Troy in Fifteen Minutes

I like me some quick summaries. Go read Occupation: Girl’s Troy in Fifteen Minutes – taking special note of the Achilles/Patroclus bits. Well, of course, I’d like to see said movie. Beefcake! [...]

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy — The Official Movie Website

It’s up! Go visit! (This would be for the new live-action version scheduled for release in 2005, BTW. Its cast is, shall we say, interesting – Sam Rockwell as Zaphod Beeblebrox? – but should be a ricky good time.) (Don’t ask me what the word “ricky” is doing up there. It just sounded good. Like [...] [...]

Catching up here.

Yes, I’ve been blogslacking. Shut up. So – starting with the day I left off: Wednesday, 10 March – I had to take Nigel in for his 25K-mile service (yes I named my car; if you’ve read this thing for any length of time you’d know that). They’d have to keep him there for a [...] [...]

Attention Pacific Northwest: please claim your weather…

because it isn’t supposed to rain like this in the Midwest! We expect hail and tornadoes and just general wrath-of-God stuff with our rain, not this steady downpour for three days crap. What’s going on here? Where’s the ark? While I’m thinking about it – Midwesterners, it’s just water. You aren’t going to melt if [...] [...]

Have you patched your system yet? Hmm?

It’s a valid question, ya know. Here’s an interesting analysis of Linux vs. Windows in terms of choice vs. usability. My friend, the lovely authoress Kristie, pointed me towards this transcript of the anonymously published pamphlet Queers Read This, which was distributed at NYC Pride 1990. Note the radically different perspective we’ve gained in the [...] [...]