occasionally creative
July 18, 2014 2 Comments
My latest streaming TV binge: Chuck, the 2007-2012 show starring Jim-from-The-Office lookalike Zachary Levi as an underachieving computer technician in a big box electronics store who gets the CIA master database loaded into his brain.
That’s not a spoiler; it’s the series concept. Plus the show ended two and a half years ago. Spoilers are below, however.
July 2, 2014 3 Comments
Rummaging through my basement and garage recently, I uncovered two relics of the 1990s. One predicts the 23rd century while the other documents the turn of the 18th and 19th.
Illustration by the 20th century.
June 16, 2014 Leave a Comment
Part 6 of 12 Albums That Stuck With Me
When reviewing Fiona Apple’s third album, Extraordinary Machine, I said that When the Pawn had “made me feel like all my ex-girlfriends ever were yelling at me all at once. Moreover, it made me feel like I deserved it.”
I stand by that assessment from … cripes, nine years ago?
Okay, break for feeling old. Now, onto reviewing this album from a 22-year-old following her multi-platinum debut.
June 12, 2014 Leave a Comment
This came to me in a dream.
In my head it’s the touching story of a guy who’s so heartbroken when his cancer-stricken lover leaves him that he evolves into a giant space baby.
June 9, 2014 Leave a Comment
Seriously, folks, I tried, but first I lost the video camera and then I started breaking strings and you know what? A review of an old album and a dude playing a song can wait a week.
In the meantime here’s a joke I heard a while ago:
Why can’t you trust quarks?
Because they make up everything!
(I think the guy telling it actually said atoms, not quarks, but this is more accurate.)
