By • Jul 22,2008

Groverfield

Since there’s no news (I mean, there is news, just nothing I’m terribly interested in…a Serbian warlord was captured? Wow. Obama’s in the middle east? Pass the martinis, I guess),...

By • Jul 22,2008

Thought of the Day

What if the desire for flourishing is narcissistic? How do we parse our way out of that paper bag? Time to change the terms of argument, foax.

By • Jul 22,2008

Context is King, _***er

Julian wants to argue that The N Word is not always offensive. I agree: we can run offensive vulgarities that degrade everyone in their full printed glory but yikes when...

By • Jul 21,2008

The Dark Knight's BO

As in box office. Ridiculously impressive numbers. Though Peter does in fact owe me a drink, even I undershot the eventual total; I figured something in the $125M to $130M...

By • Jul 21,2008

Ten minutes of prog rock wankery

This weekend’s Rush concert has inspired two thoughts. One: The Nissan Pavillion, though a great venue, is a terribly designed venue. I hate getting there/getting out of there more than...

By • Jul 21,2008

Politicizing reviews

Christian Hamaker, over at the Arts and Faith message board, suggests I’m veering towards Stevens-territory in my blog post on The Dark Knight from late last week. In other words,...