Dear CostCo folks– My shopping experience with you has been pretty satisfactory so far. First off, I’m not in it for the aesthetics–the warehouse space is clean but can be a bit overwhelming and crowded and maybe even bewildering. And that’s OK–it’s become something of a joke 1 which eases the tension enough for us […]
Building a World that "Gives Life to the Promise of Our Founding Documents" Well said, Mr. President: And that is why I will accept this award as a call to action — a call for all nations to confront the common challenges of the 21st century. (tagged: obama international politics nobel ) JavaScript: Bad Practices […]
When you walk away from Robocop, there is a temptation to describe it as a Dickian film. Certainly the elements seem to be there: a man with a subsumed identity and a concealed past, struggling against forces larger than him–perhaps even controlling him–in a bleak dystopian future setting. The looming megacorporation that wipes out his […]
It’s you and me baby. The way we used to be. But older. Wiser? That’s debatable. Our conversations meander just as much. Maybe more? We avoid the important questions. Same as we always did? More so? The air is thinner. Thinner than you used to be. You’re not that thin anymore. The air between us […]
PKD writes the FBI October 28, 1972: “…several months ago I was approached by an individual who I have reason to believe belonged to a cover organization involving politics, illegal weapons, etc….” Dare we say that if it were anyone else we would believe him to be crazy? (And how does that preclude us from […]
A number of reviews that got posted to Goodreads.com earlier this year but never made it to here: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil; Ficciones; Stranger in a Strange Land; In Persuasion Nation; Plays Well With Others; An Obedient Father; and Theodore Rex We regret this error.
…or, what really happened in the woods that winter: In a cave in the woods in his deep, dark lair through the long, cold winter sleeps a great brown bear. Cuddled in a heap with his eyes shut tight he sleeps through the day he sleeps through the night. The cold winds howl and the […]
Deadwood, David Milch children suck at drawing things reserve price? or not? “Search Term Haiku” is a series wherein I examine this site’s log files and construct one or more haiku poems from search terms and phrases that led visitors to the site. Where possible, I attempt to keep the search phrases intact. However, as […]
July, August, September: have you really gone so quickly hither? I hardly knew Summer before it had colored itself with Autumn’s crayons! Oh well… Let’s see where we landed goals-wise: Write at least three hours per week. Getting better, almost back to “peak” output…? August and September were clearly the strongest so far this year. […]
…or, how I added storage to my iMac and successfully put off getting another computer for at least another year? Malkovich 1is running low on storage. Today’s free space count is something like 26.09 GB. Still reasonably respectable but considering total drive capacity started at 250 GB, we’re certainly feeling cramped. Personally, I blame all […]