Hardcore Geek

It’s October, and I’m in the mood for scary movies. When the weather gets cold, the leaves turn color and the kids start asking about Halloween costumes, I want to be scared.
I’m picky about horror films. As a teenager, I watched slashers. Friday the 13th, Freddy Kruger and so on. They have their place, but [...]

The first time I saw David on TV, he was performing magic tricks for people on the street. The tricks were very entertaining, and Dave played the “supernatural weird guy” persona well. I liked him right away.
Today, he’s abandoned magic for these silly stunts. As I type this, he’s hanging upside-down in Manhattan for one [...]

First a bit about me.
Both of my parents worked when I was a kid. I mean they worked like dogs. Dad was the business manager at the local hospital and mom did a variety of things — from department store clerk and secretary to dental hygenest. We lived in a small apartment owned by my [...]

Oh, it’s still in publication, but Dwell has ceased to be the magazine I grew to love. Once a great source of contemporary Modern Design, Dwell has changed in two important ways.
First, its articles have stupid titles like, “Tip your Eco-Hat to Solar Power!” (Feb. 08), “The Glass House Menagerie” (Feb. ‘08) and “Outback Stacked [...]

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of [...]

The folks at Ain’t It Cool News were forced to remove their negative reivew of The Clone Wars by Lucasfilm, but Valleywag has reprinted it. Hop over and read it while you can.
It’s the most viciously negative review I’ve ever read, and confirms my beliefs about Lucas and Star Wars. The guy doesn’t know how [...]

As a child, I was riveted to coverage of the Olympic games. I loved the competition and the sense of global unity. “Maybe we really are all one family on this planet,” I’d think.
Today, I know that’s bullshit, and that’s why I don’t watch the games. They’re an Olympic-sized letdown.
Since the opening ceremonies in Beijing, [...]

Spied this beauty on my way to work. If only I could have parked the C30 behind her.

Today I saw a commercial for Apple Fries at Burger King. Essentially, they’re apples cut into the shape of french fries and stuffed into a small, cardboard box with a Burger King logo, just like the ones they use with real french fries.
It begins with a familiar scene: A reasonably nice-looking woman stands in her [...]

Hey, Alex. How’s it goin.