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The Third Rail of Blogging
So, I’ve been going back and forth for awhile now on whether or not to include posts of a political nature on the blog. There are reasons both for and against and for the life of me, I can’t seem to decide one way or the other, so I’ll just be thinking aloud for a…
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Cogito, ergo sum… ergo blog?
So, absolutely no word on here for eight months. One might think I had abandoned the place, but no, I’m too stubborn for that. I have a tendency– granted one I’m trying to break myself of– to not want to post unless I can make things perfect. Unless they’re lengthy and unless they actually contribute…
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Beatlemania… ’09 Style
The Beatles have been undergoing something of a media push these past few weeks. The center of the storm, of course, was 09/09/09, when the entire catalogue was rereleased in remastered form and The Beatles: Rock Band hit store shelves. My history with the group is a little curious– even to me. Early on, I…
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Who’s the leader of the club? S-P-I… D-E-Y…
So, the huge news that’s hitting today is that Disney has acquired Marvel Entertainment— to include Marvel Comics and the Marvel stable of characters. When someone told me Marvel had been bought by a corporation, I’ll be honest, Disney was like the eighth guess (briefly wondered if the apocalypse was here and Time-Warner– owner of…
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When movies go bad…
Okay, I’ve got at least four entries rough-outlined, and that’s not counting the three or so sitting in the “drafts” folder, so there’s really no excuse for the long drought of content. Except laziness and habits re: the computer changing (I’m not on it nearly as much as I used to be). Even so,…