Brain Drippings

First, a word about the rating system, which is a scale of -4 (dreadful) to +4 (amazing, timeless, great, etc) with a score of 0 an average movie. the vast majority of movies fall in a -2 to +2 range, though there are more -4 than +4 movies as a general rule. I adopted this scale from Mark Leeper (ramr), though I recall it was not original to him.

Second, these are all movies that I have seen, or seen again, in the last month. (continue reading…)

OK, the rumor mill on the upcoming (for 5 years now) Apple Tablet device is kicking into high gear. High-enough gear that it’s becoming more and more likely that people are right and a tablet-like device is finally coming from Apple. (continue reading…)

Welcome Address to Parents of Incoming Students
The Boston Conservatory
by Dr. Karl Paulnack, Director of the Music Division
September 1, 2004
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First off, keep in mind that the twitter client I use on my desktop is Tweetie, so all though this is about annoying tweetie failings, it’s still the client I choose, so it’s the client I think is best. That said, there are some things I really dislike about it.
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During the course of growing up, there were a lot of things that parents and other adults said to me that I swore to myself I would never say to my kids. (continue reading…)