Archive for April, 2007

Pink enough yet?

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

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I had three different versions of this in post-processing—it was tricky to bring out the right amount of color and get the eye to still go more or less where it’s supposed to [...]

Red Right Hand: I BESEECH THEE TO PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD, SHOVE IT

Friday, April 27th, 2007

This is, indeed, the correct response to the anti-TV movement.

Red Right Hand: I BESEECH THEE TO PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD, SHOVE IT

“Kissables”

Saturday, April 21st, 2007

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An unfortunate new candy. A bastard cross between an M&M and a Hershey’s Kiss, with the charm of neither. The candy coating tastes like plastic, and the chocolate interior is…marginal.

Memorial

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

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A memorial in a fenced-off area by the Lake Merritt Channel, near an overpass and some old train tracks. It’s a well-visited area—a lot of debris, clothing, trash and containers, and also some fantastic graffiti. The memorial shows great care, and is either fairly new or is regularly tended. A few feet away, a crucifix [...]

Drive

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

Extremely satisfying. It’s not perfect, and it’s not Firefly, but it’s very good. The premise is both structured enough to provide clear direction and force creativity and open-ended enough that you don’t feel like it’s not going to make sense next season. (“??Prison Break?? Syndrome”) The cast and characters are excellent, to the point [...]

Grindhouse!

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

Sweet Jesus, what an excellent movie. It was awesome. It was hilarious. Of course, I couldn’t watch half of the Rodriguez segment, Planet Terror, because there were simply too many pustules. But we could be here all night if I were to list the great parts. Let me restrict myself to a couple of observations. [...]

My current position on education

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

When I was younger, I cared about truth, right, wrong, and in particular about how those things played out in classrooms in America. Caring about those things exacts a price I am not currently willing to pay.

Instead, here’s a great blue heron.