Miscellaneous

I (obviously) watch a lot of movies. And a lot of the time, I end up recommending movies that I know a lot of my readers won’t watch due to their rating. (For you non-Mormons out there, there’s a strong Mormon sentiment against R-rated films. One which I don’t want to get into right now.) In any case, I’ve felt bad that so many of my Must See movies have been R-rated. I’d like to be able to spread the love to all readers. Well, today you’re in luck. (As long as you’re not PG-13 averse, too, that is.) I’ve […]

First of all, I’m happy to say that the book revision is going in leaps and bounds right now. At 49,000 words and climbing. The whole thing is around 67,000 words total at this point, so not much left–though the climax scenes will likely have to be retooled a fair bit, it’s nothing compared to what I did at the beginning. Second, I have a challenge to you all. We’re going to play a game of Have You Seen It? This is a game I just thought up, and mainly it’s here to give me a chance to highlight movies

I’m debating whether or not to go pick up a copy tonight. On the one hand, that’s really late to be getting anything. On the other, I’m worried I’ll get behind and find out from someone else how the series ends. That would really annoy me . . . Then again, what if I went tonight and some punk comes by and yells out the ending to everyone in the room? That would annoy me even more. Hmm . . . You know you’ve got it cushy when you have time to debate things like this. In other news, the

This week’s academic paper is focused on why Jar Jar Binks sounded so ridiculous to everyone. The short answer? It’s because his dialect is grossly inconsistent and fails to follow linguistic principles, which in turn renders it confusing and disturbing to viewers. Read the article to get all the details. I’m doing a bit better now–recovering from my NCAA disillusionment at last. Now if my computer just wasn’t causing me grief–I’ve blown over three hours already trying to get a cursed program to work. Sigh.