It is, in my opinion, a damned shame that more people don’t appreciate classical music. In fact, it’s worse than that: classical music is even used to repel teens. And, again in my opinion, this comes from a simple misapprehension:… Continue Reading
It’s 3AM. I can’t sleep. This is unusual. While I am self-admittedly the world’s worst sleeper, I usually just get a poor night’s sleep; I don’t often reach a point where I can’t fall asleep. Especially after a day as… Continue Reading
I imagine you’re hung over. It’s easy to pick a good song, it’s very difficult to pick a good song to listen to when you’re hung over. This is the only one I thought of: But, may I point out,… Continue Reading
Well, we’re going to skip the Fringery this week due to the Holiday, and, given the nature of how Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve tend to both work exactly the same, we’re going to skip it next week as well. So, instead, we… Continue Reading
NFL Power Rankings with one week to go! Denver Broncos: 10 game win streak, continued gelling around Peyton Manning, and a shot at home field through the AFC playoffs. New England Patriots: An ugly win against a lowly Jaguars team… Continue Reading
Let’s bust out the Aristotle: Catharsis is “the purging of the emotions of pity and fear that are aroused in the viewer of a tragedy” more or less. (I lifted that from here.) This is a pretty nice trick. Let’s… Continue Reading
Went to see The Hobbit with a bunch of friends yesterday which I didn’t think was *THAT* bad, but probably should have instead been named “Peter Jackson’s Middle Earth Movie Product (based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, and… Continue Reading
I’m playing Far Cry 3 and, lemme tell ya, this is one of those games that will inspire essays on the role of violence in entertainment. (Note: if you are one who does not mind violence in your first-person shooters,… Continue Reading
I’m going to schedule this for after the end of the world. If you’re reading it, something went wrong.
I’m *THIS* close to saying “we should take a week off for the holidays”. We’re not in a major story arc, we’re not even in a minor story arc. We’re smack dab in the middle of a handful of (excellent)… Continue Reading