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3 Things
Three Things That Enervated My Decrepit Bones Last Week
1. Birthdays. I celebrated mine with a lovely dinner out with my beautiful wife. The evening was great. but didn’t entirely stave off the existential dread of realizing that I have been walking this earth for thirty-two years and still feel lost and clueless when it comes to dealing with adult problems (i.e. something beyond [...]
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3 Things, books, games, politics
Three Things That Realigned My Electoral Demographics Last Week
1. XCOM Enemy Unknown This game dug it’s hooks into me in a way that few games in recent memory have. I’m talking “stay up until 5:00 am because I need to play just one more mission and then I’m back at base and maybe I should just finish researching that one weapon tech, but [...]
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blogging
Even More of Me
In a move that is sure to do wonders for my productivity here at Semantic Drift, I have decided to join the team over at Legal Geekery. You’ll never see a more wretched hive of scum and villainy, if by “scum and villainy” you mean “law students and writing” and by “wretched hive” you mean [...]
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movies, rants
My Masturbatory Self-Indulgence Has a First Name, It’s O-S-C-A-R
02.18.09 | Permalink | 2 CommentsHere’s my absolutely 100% guaranteed lock of the night for the upcoming Academy Awards: It will be boring, meaningless, and a waste of time for everyone involved. I love movies more than most people do. At this stage of my life I could use my accumulated Movie Watcher points to make a down payment on [...]
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links
Net Scavenging for the New Year, January 4th 2009
How did I spend New Year’s Eve? I drank beer. I watched Justice League cartoons. I read Vonnegut. I fired a shotgun into the air. Not a bad way to send out 2008, symbolically speaking. Here’s some digital detritus: Town Asks Kung Fu Monks for Tourism Blessings” “Mr. Dou found a savior 1,200 miles away, [...]
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movies, travel
The Vagabond Cinephile’s Lament
I am a movie guy, which should come as no shock to anyone that’s known me for more than five minutes. I like almost every genre, and I like previews, I like popcorn, and I like that delightfully squicky feeling you get when the rubber sole of your sneakers gets more traction than it should [...]
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