fall
Posted in Overheard, Personal on 23 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink. I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.”
–The apostle John to Gaius
“Apollo, the god of light, of reason, of proportion, harmony, number – Apollo blinds those who press too close in worship. Don’t look straight at the sun. Go into a dark bar for a bit and have a beer with Dionysios, every now and then.”
Posted in Literary, Philosophy and Theology, Poetry, tagged left hand of darkness, literary criticism, science fiction, ursula k. le guin on 20 August 2009 | 1 Comment »
So, I don’t normally like introductions, but this one is fantastic enough to read even if you don’t read the book.
Introduction to The Left Hand of Darkness (1976)
Ursula K. Le Guin
Science fiction is often described, and even defined, as extrapolative. The science fiction writer is supposed to take a trend or phenomenon of the [...]
Dune: A Bashful Book [Review]
Posted in Literary, tagged David Lynch, Dune, fantasy, Frank Herbert, science fiction on 20 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Although I moved past the negative social implications of reading scads of books long ago (I think about the time that I spent Valentines’ Day reading Thackery’s Vanity Fair), occasionally, my human need to retain some level of coolness rebels. Reading Herbert’s Dune was one of these times. There was something about this [...]
This American Life
Posted in Personal on 6 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I sit at the kitchen table at 1733, considering chocolate chip cookies. I rarely bake because I imagine that it requires a significant amount of time and energy. I see the hours upon hours of cooking time and the stacks of dishes with a realism sharper than reality. But I discover that [...]
A Tip:
Posted in Uncategorized on 3 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t go anywhere near the Social Security Office the first week of the month.
At 11:10 this morning, I signed in. They were serving customer A52. I was assigned number A123.
At 1:32, I submitted my application for a SS card replacement. At 1:37 I left.
Thank God it was only 94 degrees today, instead of 110.
