November 2011
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There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been....
– Isaac Asimov
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It’s really all about finishing Batman and Bruce Wayne’s story. We...
– Whoa! The Dark Knight Rises eight years after The Dark Knight!
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A human review of the Kindle Fire
“The Fire is an Android version, sort of, of the iPod Touch. It’s the first device available that’s inexpensive and offers Android in a somewhat reasonable package without a cellular contract. But that’s just about all I can say for it. It’s a bad game player, a bad app platform, a bad web browser, a bad video player, and, most disappointingly, a bad Kindle. If I didn’t need the Fire for...
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Laura: I love how everyone freaks out non-stop about everything that happens in this book. Riding in the Batmobile BLOWS Robin’s mind. Batman deciphering the plan of a villain BLOWS Gordon’s mind. Everyone is in a state of perpetual shock and excitement about each incremental advancement of the plot.
David: Yeah, they show up in the awesome Corvette Batmobile, but then they just whip...
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Look, I know your back was against the wall, but Billy Crystal?
Jesus.
– An Open Letter to Oscar Producer, Brian Grazer
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A Conspiracy of Hogs: The McRib as Arbitrage
The physical attributes of the sandwich only add to the visceral revulsion some have to the product—the same product that others will drive hundreds of miles to savor. But many people, myself included, believe that all these things—the actual presumably entirely organic matter that goes into making the McRib—are somewhat secondary to the McRib’s existence. This is where we enter the land of...
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Film Nerd 2.0: The heros journey ends with Return...
Whatever they expected Luke to do, it wasn’t the moment at the base of the landing ramp, finally removing Vader’s mask and helmet. And while I’d held myself together emotionally up to that point, it wasn’t something they said that finally set me off. Instead, it was when Vader’s helmet came off and he and Luke were finally face to face. Allen reached up, looking at the movie, and touched my...
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Whatever they expected Luke to do, it wasn’t the moment at the base of the...
– Film Nerd 2.0: The heros journey ends with Return Of The Jedi on Blu-ray
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Thank you all dear friends FOR COMING TO MY BIRTHDAY!!! Because it’s today!
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