bumppo.netWhat Nat Irons learned today, plus considerable topic driftWhat Variety hath wrought- April 13, 2008 I have a lot of contempt, and also some bile, for the made-up Hollywood hipster vocabulary of Variety, and I hate to see it spread to smaller movie news sites and outlets. I didn&8217;t realize the severity of the problem until last week, when the Seattle Times ran the headline, &8220;7 Billion Gives Shaky WaMu Firmer Footing For Now&8221;, and my first thought was, &8220;What the hell is a &8216;firmer&8217;&8221;http://bumppo.net/archives/2008/04/what-variety-hath-wrought O frabjous day!- April 7, 2008 Fafblog is back, at least for the present. They went off the air in 2006 a day after I sent them a small amount of cash, and I&8217;ve always felt somehow responsible.http://bumppo.net/archives/2008/04/o-frabjous-day Things I'd have tweeted if Twitter were not currently down, first in a series- April 6, 2008 I completely approve of Summer Glau becoming an xkcd recurring character.http://bumppo.net/archives/2008/04/things-id-have-tweeted-if-twitter-were-not-currently-do... The wreckage of April 1- April 6, 2008 April 1 foolishness is bad enough before it gets timeshifted to days when Americans aren&8217;t culturally conditioned to expect lies (surely also one of our most unpleasant cultural exports). I&8217;m doing dishes tonight listening to Marketplace podcasts from the last few days, and they launch into this story about how the IRS is issuing refunds in the form of consumer goods to taxpayers whose financial situations make them more likely to save or pay down debt than continue to prop up the...http://bumppo.net/archives/2008/04/the-wreckage-of-april-1 Happy Q2- April 6, 2008 Apparently I have a rule about not blogging during the first calendar quarter. It&8217;s new.http://bumppo.net/archives/2008/04/happy-q2 |