Paranoia Strikes Deep

Ross Douthat writes an article in the current issue of The Atlantic, comparing pop culture in the wake of Iraq and Afghanistan to the 1970’s. He touches on the Bourne trilogy, as well as the 28 … Later movies I mentioned below (an example of one of the many ways in which I’m not very [...]

This Week’s Netflix – This ship *is* England

28 Days Later – §§§ 1/2 and 28 Weeks Later – §§§ – I’m not a fan of horror movies, but I liked both of these movies, probably because neither of them fit neatly into the genre. Even with the blood-crazed, raging zombies, they’re both more post-apocalyptic sci-fi flicks than straight horror movies. I saw [...]

SXSW Wrapup

Highlights from my time at SXSW last week. I worked at the Velveeta Room, which is a comedy venue in real life. It was the first time it has hosted SXSW events in quite a few years. We had 3 nights of music and a night of stand-up comedy.
Jenny Reynolds
Katie Stuckey & the Staggers (MySpace)
Melissa [...]

This Week’s Netflix – Commies are Bad

Last few from my Netflix queue (ranked from 1 to 5 §):
Breach – §§§ 1/2 – Based on a true story of an FBI agent who was a spy for the Russians since the 1980’s. Robert Hansen, played by Chris Cooper, is portrayed as some kind of psychiatrist’s dream patient. He’s a devout Catholic, a [...]

Gotta keep the Devil / Down in the hole

The Astros signed this pitcher in the Rule V draft from the Phillies over the off-season, but I’d never seen a picture of him. Once I saw him, the only conclusion I can draw is that the Astros will now be sending on of West B’almore’s most cold-blooded killers to the mound this season.
Astros’ pitcher [...]

The Revolution Stops Now

I know mixing the imagery of religion into politics is a tactic that’s as old as the hills, and also that Barack Obama has the corner on the messiah market in this campaign, but it was very jarring to hear Ron Paul, in his message announcing the end of his presidential campaign, use some very [...]

Caucusing for Hillary

Tonight I went to my polling place and participated in the Democratic caucus following the end of voting for the day. While I was there I kept a log using Twitter, a web service that allows you to send short (140 chars max) messages that can be read by others. What’s below are my tweets [...]

I Voted

It was a beautiful day in Austin, and my polling place is less than a mile away so I walked over there after class. There was a very short line and the whole process took about 15 minutes. Voted in the presidential primary, the Texas Senate race and a couple of local races, including Travis [...]

This Week’s Netflix – “Then we will fight in the shade.”

Last few from my Netflix queue (ranked from 1 to 5 §):
Gone Baby Gone – §§§ – I remember Casey Affleck got good reviews for this role and I liked him in it. Amy Ryan got an Oscar nomination out of it as the deadbeat, druggie mom. I liked the story and there was a [...]