Covers!
The adage states that we ought not judge a book by its cover. But what about its title? I have become increasingly aware of how literally I interpret the titles of things. And I realize I have done so for… Continue Reading
wrong
Request!
Miss Mary asks: I thought of you, Patrick, when I heard they were remaking Sound of Music. My first thought was, “really, is nothing sacred?” And then I thought, I wonder what Pat thinks of the festering subculture of remakes.… Continue Reading
Miller
I’m not a DC guy. This is an important part of the context for the rest of the story. I’m not a not-DC guy either, which people typically mistake for a “Marvel guy”, but there is only overlap there, not… Continue Reading
Hiyup
I have mentioned somewhere around these parts that one of my first regular uses of a computer for community purposes was to connect to a BBS called “The Audiophile BBS”. A place for sound nerds to geek out. So this… Continue Reading
Booze
Tod and Ryan have danced around a maypole regarding liquor, due to Russell’s musings. It being past time for a bit of pontificating, I’ll elucidate the proper alignments of the fruit of the vine and the grain with human endeavor. … Continue Reading
Perfection!
Jaybird gave me the idea for this post, yesterday. (Edit from Jaybird: I’ve modified the post time for this in order to make it Monday’s Essay because it’s *JUST* *THAT* *GOOD*. So this isn’t referring to “yesterday” yesterday.) Lots of… Continue Reading
Classification
First, Alyssa went and started watching the X-Files (so all of this is clearly her fault). Then Erik had to chime in on whether or not the X-files was science fiction or fantasy. Jaybird tossed in $0.02 and finally Todd… Continue Reading