December 2010
25 posts
2010 in movies
So, another year has come and gone. My growing cynicism convinced me to avoid publishing anything too personal and diary-like online, despite the fact that my readership is probably in the low 10s. But I do want to acknowledge that stuff happened and while I don’t care for Top 10/20/100 lists, I will indulge in a little list making.
There were quite a few movies that came out of the course...
I had no intention of reading Jonathan Franzen’s “Freedom,” but I recently bought a Kindle (slightly used off eBay, mind you) a few months ago and while playing around with it, I accidentally bought the book and could not figure out how to return it. Whoops.
After I finished the first semester of my masters program, I had some free time and my copies of Entertainment Weekly...
WatchNew York Times has a video (a long one, but worth it) about a couple living in New York who get a ton of letters to Santa. Heartwarming, sure, but I find that if I think about it too much, I start coming up with questions that cool the heart rather quickly. Just enjoy the sentiments.
Why I Won't Give (for now).
Though Christmas is right around the corner, I have decided that I will not be sending any money to my alma mater or my current school, which I actually be an alumnus of in about 5 months. Bah humbug.
It’s not because I don’t think that either campus is unworthy and I actually haven’t been harassed as much as I would have expected since graduation. Still, I’m bothered by...
WatchWent to bed with no intention of getting up at 3 a.m. to look at the moon, because I knew I could just watch a video of it in the morning. Ah, Internet.
thedailywhat:
Time-Lapse Thing of the Day: The definitive time-lapse of the 2010 Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse (which, by the by, also happened to coincide with the 14th anniversary of Carl Sagan’s passing), as seen in the skies above...
Fancy $5 Words and Phrases
For whatever reason, I never picked up on the academic catchphrases (which I’m sure existed everywhere around me) as an undergraduate, but now that I’ve actually given some attention to the readings, I’ve picked up a few new terms to throw out to sound all intellectual and shit. Here are a few of my favorites from the semester:
Rumsfeldian (in reference to “known...
