Author Archives: Hypermark
links for 2007-08-23
Harold & Kumar 2 NPH is so gangsta.
links for 2007-08-22
Autonomous Production Line…Made of Legos It makes my nerdy little mind reel. Boy Fries Himself with Hot Hot Xbox 360 The first four sentences of this story are totally awesome. Mass Hysteria Bill Murray was pulled over for in downtown Stockholm for drunk driving…in a golf cart. Well, at least dogs and cats aren’t living […]
Back To School…
I’m not exactly old hat at this teaching thing just yet, but I’m also not a greenhorn, either. But, as I sit here in my office before the first class of the semester, I find that I still feel a little like Billy:Ah well. First-class jitters. Kinda like first performance jitters of the stage, except […]
links for 2007-08-17
Overdrift- via YouTube I have no idea how to describe this short film, other than to say it’s totally awesome.
Flooding
Much to the dismay of everyone in San Antonio, Tropical Storm Erin moved out of the Gulf of Mexico today and proceeded to sit directly on top of us and rain down enough water to make me start rereading Genesis for survival tips. I still haven’t figured out what the hell a cubit is. Anywho. […]
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)…
I AM70%OPTIMUS PRIMETake the Transformers Quiz
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 […]