The Cannonball Run to End Them All

by November 23rd, 2010 - Culture » Film and TV »

Upon the highway of my Netflix queue, hot new releases have come and gone, but the Burt Reynolds classic The Cannonball Run – the crown of a genre to which I am currently drawn – still sits there, mocking me with an expected availability of “A Very Long Wait“. It stands to reason that there […]

Marital AIDS

by November 11th, 2010 - Creative » Reference »

Marital AIDS n: a variation of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome that effects only married couples who benefit at the expense of other individuals, penalized for magically believing that their love is better than that which falls outside of such bureaucratic ceremony or that love itself exists at all and is superior to unrelated actions […]

Sherlock Holmes: What is in a Name?

by November 10th, 2010 - Culture »

Image copyright BBC How cool is the new Sherlock show from the BBC? Doctor Who show-runner, Steven Moffat(Doctor Who, Jekyll) and Mark Gatiss (League of Gentlemen) take the bastard brilliance of Sherlock Holmes and jam in modern time, casting Martin Freeman (Office, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) as Doctor Watson. I do not actually know […]

Today Isn’t Even November 7, 2010

by November 6th, 2010 - Creative » Writing »

National Negativland‘s Special Sauce No Cure For Cancer Day REJOICE ACCORDINGLY!

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