I’d really love to liveblog what I’m doing right now, but I don’t sufficiently trust my ability to bring the humor out of it, and if I didn’t reliably make it funny it would suck. Maybe I’ll write about it later. I hope you have had, or are having, a marvelous St. Patrick’s Day. Sláinte … Read more
So the remake of Red Dawn was in development hell. Then it was in the can but shelved in the wake of MGM’s bankruptcy. There aren’t many movies I hear about and then genuinely eagerly anticipate—that’s generally reserved for Halo and Bioshock games—but this was (is?) one. Now the invading Chinese forces have ridiculously morphed … Read more
Last week a longtime net acquaintance lamented on his Facebook page that 65% of the wealth in the United States was now controlled by 10% of its people. (I think that was it. It was a large percentage and a small percentage. You get the gist.) I’m immediately suspicious when I hear such a claim, … Read more