Sidney Lumet died last weekend. Looking through his credits, I saw that he had directed “Network“. I watched it last night for the first time in decades and loved the way it played. I don’t know if Sidney Lumet was a great director, but he was pretty good. He was a former actor and that [...]
Rep. Donna Edwards schools her Republican colleagues. And here’s the audio:
Stephen gets some guy who doesn’t know who Colbert is to advise him on proper English behavior. Oh my. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c My Fair Colbert – Hugo Vickers www.colbertnation.com
This is a good 10 item list for writers. Here is a taste: 1. Writing is an exercise. You get better and faster with practice. If you were going to run a marathon a year from now, would you wait for months and then run 26 miles cold? No, you would build up slowly, running [...]
When I was a kid, being from a “broken home” was a stigma. These days, it is closer to becoming the norm. Before I was divorced, I thought people who crapped on their marriage vows because they are bored to be a lower form of life. That view hasn’t changed. I know that there are [...]
This guy is a real DIY guy. He has a lot of great projects at his site. This is the one that drew my attention. A DIY scanning electron microscope. See the video there.
Once upon a time, the Republicans were the party of sturdy responsibility. A combination of Northeast liberals and Western agriculture interests, they preached liberty and probity. These days, not so much. I’m not much of a Chris Matthews fan, but I think he has a point here:
I had checked out metafilter.com before but hadn’t really engaged in it. There are so many web sites and memes and movements, it is sometimes difficult to know which one to follow (I was a member of facebook very early on, but didn’t do anything with it for about four years.) I read the article [...]