December 2009
11 posts
Graphical Evidence
The Rings of... Earth?
The rings of Saturn are what make Saturn special really. It’s just another gas giant and it looks quite a bit like Jupiter and Uranus. It’s big, it’s got lots of satellites, but that’s it.
Yet it does have rings and those rings make the planet spectacular and crown it as the jewel of the solar system. Still, the science fiction nerd begins to wonder; what would it be like...
Yet Another Reason To Dislike Twilight
Not pointing any fingers nor making accusations, but…
A while back, romance author extraordinaire Nora Roberts wrote a book called Birthright. In it there are two characters. One is a guy named Douglas Edward Cullen, just like the main character of Twilight. Perhaps it’s just a coincidence, but then you take into account that there’s another character in Roberts’ book...
If Bob Marley Had A Dog
I Need To Find This Coffee Shop
I need to find out where this coffee shop is so that I might visit it and partake of their coffee. I bet it’s delicious. If nothing else, I’m positive that my kind of people work there.
This Will Be AWESOME
I love zombie stories even though they, at heart, all the same. There’s the same cast of characters trying to survive the hordes of walking dead by doing the same things and making the same mistakes.
And yet I find this irresistible. There’s a wonderful collection of zombie short stories out called The Living Dead. It’s pretty freakin’ cool and very well put together. So...
I Think I'll Pass
Seriously, if an elevator requires this kind of safety warning, I’ll just drag my trash bin up and down the stairs, thanks.
Culture Jamming With DOOM
As things go, I don’t really like graffiti where the only intent is to deface or destroy. That’s not cool, it’s not art, but it is a crime.
Nevertheless, I dig the culture jamming movement. While I’m not wholly against advertising, I can say that I’m against lousy ads. If an ad is creative, funny, or catchy, I respect that. To this day I can still sing the...
