My friend and I went to see the latest Harry Potter movie at the theatres yesterday. That I saw a film during its theatre run is a small wonder in itself; having seen the two movies prior to this one, I figured this one was well worth the money. I was in no way disappointed.… Continue reading this entry
Just random thoughts this Saturday morning after work. Trey Givens has a few perspectives on Batman versus Superman. Of their respective home cities he says: I like Superman better than Batman because Gotham is a bad place where good people happen, while Metropolis is a good place where bad people happen. Call me a cynic… Continue reading this entry
Salt, actually, in hypertonic solution. For the first time since May, I’ve gone half an hour without blowing my nose. Happy thanksgiving!
Michael Barone writes in Real Clear Politics about the findings of the Silberman-Robb commission. I haven’t read the whole thing, and we shall take away from it what we will based on our biases, but here’s what Barone has to say: To the charges that Bush “cherry-picked” intelligence, the commission co-chaired by former Democratic Sen.… Continue reading this entry
The circumventing circumlocutory talk edition. My sister left a comment in Filipino in the previous post asking me to explain to ETR my desires for such violent vengeance to be met upon those who stole my sister’s van. Well, in not so many words, either. I was going to start a long reflective rant on… Continue reading this entry
In my perfect world, the punishment for car thieves like the one (or ones) who stole my sister’s van—stolen with enough audacity as to have been taken from her own driveway—would involve my personally yanking their teeth out with a claw hammer, removing their most distal phalanges from all their fingers, and dousing their legs… Continue reading this entry
I’ve been so busy at work with a schedule from 8p through 5:30a or so that I barely have time to blog these days. I have a design job on the side that I need to do, too, and so, as should be evident, my time for other things is down to a trickle. I’m… Continue reading this entry
A few links I’ve gathered so far that bolster my belief that Alito is not a “far right extremist” and instead more of one who exercises judicial restraint: Poliblogger notes four abortion-related cases, only one doesn’t rule in the pro-choice side. He quotes from the Christian Science Monitor: A 1997 challenge to a New Jersey… Continue reading this entry