ShareChilled with Fiona to watch the 2004 film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera. It was a beautiful film with beautiful people with beautiful voices, but I think it works best as an opera play. The film, at least, helped me to understand what they’re saying underneath all that singing… although, [...]
ShareLate last night, Goorin Brothers hosted a party at the W Hotel in San Francisco. Hats! Hats! And more hats (since 1895) we were enticing the partygoers with. And, when it was my shift to work at the hat bar, I was drunk with the vodka picked up at the VIP Lounge. (Hey, I had [...]
ShareAs a lover of books, and a hater of those that don’t read them, ironically, time has come for me where I’ve got to call attention to one you should NOT READ – Kevn Tredeau’s Natural Cures “They” Don’t Want You To Know About. A popular piece of pseudoscientific bullshit that is an example of [...]
ShareThe ID vs. evolution topic continues… In this week’s eSkeptic Michael Shermer reports on George W. Bush’s remarks on Intelligent Design (ID) Creationism and discusses whether it is logically consistent to believe in God and the theory of evolution simultaneously. This ran last week as an Opinion Editorial in the Los Angeles Times. God & [...]
Share Darwin’s venerable theory is widely regarded as one of the best-supported ideas in science, the only explanation for the diversity of life on Earth, grounded in decades of study and objective science. – Claudia Wallis, Time, 8/15/2005 The latest topic of the week dominating the news is George Bush’s comment about including the theory [...]
Share Boy, the next word that comes out of your mouth better be some brilliant fuckin’ Mark Twain shit. ‘Cause it’s definitely getting chiseled on your tombstone. – Otis B. Driftwood, The Devil’s Rejects Today, The Devil’s Rejects immediately became one of my most favorite movies of the year. With the many Ring-wannabes and Scream-clone [...]
ShareIt’s been about two months since I moved into my new pad. I find it such life-time consuming to fix up the place one dwells to be comfortable enough to wonder if it’s worth all the effort. Of course, we want peace in where we live… and I constantly need new furnishings. That’s the reality [...]
ShareAlthough, I’m not much of a Kanye West fan, I’ve been enjoying his latest single release entitled Diamonds From Sierra Leone from his forthcoming Late Registration album. I noticed that he referenced a belief in Jesus, again. Nothing wrong with that, it’s his Freedom of Religion. But, it reminded me of when in his Jesus [...]