Decius wrote: I like this... Not quite sure where MemeStreams is though.
Assuming the map wraps around at the edges like it should, I'd say we're a little dot on the far right hand side almost touching the edge, due East of del.icio.us, in the Sea Of Memes. The Blogipeligo lies to the southeast, offering fertile seas for fishing and trawling. The forgotten, undersea lands of Usenet, offered back to us by the powerful wizard Google, as well as proximity to the the IRC Isles and the sprawling confederacy of Wikipedia provide resources and expertise, though the confusing winds and maze-like interconnected channels can often result in many days lost at sea, drifting from isle to isle in search of an exit.
Some of us (cough*acidus*cough) have been known to conduct raids into the Straits of Web 2.0 while others have long since been lost, roaming the northern islands of WoW and EQ after becoming disoriented in the frigid and chartless wastes of the NOOB Sea.
After only two episodes, Fox -- the network which ironically continues to fund Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? -- has canceled Drive.
After watching the first two episodes, I can't say that I was blown away -- but then again, it was only two episodes into the fucking series.
You'd think Tim Minear and Nathan Fillion would've learned from their previous experience with Fox, as they were the co-creator and star (respectively) of my beloved Firefly -- another show that was vanquished quickly due to the moronic shortsightedness of the suits at NewsCorp programming.
So once again, all that hype, all that touting of Drive as the next great television drama, all that money spent on advertising -- only to be unceremoniously dumped like the unpopular girl in a John Hughes movie.
Fuck you Fox -- just fuck you.
Hear fucking hear. Fox is the worst of the lot. If something isn't wildly successful in the first INSTANT, they kill it.
I'll never forgive them for what they did to Firefly and I'm might disappointed to find that they've learned nothing from the experience.
(which isn't to say that Drive is even 5% as good as FireFly, but at least it had fast cars, and was thus still better than most of the reality and game show drivel available right now.)
Tonight, though, I am compelled to make an exception by ISB reader Ralph Burns, who emailed me something that I consider to be the single greatest piece of art ever produced by the hands of men.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...
BATMAN: DEFENDERS OF THE NIGHT
Possibly the worst thing i've ever watched. *Almost* crosses into "so bad it's good" territory.
A few years ago, an obesity researcher at the University of Washington named Adam Drewnowski ventured into the supermarket to solve a mystery. He wanted to figure out why it is that the most reliable predictor of obesity in America today is a person’s wealth. For most of history, after all, the poor have typically suffered from a shortage of calories, not a surfeit. So how is it that today the people with the least amount of money to spend on food are the ones most likely to be overweight?
Really quite a fascinating article on the dangers of ignoring agricultural policy in the US.
Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education - Inside Higher Ed :: Stage Fright
Topic: Miscellaneous
1:35 pm EDT, Apr 24, 2007
It was six hours before opening night. Sarah Holdren, director of a Yale University student production, had just entered the theater for a routine pre-performance errand when the man who runs the hall gave her an update: In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings, a Yale administrator decided that she didn’t want any weapons used or portrayed during theatrical productions.
Holdren was perplexed. Her show, Red Noses, is set in the Middle Ages and includes metal swords and daggers. But they are stage props. And there were no guns.
So here's to hoping the Coens' return to the dark comedy will mark not only a return to the style of work we first learned to love, but the return of my obnoxious, unwarranted elitism. If I can't get it here, I'll have to start listening to NPR.
Sadly, No! » Still MORE people who should not be paidto express their opinions
Topic: Miscellaneous
1:28 pm EDT, Apr 24, 2007
As you may have noticed, I have been feeling incredibly cranky lately. Part of it has to do with the apartment situation, but another part of it has to do with the fact that the Virginia Tech tragedy has produced some of the most insulting and embarrassing news “analysis” I have ever seen in my entire goddamn life. Witness this piece in the Sunday Times, for instance. Here’s the subhead:
When Cho killed 32 people at Virginia Tech, the horrific slaughter revealed not only the poisons lurking in popular culture but the crisis of young males in a feminised society, says Sarah Baxter
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Holy crap!
Holy crap indeed. I'm pretty bad at getting dates, I guess that's THEIR fault and I should start killing everyone. For fucks sake what an asinine opinion. Feminized society. Fucking fuck.
