You may be aware of the recent passing of Stephen Gately, who belonged to a band with the boredom-inducing name of Boyzone. Obviously, given my taste in music, I have no interest whatsoever in this band or their music, and I’m not writing any of this from the perspective of …
Except for going to a meeting related to the Writing Center where he works, and talking to some of his friends, and watching a surprisingly OK-ish episode of Heroes (“Company Man” – still in season one), Jonas spent most of his time working on Phenomenon 32. It was an interesting …
Nothing much to report – still working on Phenomenon 32. Progress is swift but the game is large and I’m obsessive. (Today, for example, I spent way too much time making new ground tiles. Who knew minimalism could be so hard?) Expect a preview-type-thing soon, with screenshots and so on. …
Thinking about all the wars this planet is currently drowning in led me to search out one of the best musical adaptations of a Blake poem I have ever heard: “Lullaby” by Loreena McKennitt. The perfect reading is by Douglas Campbell, who unfortunately died recently. Blake would be proud. The …
I always knew the Nobel Peace Prize was a joke. But Obama. OBAMA? Obama who is continuing the occupation of Iraq? Obama who has intensified the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan? Obama, whose orders have already killed hundreds of civilians, if not more? Obama who would not prosecute people who …
I’ve always held that feminism, as a political and academic direction (rather than simply the defense of human rights), is backwards and conservative. And who should it be than so-called feminists who are now in one boat with the extreme right-wing, jointly hunting down their new favourite toy: Roman Polanski. …
Nothing much to report. Better weather today. Risen is awesome. Time to work. If you’re bored, why not watch this video of Eric Idle responding to YouTube comments?
Today has been a blah sort of day. The weather is shitty, the work went OK but not great, my stomach felt grumbly, and I have a headache. What passes for summer these days is gone, and we’re back to the kind of weather that makes me utterly desperate to …
This just went out over Michael Moore’s mailing list. If you consider yourself a Christian, read it: For Those of You on Your Way to Church This Morning …a note from Michael Moore Sunday, October 4th, 2009 Friends, I’d like to have a word with those of you who call …
Working hard on Phenomenon 32 and listening to the new Muse album. The first song, Uprising, is pure poetry. Paranoia is in bloom, The PR transmissions will resume, They’ll try to push drugs that keep us all dumbed down, And hope that we will never see the truth around. (So …
