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Archive for May 4th, 2008

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Iron Man

I read in a primer on improv recently about a director who liked to point at your partner on stage – you are an actor for the length of this anecdote – and tell you, “Your work is over there!” Meaning, your partner. Pay attention to him.
When critics and viewers say, correctly, that Iron Man [...]

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Opinion Bleg

Quicken 2008 vs Money 2008: Go!
If you’re inclined to plump for Mint or something, be my guest.

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Is there a Godwinov’s law?

By Thoreau
I try to mix my commie and Nazi metaphors when lambasting the state security apparatus.  I actually prefer the commie metaphors, because people are jaded about Nazi comparisons (especially Republicans, who are always getting called fascist) but commie comparisons are less common when dealing with conservatives and the security apparatus.  Yes, I’m aware that [...]

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Ministry for State Security in da house!

By Thoreau
One of the TSA’s bloggers has decided to comment in a thread that fell off the main page. Basically, this person trusts that the super-secret TSA brain trust would never, ever come up with a dumb rule, and he or she is proud to be keeping us all safe by enforcing these rules.
Come [...]