Friday, August 7. 2009Heresy
A quick vanity search revealed that my moniker has been stolen.
Edit (8/8/09 9:30 pm): Apparently I was drunk when I posted this, because that page is clearly NSFW. Saturday, May 2. 2009Maximus
The movie, "Gladiator" goes through the story of Maximus, an amazing general in the Roman army. I was discussing with an associate earlier this week about some of Maximus's decisions that shaped his character and what happened to him later on in the story. What makes you decide to take the hard road?
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Tuesday, April 21. 2009A place called Hell
My family left me last week during Spring Break and went to hell. I thought, that's just funny. I decided to stay back in heaven...
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Wednesday, April 15. 2009
Selfish - what's your definition? Posted by SWatson
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Every thing we do in life is selfish. I guess this depends on your definition of the word selfish. But I look at the word that generates an action/inaction that results in a benefit for you. With that definition in mind, we might help others, but in the end, we might also be motivated by how it makes us feel.
Continue reading "Selfish - what's your definition?" Wednesday, March 11. 2009Our Spam Blocking
Talking to Johnny today, I realized we don't talk much around here about traffic numbers or spam. Here's just a quick tidbit on the spam we get, and our anti-spam measures.
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Monday, October 6. 2008
Gin, Television, and Social Surplus Posted by The Mad Giggler
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Shirky has a long but really interesting article on what people are doing in their spare time. There's a lot there, but AoD found this comment to be "the cream" of the article:
Desperate Housewives essentially functioned as a kind of cognitive heat sink, dissipating thinking that might otherwise have built up and caused society to overheat. Monday, September 29. 2008The Breast Restaurant in Town
Well, there's no accounting for taste...but... would you go here?
Tuesday, September 23. 2008
RT's "Greatest Shakespeare ... Posted by Ancient of Days
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In response to a query of mine some time ago, MG sent me this link to Rotten Tomatoes, which ranks a bunch of film adaptations of Shakespeare. While I would like to see a bunch of these (the first four grab the eye), it did not contain the one that currently sits atop my "Want to See" list - a film called The King is Alive, a film done according to the Dogme 95 rules.
Here's the list, with some notes and the name of the original Shakespeare work, where appropriate. Continue reading "RT's "Greatest Shakespeare Movies"" Tuesday, September 9. 2008The Lottery
The news about Mr. Tom Brady has caused at least one NFL reporter to refer to that classic short story The Lottery - and I found more than one oddity in the awesome wikipedia entry about that story - however, by far my favorite has to be the following quote by the author:
In the years since then, during which the story has been anthologized, dramatized, televised, and even—in one completely mystifying transformation—made into a ballet... Wednesday, August 13. 2008What the...
Seriously. What the hell is wrong with some people? Seriously!!!!
Special thanks the ThRhett for the video. Wednesday, August 13. 2008
First Crosspost: A Tinker's Debts ... Posted by Ancient of Days
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[Ed: I will be cross-posting any of my blog.joeysmith.com posts that I think might have general appeal, until such a time as I discover a better method of syndicating the two blogs together.]
I picked up "The Name of the Wind" on the recommendation of Radar- when I first opened the book, I was gravely concerned - my experience has previously shown that the more glowing reviews a book got, the more likely it is that the book *would* *not* have sold without those reviews, and this book had no less than three full pages of raves. However, I went against my own judgement and have thus far been glad. If you decide to pick it up, do me this favor - stick with the story long enough to see Chronicler deal with highway robbery. If you still don't like it by that point, at least I won't be able to say you didn't give it a fair shake. Tuesday, July 29. 2008Anyone looking for a side job?An acquaintance of mine is looking for a webprogrammer to help him get his pet project up and running. It's a golf management system (that's all I'm at liberty to say at the moment.) If you're interested, I'll fwd your info to him and he'll be in touch. He's the CFO of a well established construction company and is quite responsible. What the crap is Birdwood, NE? Thursday, July 17. 2008Look-alike Meter
I guess I look equally like Jared and Pete:
 Sunday, May 18. 2008Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills.
You know, like nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills.
Do you have any hidden skills? I do. I can shave a cat. If you think that's not a difficult skill...lol. Oh, and yes he was conscious. So...what are YOUR skills? Wednesday, May 14. 2008One Hundred Words
Okay, so I don't usually like to just re-post a link I've seen on Penny-Arcade, but these are absolutely cool, and I definitely recommend reading through them. They are little stories of 100 words. I thought they would be boring, but actually each one is quite interesting and hooked me--though they're a little frustrating in that I want to know more. I especially loved the stories about Longinus, which coordinate with another author at the Fabian Society. I think it takes a lot of creativity to be able to intrigue a reader in only 100 words--makes me jealous. :)
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