Movies, Books, and Games

Friday Random 10: September 11 edition

Posted by spyderkl on September 11, 2009 at 5:58 am

Dub the Frequencies of Love – Gogol Bordello Useless – Depeche Mode Make a Circuit With Me – Polecats New Dawn Fades – Joy Division Elyria – Faith and the Muse Symphonie Fantastique: 1. Reveries et Passions (Largo – allegro agitato et appassionata assai) – Berlioz Ballade No. 4 in f, Op. 52 – Chopin [...]

The Way We Treat Each Other

Posted by spyderkl on August 24, 2009 at 1:23 pm

Evil Dad and I just got back from seeing District 9. It was his birthday present; he had to make the tough choice between that and Inglorious Basterds, and that’s what he chose. It was an incredible experience. If you’re one of the six other people who haven’t seen it yet, I’ll leave out the [...]

Towel Day

Posted by spyderkl on May 25, 2009 at 3:22 pm

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has a few things to say on the subject of towels. A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Happy Towel Day. I had intended to write about Memorial Day too, but that’ll have to wait until I can control the [...]

Good Things About “Barney”

Posted by spyderkl on March 10, 2009 at 11:40 am

This past weekend School Girl brought home one of her books for the Accelerated Reader program. (Incidentally, we’re all about that here – if you’re unfamiliar with it, go here to find out more about the software program.) It was The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst. As part of her homework, she [...]

Sunken Treasure: the audiobook

Posted by spyderkl on March 5, 2009 at 11:57 am

Well, not the whole thing, but it’s still great listening. A few weeks ago, I wrote about Wil Wheaton’s latest book/chapbook being published as a .pdf file, for $5USD. It’s wonderful – I’ve really enjoyed it a lot. Now he’s done an audio version of his production diary from last night’s episode of Criminal Minds [...]