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Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Finally Labels: TV 10:51 c-dog
Okay folks, have some coffee, stretch, warm up a little, and get on the same page. Suggesting that our troops need to come home is flat-out treason. Agreed? Good. Leaving is losing. Cut-and-run is for cowards and former Marines (who may not have really been in the Marines - we're looking into that, Murtha). We will be in Iraq until Iraq is stable and the security forces can take care of the violence. Still with me? Good. Given that more than 270 people have been killed since Nov. 18 in bombings and since that's only the public deaths, not the private killings orchestrated by death squads forming within the security forces (who have to do something since they're not stopping the bombings), only a fool would suggest Iraq is ready to take care of itself. Just shout this at the "timetable" crowd again and again. Throw in words like "despicable" and "troop morale" if you must. Good work, people. 10:20 bone daddy Tuesday, November 29, 2005Less of a sauce, more of a glaze The Bad Sex in Fiction Award. 23:18 bone daddy If they have to do a Buffy movie - and really, they don't - I really wish they wouldn't do a Spike spin-off. 22:58 bone daddy Monday, November 28, 2005
Trampoline Bear 18:03 c-dog Tuesday, November 22, 2005George Bush did not lie. Can we get this straight, people? Is trusting the words of an unreliable and unstable informant a lie? Of course not. If you just repeat what somebody named Curveball says does that make it a lie? No. If Curveball tells you what you want to hear and you repeat it against the advice of U.S. intelligence and against the advice of Curveball's German intelligence handlers, are you a liar? Of course not. That's repeating what you want to be true and declaring it true because somebody said it. Who could call that a lie? Discipline, people. Get on the same page. George Bush did not lie. Labels: Conservative Goons 22:54 bone daddy Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire doesn't insult the franchise. It's certainly a big step up from the first two films and I had a good time watching it. Maybe because it follows Prisoner, which was such a huge advance, or maybe because it is tackling one of the longest books, but it rarely became more than a compliment to the book for me. Consider that polyjuice potion is central to the plot of this movie, it's key in the big bad reveal at the end, and yet it's never explained because if you don't know, you probably aren't watching the movie. Forced to reduce a lot of plot to fit two and a half hours, Goblet pushes a lot of new characters in and out, like Krum, Madame Maxine, Rita Skeeter and Fleur. And it's not some of the very capable supporting actors hogging the screen. Snape and Hagrid probably have about a dozen lines combined. Still, it has become clear that the main three were well-chosen. They capably bring Harry, Ron and Hermione into young adulthood. The lead up to the Yule Ball was especially well-done. (They took their time with it.) The movie doesn't really hit many false notes. Hogwarts looked terrific, the lake and the Durmstrang boat had great presence, the effects were top-notch and the actors almost universally solid. And that was quite a dragon. It just doesn't add enough to compensate for reducing the story to its plot points. For example, the lengthy falling out between Harry and Ron, so dramatic in the book, is reduced to something of a quick snit on screen. If you're a Potter fan, there's really nothing wrong with the movie at all. It's as good as it can be given that they're not going to radically depart from the book or go over 150 minutes. I hope they get a move on with Pheonix so they can use these actors before they hit O.C. levels of ridiculously aged actors playing kids. 11:10 bone daddy The UConn women's basketball team is off to a great start with an impressive win over Oklahoma. Still, a lot of people are focusing on the three consecutive non-sellouts. The idea has even been floated, by Mike DiMauro of the New London Day that "[T]here are more empty seats and less passion because the UConn women aren't as white as they used to be." Personally, I doubt it. Two years ago, the NCAA tournament games in Connecticut weren't sold out because they were bound in packages costing well over $100. And that was a team with a white superstar in Diana Taurasi on its way to a championship. Jeff Jacobs correctly puts some of the blame on the increased ticket prices, eliminated senior discount and tepid corporate seats near the court. The bar is set incredibly high for the UConn Huskies both in terms of dominance and on-court charisma. Couple a slip in those areas with some football-inspired gouging and you get some empty seats. Me, I've got high hopes for this team. 10:14 bone daddy Monday, November 21, 2005Oragami is not my cup of tea, but I was blown away by some of these pieces. 09:28 prime time Sunday, November 20, 2005
Anti-Anti-Utopianism 22:46 c-dog Friday, November 18, 2005
I Am Not A Number! Labels: TV 16:01 c-dog Wednesday, November 16, 2005While there is some joy in watching the Bush regime implode, maybe we shouldn't have to. I won't go around calling 2004 "stolen" (a la 2000), but "suspicious" is warranted. Labels: Conservative Goons 19:54 bone daddy Sunday, November 13, 2005
C-Dog's Web Presence Audit
18:24 c-dog Friday, November 11, 2005If you happen to be one of the few gainfully employed editorial cartoonists in America, you really shouldn't commit plagiarism. But if you are, why steal from The Hartford Courant's Bob Englehart? Seriously, he stinks. 21:11 bone daddy So Bush's big speech today, which for something so "new" certainly cribbed a lot from earlier speeches, featured the President claiming we should not rewrite history or speak deceptively about the war. Okay, how many jokes can you make out of this? It's like Clinton coming out against adultery in the midst of the Lewinsky scandal. "We should not speak deceptively about the war ... starting now! He also played the "support the troops" platitude. Because you know, pointing out that they're in a quagmire is bad. Sending them into the quagmire, not so much. 20:54 bone daddy Thursday, November 10, 2005
New Model Cybermen Labels: TV 19:52 c-dog
Another List to Nitpick
13:05 c-dog Tuesday, November 08, 2005Has the President really been watching The West Wing? Well, what do you think he's been doing? Reading? 22:45 bone daddy Saturday, November 05, 2005Hartford Courant columnist and radio guy Colin McEnroe has started a blog To Wit. Old timers like me can remember his first blog, back when they were called "on-line journals" or something like that. Hell, I can also remember when he used to write three times a week for the Courant. Anyway, it will likely be worth visiting. To mark this occassion, I'll steal a link about Plamegate explained simply, and with cute pictures. 19:00 bone daddy
Muay Thai Ascending 09:02 c-dog Thursday, November 03, 2005I apologize if this sounds trendy, but I'm totally into sudoku these days. I think I've also figured out a stress-free approach to the puzzles. Approach the game without ego and never backtrack. Instead of erasing dozens of numbers if you've screwed up and trying to figure out where things went wrong, just admit you were beat and move on. Saves a lot on stress. And, unlike my previous addiction to Kung Fu Chess, sudoku doesn't rely on my Internet connection at all. 20:22 bone daddy |
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