I thought for my first column here, a quick review of 5 excellentmovie-related sites wouldn't be in poor tastes, especially since the summermovie season is almost over. So enjoy, and I hope to have a new TheElectronic Fringe up every week. I hope you enjoy! The Internet Movie Database - http://www.imdb.com/ Basically, this is the best starting place whenever you want to knowsomething about a movie or television series. I call it the "BetSettler," as it usually has...
After reading one of Angloesque 'smore recent blog entries, I began thinking about some of the things that havebeen said to me as a writer, whether it be in workshops or amongst my peers oreven from editors. For the most part, even when these people were being theirmost negative, I was able to take their constructive criticism in the spirit inwhich it was given, and their occasional scorn with grace and good nature. Butof course, there is always going to be at least one thing someone has sai...
A Word of Warning* If you haven'twatched Joe Schmo 2 , and you plan on seeing it in the near future, Iadvise you that there are SPOILERS here! “Jackpot!” It was a single word, but the moment it was spoken, a whole series became worththe production costs. It was also just the sort of reaction the producers of JoeSchmo 2 had wanted from Tim, one of their unwitting contestants. With ahalf-smile on his face, he managed to nullify the fears of the whole staff ofthe show, fears that h...
Someone sent me an interesting ad/movie today. Now, as you all know, I'm nota big fan of Bush, and I've rather enjoyed watching the Daily Show catch membersof his administration in lies and misrepresentations. The RNC-Bush/Cheney havebasically done that very same thing to Kerry about the Iraq War while I don'tlike who made it, it was admittedly well done, starting with his statements at the DNC that he would never mislead the country into war. It then goes through in order a number of stateme...
I was on a political forum recently, and this quiz caught my eye. I know that quite a few little quizzes have been posted to the forums and in a lot of blogs, but given a lot of the discussions I've seen here, it seemed very appropriate. Are you a Neoconservative? My results said that I could be categorized as being one of many: Liberals… Are wary of American arrogance and hypocrisy Trace much of today's anti-American hatred to previous US foreign policies. Believe politi...
About last summer, me and a couple of my friends were sitting around drinking at a bbq and we started playing this stupid game from LiquidGeneration called Who Would You Rather . As the night wore on, it became a rapid fire game, where you had to answer right away. It was stupid and juvenile, I'll admit, but in the end, it taught me a lesson. No matter how objectionable a choice might seem to be, eventually, you can find something seemingly worse. As days went on, we started to apply it t...
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