Ennui's Foe

"11:14" and Other Examples of Non-Linear Film

2009-01-17T16:20:00.000-08:00

This post was originally written as part of an on-line forum submission for the "Art of Film" class that I'm presently taking:I happened to catch "11:14" (dir. Greg Marcks, 2003) the other night on IFC. The film reminded me of "Memento" (dir. Christopher Nolan, 2000), in that the plot does not unfold in the typical linear fashion. (Special thanks to Livi for giving me the DVD!). In "Memento", the

Reduction to a single number

2009-01-06T10:42:00.000-08:00

This is an article preview, with information that is still being collected and compiled:The following is a video of Nassim Nicholas discussing the cause and possible effects of the financial meltdown.The following is a link to a discuss of the same on Slashdot:http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/04/2253247

So, it turns out I'm unique

2009-01-03T11:10:00.000-08:00

Browsing Amazonthis morning, I stumbled on a Personality Test. Below is a link for you to take the test. Turns out that 0% of the other people in the world are like me; I'm a Romantic Spiritual Builder. Who'd a thunk it?I took the 43 Things PersonalityQuiz and found out I'm aRomantic Spiritual Builder

The Benefits of Tact

2006-02-09T21:39:00.000-08:00

Editor's note: Livi's been on my butt (appropriately so) because I've haven't written any blog entries in the past month. Well, today, I had to tell a story in Speech class about a "learning experience" I had. It had to include a moral. I told the following story.About 15 years ago, I worked at a Data Processing Service Bureau. It was an exciting time, as my job was to migrate Mainframe

Parade and in the dark

2006-01-02T11:31:00.000-08:00

Presently watching the Rose Parade. I think that it's funny that there is rain pooring down on Stephanie and Bob! We really have had it too nice (New Year's Day wise) for too long. Oh and who is this new chick Michaela?I do feel sorry for all the horses, etc. that have to trunge (is that a word?) through the monsoon.Float-of-Note: The dolled-up hippopotamus. Did the designers ever consider

Tag! I'm it!

2006-01-01T02:38:00.000-08:00

Wow, my first tagging! I've been so honored by Velma. Livi said you were gonna be in the area and, yep, I'm bummed we didn't cross paths too.The Tag: You get one wish of anything, what would you ask for?I know it might be corny, but I wish for more understanding and tolerance between people.Wish for 6 more wishes.1. Much Happiness for my wife and daughter2. Interesting books to read.3. Good

Workplace+Porn="bye bye"

2005-12-22T19:55:00.000-08:00

I was in a meeting with my boss and a co-worker the other day, when female co-worker from the Finance department knocked on the door. She was upset because there was computer in department with, as she reported it, "half-naked women on it."I was sent over to investigate. Sure enoungh, I found a rotating-image screensaver featuring what I would characterize as "soft-porn." True, there were "

2005-12-21T22:53:00.000-08:00

Once again by popular demand, our new Entertainment Center! We have always had our TV and associated components tucked in the corner of the living room. The problem has always been that square stands waste a lot of room since they have to be placed diagonally. Enter the Computer Desk we picked up from Big Lots last Thursday. It didn't take too much imagination to see that this would make

Snow for Velma

2005-12-21T21:20:00.000-08:00

"Here ya go, Velma." By popular request, here is a picture looking up our snow covered walkway. Sad to say, it is from last year as we haven't had any real percipitation (much less snow) in about a month.In other news, we're pretty much set for Christmas. All of the presents are have been obtained, and most of them are even wrapped! HB gave me a list of things she wanted done by the big day (

Heaven

2005-12-20T22:59:00.000-08:00

I just finished watching Barbara Walter's special about Heaven.It would appear that there are those who have significant and specific beliefs about spiritual matters, and those that don't as much. Where do these beliefs come from? Most people receive their (initial) beliefs from their parents; in some cases today, these beliefs are evidenced by their lack. This suggests my first question: "If

On the Agenda

2005-12-19T21:54:00.000-08:00

So, here are some things I've been thinking about blogging about. Write me if you find one or more of them interesting, drop me a comment and I'll move it to the top of my "to write about" list:The President authorizing spying on US CitizensFall Quarter is over. Can you say, "A-ay?"Bob Loblaw's Law BlogOur new entertainment center ($79!) "The Triangle" on the Sci-Fi ChannelMy

"But Mom.... they're only $29 million"

2005-12-01T20:43:00.000-08:00

I just stumbled on the most interesting idea in residences I've seen in a long time. Take 10 cube-shaped spaces 45 feet on a side, and stack them one on top of another. That's the Brooklyn bridge in the foregroundsevej like.Check it out at 80SouthStreet.net. There's nice music too!

Vicodin

2005-12-01T19:14:00.000-08:00

A friend of mine mentioned recently that his son was having an operation. "An operation? Is it serious?" like any operation isn't serious. Turns out that the son suffers from back/neck pain. Turns out the son has been taking Vicodin for pain. The doctor says that he has to be off of it by the end of the year (that's one more month for folks reading this in the future).So Vicodin. Happy

2005-10-21T11:31:00.000-07:00

Blogging. When I first heard about "we[b logging]," I thought "Wow. That's pretty cool! It's like a personal journal, but other people can read it." Well if you look at this blog, you can see that (for me at least) it's had a "flash in the pan" kind of existence.But then, I stumbled upon a blog of a friend, and I was like, "hey, there's some real solid stuff here!" For instance I never knew she

2003-02-07T14:02:00.000-08:00

This is my first entry! There was an interesting book at the bookstore I was at last week about blogging. I'm a firm believer in synchronicity; If something happens once, it probably won't happen again. If it happens twice, it will definitely happen three times. I like to think it's the universe's way of tapping us on the shoulder and saying, "Hey, you might want to check this out". The book