31 October 2005 – 11:59 pm +0800
We entered the mate’s berth, and Mr. Bonner lighted the bracket lamp and stood looking at his shipmate, and by the aid of the flame he had kindled and the bright light flowing in through the open door I beheld a tragic and wonderful change in Mr. Stroud, though scarce ten minutes had passed since [...]
31 October 2005 – 11:51 pm +0800
Happy Halloween! Would that all tour guides failed to wear outfits like this…
31 October 2005 – 11:13 am +0800
I have quotes lined up through next Monday, beauties through the end of the month, and a few posts set to go up during this week.
Beyond that, I may not be blogging at all, or I may be blogging a lot. But probably I will be blogging very little, at least in the next [...]
30 October 2005 – 9:33 am +0800
If you ever read the manga Chobits by the CLAMP studio, then you were likely intrigued by the concept of “persocoms”, androids that looked as life-like as possible, which functioned as personal computers as well. The story dealt with issues of humanity and socialization in some very interesting ways (marrying persocoms, e.g., is not [...]
29 October 2005 – 8:09 am +0800
The Everlasting Phelps has a few photos for you, and a challenge:
Which photos are White Sox World Series celebrations, and which ones are solemn memorials for 2000 dead soldiers and certainly not parties?
Plus, he gives a firm slap to a clueless commenter, into the bargain.
29 October 2005 – 7:45 am +0800
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 - Democrats wasted no time today in asserting that the indictment of Scooter, Vice President Gonzo’s chief of staff, reflected a recklessness by the Bush administration — perhaps from the very highest level, they suggested — that had endangered the national security.
“These are very serious charges,” said Senator Rowlf of Nevada, the [...]
28 October 2005 – 11:59 pm +0800
A child destined to be a plaything for men — such a thing has existed; such a thing exists even now. In simple and savage times such a thing constituted an especial trade. The 17th century, called the great century, was of those times. It was a century very Byzantine in tone. It combined corrupt [...]
28 October 2005 – 11:48 pm +0800
That’s a honey of an ankle bracelet.
28 October 2005 – 1:00 pm +0800
Sex in games sells
To quote Mojo Jojo: “No. Really. Do you think?”
28 October 2005 – 12:54 pm +0800
Robots May Allow Surgery In Space
(Emphasis added.)
What will it take to convince those darned robots to let us do that, I wonder.
27 October 2005 – 11:59 pm +0800
He shut his eyes, hoping that it was but a vision arising from his disturbed imagination; but he again saw the same form, when he unclosed them, stretched by his side. There was no colour upon her cheek, not even upon her lip; yet there was a stillness about her face that seemed almost as [...]
27 October 2005 – 11:45 pm +0800
Yep, that’s a bikini. Doesn’t look awfully practical for swimming, though.
27 October 2005 – 9:04 am +0800
Steven Zaillian is one of the best screenwriters working in Hollywood, much of his recent career consisting of doctoring scripts to blockbuster-hood (he did an uncredited punch-up of the first Mission: Impossible, which I’m just realizing is nearly ten freakin’ years old now!). When he works on a script himself, it’s usually well worth [...]
27 October 2005 – 8:51 am +0800
Has the East-West cultural homogenization really reached the point where Lileks can assume you know what “bukkake” means and be correct?
If you don’t know, please take my word for this: you are happier in your ignorance.
27 October 2005 – 8:45 am +0800
Well, maybe. Probably. We hope.
Wesley Snipes is one tough little bugger, though. Passenger 57 alone should have cemented his jumped-shark, direct-to-video status, but no. Money Train, which combined lame action with a reteaming with Woody Harrelson, should have done it, too. But it was not to be. Murder at [...]