Since I am drowning in work during the run-up to my Australian trip, I’m going to cheat tonight and in lieu of actual content instead post a series of videos that have a connection to books. Read more →
Month: February 2007
Monday Morning Book-y Stuff
Charlie Huston writes hardboiled crime, vampire noir, and apparently some superhero comics too. I like the crime, and I even enjoyed the vampire noir–despite my general emargo on any vampire-related fictionThere are, of course, exceptions for very high quality writing, like Fevre Dream, Agyar, or Blindsight. Just keep away Rice, Hamilton, and their kind please. or so. I just found… Read more →
Footwear
Normally I’m not a Converse fan. My taste in footwear these days runs to Blundstones, with summer forays into Doc Marten sandals. I am, however, quite the fan of artist and comic creator Scott Morse. I think I have everything he’s done (excepting work on corporate properties) on my shelf, not to mention several pages of original art. And now… Read more →
Bush’s Impeachable Offenses
It’s starting to feel like time to dump some of that “boy am I just really sick of George W. Bush, and his administstration” bile again. Let’s start with a pointer to Jodin Morey’s three-part (so far) heavily-footnoted examination of the impeachable offenses Bush has committed. The first part focuses on the question of illegal wars, in a 21-point analysis.… Read more →
Offered without (much) comment
Extracted from this press release: CA (CA) today announced that its Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution, featuring CA Identity Manager and CA SiteMinder, won the “Best Enterprise Security Solution” 2007 Excellence Award from SC Magazine. This award was presented at the 10th annual SC Magazine Awards gala, held in San Francisco in conjunction with the RSA Conference, the world’s… Read more →
“If Linda Ronstadt is a torch singer then Judy Henske is a flame thrower”
What you are looking at there is the cover of Rhino Handmade‘s new limited edition compilation, Big Judy. It’s an attempt at a retrospective of the career of Judy Henske. While I can’t comment on how successful it is until my copy gets here, I can share my excitement about this with you. If you’re already “in the know” then… Read more →
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
So, I’m going to Melbourne (well, Richmond really, but I suspect that’s like distinguishing between Toronto and North York) at the end of the month. I will have one day free to exploreThat’s one crash night, five nights after work–which I suspect will go quite late each night, and then one whole Saturday, and really most of the Sunday, to… Read more →
Yes, I am a picker of nits.
OK, I’ve learned to live with the fact that nobody understands why “try to” is more correct than “try and”, or why “hopefully” is a cheat for when you want to say “I hope”. I’ve made my peace, as ’twere. But, that doesn’t stop the hundreds of minor errors that I see every day from driving me nuts. Not the… Read more →
The New Ultimate Snack Food
Attention world: as of this moment, the new ultimate snack food is the “Gingered Almond” from Summer Kitchen. Yes, even though they actually call their nut product line “Nutties“, I am still hearilty endorsing this product. Be warned: these things are addictive. There’s a reason the bag shown above is empty (and it’s not just because I couldn’t find any… Read more →
The Fate Of Satire
While reading Anthony Daniels’ piece on Homage To Catalonia (and the people who uncritically love Orwell) at The New Criterion, I was struck be the power of this paragraph: Now, however, that Marxist Communism as a ruling doctrine has all but disappeared from the face of the earth (though its effects certainly live on), Orwell’s most celebrated books have lost… Read more →
Ready To Go Home
I hesitate to jinx it, but it looks like the travel home today should be pretty smooth. Last night they were calling for a few inches of snow, which has thusfar failed to materialize. That had the potential to make my I-90 trip to Logan a tremendous pain, and if it were bad enough, to cause delays in my already-late-enough… Read more →
This city is insane
I am so embarrassed for Boston. I keep alternating between wanting to laugh and wanting to punch someone. I want to laugh when I think about all this fuss over some litebrite aliens. I want to punch someone when some old man make a statement about how this is all very serious, or when I hear news organizations reporting on… Read more →
