Monthly Archives: August 2007
Head Asplodes
Before you watch this clip I want you to go get a leather belt. Got it? Okay, double it over a couple of times so it’s about an inch thick. Done? Now, bite down on it as hard as you can. It should be safe to watch the video now. Aren’t you glad you had […]
One Shall Stand (that’s me)…
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Oryx and Crake
Before I begin this post, I feel as if I need to come clean about something: I felt a little letdown with this novel. I felt that Atwood used the broken narrative structure and the odd prose to gussy up what was a fairly cliche scifi/dystopic trope. And don’t get me wrong, I like stories […]
Oryx and Crake Discussion
I’ll be posting my final thoughts on the book tonight. In the interim, what’d you think?
Breaking Not-News
On Wednesday the White House revealed that last year doctors treated President Bush for Lyme’s disease. Lyme’s disease is a tick-borne bacterial infection that causes a target shaped rash and a fever, and if left untreated can also cause fatigue, muscle pains, short term memory loss and other neurological disorders. After the President noticed a […]
Mark Recommends…
While looking at the blog today I realized I haven’t written a post in the “Music” category in quite a while. I have a couple of reasons for this–for one thing, my musical palate pretty much reached the peak of its sophistication with Down Boys and Youth Gone Wild, which means I’m completely unqualified to […]
Liberty or Safety? Lightning or Terrorists?
I’m a terrible gambler. When we visit Las Vegas I usually stand idly by, nursing a drink, while others throw caution to the wind and actually gamble. I’m the only person I know that can put a twenty dollar bill in a slot machine and run through the entire twenty without hitting one credit. Yes, […]
Update & Oryx and Crake on Friday
An explanation for my absence may be in order. After “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released, I resolved to read the entire series straight through before beginning the seventh, and final book in the series. So last week I started “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” and I began a concerted effort to […]