31 May 2004 – 1:15 pm +0800
Yes, we are aware of issues with the stylesheet. We shall deal with them at a time when poring over computer code will not cause us to commit homicide. Which means, we hope, tomorrow.
But the pages show up more or less correctly in Mozilla and Mozilla’s spawn, Firefox.
One way or another, you really [...]
31 May 2004 – 8:12 am +0800
I write this not to honor the dead, though I hope it does so indirectly; I write it for the living, for those who have served, who do serve, and who will serve. To you I say: you are better men than I; I know it, I proclaim it, and I thank [...]
31 May 2004 – 7:32 am +0800
It seems that Danish women are growing up and out, so to speak.
My secondary weakness, where women are concerned, is for northern European types. (My primary weakness? I moved to Shanghai; do the math.)
(via da Perfesser)
30 May 2004 – 5:58 pm +0800
Teachout writes:
Is there a better American actress than Laura Linney? Judging by the Manhattan Theatre Club’s revival of Donald Margulies’ “Sight Unseen,”… I’d be hard pressed to think of anyone who qualifies.
I heartily concur.
I’ve been a huge fan of Miss Linney’s since I first noticed her in a one scene role in Searching for [...]
30 May 2004 – 5:25 pm +0800
I put up three posts yesterday in plain HTML but, because of the way WordPress operates, I couldn’t keep them on the front page, so here are links:
Back in action!
A horse, a horse…
Perhaps I am becoming an Ent…
The last one is me being funny all by myself, the second one is funny–by–proxy.
30 May 2004 – 5:19 pm +0800
Jay and Deb are having a baby, and I haven’t mentioned it here before. But now that I’ve got TrackBack… (Insert evil laughter here.)
Anyhow, Jay just posted about the second intance of violence aimed at him by his progeny, and it’s quite cute.
30 May 2004 – 5:00 pm +0800
I’ve spent all day trying to get WordPress whipped into shape for Banana Oil! and, while it’s not all there yet, it looks okay, and since I’m ready to murder my computer the next time some PHP element doesn’t show up correctly the first time, I’m calling it quits for coding today.
Posting just got much, [...]
30 May 2004 – 12:56 pm +0800
I just heard third–hand that Lenny Briscoe retired from the NYPD.
Yes, I am referring to a Law & Order character as a real person.
Lenny was played by the magnificent Jerry Orbach, veteran of The Fantasticks and Chicago (on stage) and Crimes & Misdemeanors and Dirty Dancing (alas) on film. Orbach, believe it or not, [...]
29 May 2004 – 1:12 pm +0800
(Note: none of what follows had anything to do with my recent server and hosting troubles.)
I got up one morning toward the end of May, earlier than usual—changes in the weather tend to foul up my sleep patterns—had two or three cups of coffee, and proceeded to my morning shower. Water on, wait for heat. [...]
29 May 2004 – 12:58 pm +0800
Though I haven’t watched a movie in over a week(!), I maintain my practice of reading reviews of bad movies.
Now such reviewers always, or almost always, try to be clever and humorous. Usually they succeed to some degree.
But this… well, this had me giggling to myself for two days straight. It’s [...]
29 May 2004 – 8:32 am +0800
Sorry for the outage, folks. We were, in fact, up for most of the time but, due to complications with the subdomain, Banana Oil was at www.ianhamet.com instead of blog.ianhamet.com for about a week. Judging by our traffic, most of you didn’t discover that.
Sorry.
But now we’re back, and here we shall remain. The hosting issue [...]
20 May 2004 – 5:54 pm +0800
You know, I would link to the new stateside trailer for Zhang Yimou’s Hero, starring Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung and Zhang Ziyi.
EXCEPT THAT THE FINAL SHOT OF THE MOVIE IS IN IT!!!!
Oh, and it gives away THE KEY TO THE ENTIRE PLOT.
It’s quite akin to someone telling you that Rosebud [...]
20 May 2004 – 9:39 am +0800
Ignoring aggravation for the moment, I’ve just got to say: there’s something very cool coming up.
I’ve put out some feelers about how I can get involved in this Cool Thing, and hopefully will hear back in the next few days.
I know I haven’t written about movies much in the last month. If I manage to [...]