Link
Camponotus saundersi
There are some ant species that explode suicidally to spray glue all over attackers.
Kronka
The world is too much with us…
Sun
Aug 15 2010
Link
Wikipedia’s list of unusual deaths.
Makes for some gruesome (yet strangely fascinating) reading. I had no idea so many television shows had episodes based on reality.
Quoth
“Here is a lesson in creative writing.”
First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.
— Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country
But they’re my favorite punctuation mark; I use them all the time.
Thu
Aug 5 2010
Quoth
Brownies.
- Andy: You’re not the brightest brownie in the pan, are you?
- Julie & Henry: What?
- Andy: Er, nothing.
Found this today in an old notebook.
Sun
Jul 25 2010
Review
Salt (2010)
The plot isn’t exactly airtight, but the action here seems less forced than many another flick’s. And the timing could not have been better.
Thu
Jul 1 2010
Quoth
That’s it.
Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.
I quote this not because I love feel-good motivational silliness, but because John Wooden was one of those people that you cannot help but be inspired by. He was a legendary basketball player and coach; nowadays, in a time when sports stars are busy with money, fame, and sex, he reminds us what sports are really about. I could go on and on about him, but others already have.
His line on success was the result of years of thought, reflection, and refinement. It is a definition, and a challenge.
Now get to it.
Fri
May 28 2010
Review
Iron Man 2 (2010)
You have stellar actors and actresses, a solid comic mythos to draw from, as well as a successful prequel. So why can’t you rise above mediocrity? Why is it so hard to write a good movie? Why, why, why?
(The first Iron Man is, for some reason, one of my favorites of the recent comic-book-turned-movie era. Behind The Dark Knight, obviously. I think it’s because Iron Man didn’t take itself too seriously. The Dark Knight, on the other hand, took itself extremely seriously, and dragged you in entirely. All of the other superhero movies of late have been a sad mix of the two; a ridiculously misplaced gravity that never fails to seem absurd.)
Mon
May 24 2010
Quoth
- Mike: is there an nba restaurant?
let’s eat there! - Barney: i don’t think so…
- Henry: … i am not eating at an nba restaurant…
what would they even serve!? - Mike: uh.
kobe beef burgers.