Just finished Al Gore’s new book The Assault on Reason. As previously mentioned, he could have used a stronger-willed editor. The book was about twice as long as it needed to be. Half of that unneeded verbiage was repetitive (though entirely valid) railing on George W. The other half was re-stating things that had already . . . → Read More: Democracy
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After declaring for three straight days that I was going to see the skimmer again, and take its picture, I succeeded! The darn thing was even nice enough to come back for a second pass! Woo! Zoe and Matt’s child Trevor decided that he wanted a temporary tattoo of spider man. We convinced him to get it in the same location as “uncle fdmts“. Why? So that (a) he’d be able to see it (as opposed to on his back), and (b) it would be hidden when he wanted it hidden. . . . → Read More: Corrupting the youth I’m at the same beach that I’ve been going to for more than 20 years. This morning, I ran to the end of the island. This is a run that I’ve been doing for more than 15 years. It was the easiest it’s ever been. Further, as I ran, I felt like one of the . . . → Read More: Beach My friend atgatg posted a nifty first draft summary of his faith. I like this idea. Anyone else? You’re also welcome to comment on my effort. I just picked 1/2lb of blackberries in the back yard. There’s probably that many again, still ripening. I love summer. I’m an author again. This time it’s a book chapter. I particularly love the typo in the second sentence of the abstract. Not sure when that crept in. There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. I saw the movie … and it was EVERYTHING I had hoped for. The cheese was cheesy … the lines were hokey … and the last hour was one solid fight scene between giant shape-changing robots. Megatron was scary, and Prime went hand to hand with him. The animation and effects are stunning, the humor . . . → Read More: Transformers According to the internet, there is a 9pm showing of Transformers, like, 5 minutes from where I am right now. I am literally shaking with excitement. Excuse me, I have to … ummm … go. |
