We’ve done songs and albums, so now we’re moving on to a new medium. In no order:
Ratatouille
This is pretty easily my favorite animated movie. It’s daring and inventive. The hero of the movie is not a cute mouse, but a rat, and one that touches your food no less. This fact is always present, but [...]
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The 10 best movies of the 00s: Linus
Posted in Uncategorized on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Best albums of the 00s: Linus edition
Posted in Uncategorized on December 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As you might have noticed by now, Stendhal and I love lists, and as the decade is ending, it seems like the perfect time to try to organize our thoughts on the best the decade had to offer. Stendhal posted his 10 best albums here, and now I’ll have a go at mine. In no [...]
Yes, I’m returning. Promise.
Posted in Uncategorized on November 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I submitted my paper today. Now I’m heading off to San Diego for the holiday weekend. And I honestly intend to get back to regularly blogging. I mean it.
In the meantime, Mark Halperin continues to be one of the biggest tools in the world.
TNC spits some truth, as usual.
To the surprise of no one, Albert [...]
Today is 9/11
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 9/11, Osama bin Laden, WTC on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
And what’s more surprising? That after 8 years, Osama bin Laden is still at-large, or that after 8 years, the WTC site is still empty?
It’s a tough call. I think I vote for the WTC being empty.
I love optical illusions
Posted in Useless Bullshit on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Stendhal’s earlier post on the curveball includes a link to an awesome optical illusion showing how a particular pitch can “break” against a batter. Seeing that reminded me how much I enjoy optical illusions of all sorts. Usually I can understand them or rationalize them, but the following is one of the hardest for me [...]
