Entries from February 2004
Putting gay marriage into perspective
how will it hurt anyone?
The Dreamers
Not sure what to make of this
The Triplets of Belleville, Destino
Destino–stunning; Triplets of Belleville–wonderful
Why does John Ashcroft hate America?
A pirate posting of a recent Vanity Fair profile of John Ashcroft makes for an interesting read (it’s long but worth reading–you might want to print it out). It doesn’t have a lot of profound insights, but it does have numerous alarming anecdotes from people who have worked closely with the man.
One point in particular [...]
Turkish Star Wars in Magnificent Foleyvision!
I’m somewhat amazed at myself for having sat through this movie twice now, but last night I saw Alamo’s foleyvision production of Turkish Star Wars (op cit). The key difference this time being the English voiceovers. “Now I’ll know what that movie was actually about” I thought when I bought my ticket.
Two hours later, I [...]
Something to hide?
A recent Metafilter discussion on the rumor that dare not speak its name led to a helpful link to the Texas State Republican Party platform. What’s perhaps most interesting about this is that it is hosted at the Texas Democrats website; apparently the state Republicans have not made it public. One can only speculate as [...]
Usability assessment: gift registries
I’m not very thing-oriented, but apparently some family members feel obliged to buy gifts for the upcoming nuptials and made a point of asking my mother whether Gwen and I were registered anywhere.
So we duly registered at Linens ‘n Things (note the lonely apostrophe) and Target. What a mess, particularly at LnT.
Setup
At LnT, you sit [...]
Talk about scandalous
In case you need any help decoding this story, the governor being mentioned is our own Rick Perry, who, as rumor has it, was caught by his wife in flagrante delicto with a young man.
Now what?
Dean: out. Internet: in
Scandalous
The scandal isn’t just scandalous, so is the exclusive interest in it.
