Month: March 2011
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So Close
My Darling B has been in the kitchen all morning stewing a batch of chicken thighs in saffron and a bunch of other yummy-smelling stuff, in preparation for turning them into meat pies. After stewing them, she piled them on a platter, placed the platter on the dining room table, then went to work on… Read.
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Talkies
Tickets went on sale for the Wisconsin Film Fest at noon today. We had the films we wanted to see picked out the night before and sat waiting with the web browser of the most dependable computer in the house parked on the film fest web site, mouse-clicking finger poised ready to hit the “buy… Read.
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Bowling with the stars
Daryl Hannah dropped in for a visit last night. We all hopped in the car and drove over to the local bowling alley to bowl a few lines, as you do when a major Hollywood star stops by. And then I woke up. Whatever happed to Daryl Hannah, by the way? I can’t even remember… Read.
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Hot Pink
A few of our picks for the upcoming Wisconsin Film Fest, if you’re interested: Wednesday, March 30th 13 Assassins: “Takashi Miike’s rousing spectacle is a remake of a little-known 1963 film by the same title, but is clearly the heir to the ultimate posse-gatherer, Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai. As his crimes against humanity are detailed… Read.
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Frugality schroogality
I’m going to call bullshit on our current economic crisis. I think I’ve done this before, but the latest round of budget cuts made by “fiscally responsible” elected officers is really starting to chap my nads and they’re already kind of tender. The flag-pin politicians who keep repeating “we’re broke” like it’s a mantra are… Read.
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Your Argument Is Invalid
And now, time for Ask An Atheist: Q: How can you have any morals if you don’t believe in god? A: For many years I’ve heard atheists dance around this question, claiming they can form their own perfectly respectable moral codes using logic or ethics or other rhetoric that sounds actually kinda plausible. But here,… Read.
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Prang Your Head
Do you like tunnels? I love tunnels. It’s one of those irrational things, like fear of snakes, although if you ask me a fear of snakes is very rational. I admit that’s an unfair characterization of snakes and maybe even people who like them, but I just don’t care. But anyway, tunnels. I love ’em.… Read.
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