Entries from August 2005
The Soup Peddler’s Slow and Difficult Soups
Hometown boy makes soup.
Revenge of the Sith
George Lucas: fine with the scissors; not so good with the pen.
The circle of life
My old theater seats, soon to be appearing at Lovejoy’s
March of Progress
I recently got a new 20“ iMac G5. It’s very nice. I had been plugging along with my old Sawtooth since 2000, and felt I was past due for an upgrade.
While it is great having a faster machine, I’m more impressed by the industrial design of this thing. It’s like an abstraction of a computer, [...]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Visually wonderful, a little off-kilter.
Born to be wild
For some time now, Gwen has been planning to sell her car and replace it with a scooter (probably a Stella). But to even test-drive a scooter larger than 50 cc, you need to have a motorcycle-operator’s license. Since I’d want to be able to ride her scooter (even if, as she plans to, she [...]
Helpful Hint
mason jars fit some blender bases
Land of the Dead
Braiiiiiiiiiiiins!
Murderball
Although we had to go without my friend Drew, who sounded appalled at the very idea of it, we saw Murderball the other night, a documentary about the sport of quad-rugby. This is one of those documentaries that gives you a window into a world you had no idea existed.
The movie followed the American quad-rugby [...]
Mysterious Skin
tough movie to watch.
