You know, if you go into the tunnels that come out behind the falls… you will get wet. Read more →
Year: 2004
Pullman comes right out and says it
I’ve always been amazed that Pullman’s Dark Materials books sell in the children’s section without more hue and cry from the Jesus brigades. Very glad, but quite surprised. SPOILERS IN FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH I love the idea of a whole generation of readers growing up on books where the kids save the world by having sex and killing God. Or, more… Read more →
Apparently I am allowed to openly like Waters-era Floyd now
There’s a nice piece at the Guardian about the history of perception of Pink Floyd, that glances off history and current projects of various band members. The key thing is that apparently I don’t have to be embarrassed about knowing all the words to The Final Cut anymore. There’s lots of nice quotes in it: “My big fight in Pink… Read more →
US Dollar Falls…
One of the few upsides that I can find at a very selfish level in the Bush win is that as Bush’s fiscal insanity continues to destroy the US economy (while he pretends to be a “fiscal conservative”) the rest of the world is noticing and consequently the US dollar is dropping. Even though I work for an American company,… Read more →
What it really looks like
(This, of course, does not include all the spoiled and systematically ruined ballots, but only the “official” counts.) Read more →
Mourning Armbands
DOOM
I have spent the entire day in a cycle of rage and despair. That is all. Read more →
Tension
Nothing going on today except election tension. One way or another the campaign will be over tomorrow. Let’s see if the election is. Read more →
More on comment spam
Well, apparently I have been attacked by someone who has put comments into the system with a post id referencing a post that doesn’t exist yet. As soon as the post appears, the comment also appears. Clever. So far I’ve done several things to stop this: 1) enabled built in keyword auto-moderation–if the post contains any of the keywords, the… Read more →
Pan’s people
And now, for something completely non-electoral: The Guardian is running what is nominally a review of the new Tartarus Books collection of Arthur Machen stories, but which is actually much more a history of Machen. If you’re into 19th century weird fiction, or you’ve heard of Machen’s “The Great God Pan” (or perhaps especially if you haven’t) you should check… Read more →
A few more election links
If you’re reading this you probably should also read (or already have read) Hunter Thompson’s take on the election and George Soros’ last minute comments/plea. Both are messages that the American people need to understand. How sad is it that Thompson’s gonzo delivery will have more success at reaching people than Soros’ calm, well thought-out piece. Read more →
Comment spam already?
So far I’m only writing this blog to learn WordPress, so I can use it to implement a blog for a friend. I admit that, to my surprise, I am enjoying the process, and am now toying with the idea of actually doing this for real. So far, though, I haven’t told anyone about this, except Alex and Sean. And… Read more →
Good election news
In the midst of all my Bush-hating, and worry about this election (and I know many other Canadians who are literally giving themselves ulcers over this–I can’t imagine how progressives in the US have any stomach left at all) it’s nice to get some good news. This is from a report (yanked from an email sent in to Josh at… Read more →
I see this as a pro-Kerry ad.
The sad fact is that apparently around 50% of Americans feel this way without any irony. Read more →
Guantanamo Stonewall
So look, it’s no secret what I think about the forthcoming election and the Bush administration in general. Of all the horrible things they have done, perhaps the worst is their complete disrespect for the notions of the rule of law and the rights of individuals. You can see this an Abu Ghraib, and in what they’ve done at Gitmo.… Read more →
