Monthly Archives: February 2008
How Old Is Too Old? (A Mothership Contest.)
Here we go. The new column is scheduled to debut on the mothership on March 12th. It will be called “Rallying Cry!” The grassroots DIY revolution is on, and one of the rides will be a random contest with a … Continue reading
Filed under Vs. System
Killer Hockey Trade!
Time to see that pose with Stu Barnes underneath. Brad Richards (and Johan Holmqvist) to the Dallas Stars for Mike Smith, Jussi Jokinen, and Jeff Halpern. The deal is done, and I love the move. They kept the fishsticks, and now Stu has his sights … Continue reading
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A Temporary Conglomerate of Energy.
That was the scene to greet the day. Such fragile beauty, so exquisitely temporary. Life is like that. Our brains may try to convince us that our ideas and ephemera are important and eternal, but we are really just temporary … Continue reading
Filed under Rambles
Academy Award for Best Original Song: A Freaking Miracle.
If you have not seen the film Once, you are in for a treat. Marketa Irglova and Glen Hansard won an Oscar for the song “Falling Slowly” tonight, and I am still pinching myself to wake up. It was … Continue reading
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Ellen Page Is Still A Winner.
Our little Shadowcat really did deserve the big trophy tonight, and Juno was by far the Best Picture of 2008 for us. Diablo Cody’s dialogue sounds like something directly out of our heads, and Ellen Page delivered the bitterly aware effervescence of … Continue reading
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Weekend in Heaven: Writer’s Flock.
I feel like a superhero myself sometimes. The evil plans of Gravity and Inertia will not deny my mission; I will write today about the Infinates. (I must get finished before the Oscars.) Now, if I can only get this Ballot Manipulation Ring … Continue reading
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Mad Talent!
We are toying around with the photographs from the talent show in class today, and I thought I would drop a couple of them here for your amusement. They are Photoshopped with the Plastic Wrap filter, after increasing Contrast and Saturation. Enjoy!
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Getting Into a Fairy Tail.
“If you go after the storm in this small town in Estonia, you’ll catch yourself thinking that you’ve got into a fairy tail.” That is the actual quote. There are more great photographs too. What a beautiful way to start … Continue reading
Filed under The Interwebs Rock!
I am an oxymoron.
I don’t have as much time for this as I would like, we have a talent show at school today and I was assigned the duty of “Crowd Control”. Yes, it actually says that on the memo, with the capital … Continue reading
Filed under Rambles
Thursday Thirteen: Fortune Cookies in Bed.
We eat chinese buffet as often as we can afford it. I love checking off the number of different species in my belly when we are done. Then, the cookies. Ten or twelve years ago, we started adding the … Continue reading
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Russian Spiderman… and Sentinels?
Big ups to Seventh Soldier for turning us on to some amazing Russian folk art. The fact that it depicts a few of our favorite superstars in the modern mythological pop culture stew is gravy. Spiderman gropes! The robot scene, however, is a … Continue reading
Filed under The Interwebs Rock!, Tiny Treasure Hunts
