the city that stays up all night is all right
Traveling this weekend. Posting resumes Tuesday.
move me onto any black square; use me any time you want
From the creator of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter comes Moby-Dick With Cyborgs The Scarlet Letter of Chest-Bursting Aliens Silas Marner, Time-Traveling Assassin Bleak House of the Dead Lord Jim Conquers the Radioactive Apes Wuthering Heights and Cthulhu The Last of the Mohicans Kills Some Werewolves Huckleberry Finn Was Actually [...]
it doesn't matter; put your fists up and instigate it
Every night after jiu-jitsu, as I stagger into the tiny curtained room that two dozen men change in, I play the where-am-I-bleeding game. We practice at a kids gymnasium; our practice space is four inches of foam rubber, atop flexible plywood, atop another four inches of foam rubber, the whole affair covered by a thousand [...]
you take the skyway
Up In The Air: A documentary about the way corporate culture shapes American geography, disguised as a love story. It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on Earth has ever produced the phrase, “as pretty as an airport.” – Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-time of The Soul Ryan Bingham (Clooney) works for [...]
you made your bed, you'd better lie in it
Paradise Lost: The curtain starts at full rise. We have a kitchen table on our right and a one-storey stack of industrial lumber on the left. Behind this minimal staging towers an IMAX-sized backdrop. Scenes from The Man From Snowy River (starring Kirk Douglas) flash across it, interspersed with commercials from 1982: join the Army [...]
where, only there; when, only then
Two blocks from the school where I study (and teach) jiu-jitsu is a bar called 21 Nickels. It’s built in the low, narrow style of urban bars: bar running from entrance to bathroom, row of bar stools, aisle and a row of tables. This makes sense in the heart of a city, where square footage [...]
why weak male characters are bad for women
New Overthinking It post on why weak male characters are bad for women: On the surface, [She's Out of My League is] a forgettable sex comedy. Adorable schlub lands major-league hottie; usual series of pratfalls and embarrassing incidents; he rises to the occasion and proves himself worthy of her love. No bankable stars and plenty [...]
told you I'll be here forever
The conjunction of Trinity Church, the Hancock Tower, the new Hancock building and several other massive structures around Copley Square creates a massive wind tunnel between Clarendon and St James Ave. On clear days, it’s bad; on stormy days it’s terrible. Walking from my office toward Fire & Ice for a quick dinner last week, [...]
but that was thirty years ago, when they used to have a show
The Tailor of Panama: Profoundly disappointing. When someone pitches you a film directed by John Boorman, based on a novel by John le Carre, starring Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis and Daniel Radcliffe, you bank on the project paying off. Only after the credits roll (in Comic Sans) and the introductory scenes stumble [...]
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