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Posts from November 2004

How Much Longer

Is anyone else finding it hard to remove their Kerry/Edwards sign from their front yard? I just can’t bring myself to do it. It seems that a lot of people feel the same way as I still see these signs everywhere. I feel pathetic and subversive at the same time. It’s an odd combination.


The Dude Prophetizes

One of my favorite movies of all time is The Big Lebowski. It’s a brilliant comedy that’s endlessly quotable and has some of the most memorable characters in recent film history. There is so much going on in this movie, that I could take up your whole browser trying to summarize it, so I’m just [...]


Touching the Void

I’m very happy that PBS is going to be showing Touching the Void this Sunday, Nov. 21 at 9pm. The wife and I saw this movie on a trip to New York earlier this year and I cannot overstate how good it is. Set your VCR, TiVo, whatever or watch it live, this movie should [...]


Avalanche of Romance

In furthering my effort to direct your attention away from this blog, I bring you Veiled Conceit, wherein a very talented writer ridicules the poor souls who inhabit the New York Times’ wedding and engagement announcements with rapier wit. The most recent entry, Adventures in Infidelity, does not disappoint.


Headlines

This is what I saw when bringing up my news reader of choice (bloglines) today: Can I get a WTF? Who should I blame for this, the President or the media? It definitely seems that Reuters and AP had a different take on the same press conference.


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