Thursday miscellanea #289

There is a lot of soccer on right now. Is there a big tournament or something? The Amazon Fire phone looks genuinely neat—particularly the Firefly feature—but I don’t see anything to break me away from Windows Phone. Also, bringing it out at $199 with contract seems more than a bit ambitious. I think $99 with … Read more

Thursday miscellanea #288

Beth has selected The Sparrow for our next Alabamians Can Read title. I’m looking forward to it. Forrest Gump is coming back to theaters next month for its 20th anniversary. It remains a skillful film, and it was the first thing Lea and I saw together. I don’t think it’s aged particularly well, though. Outsiders, … Read more

Thursday miscellanea #287

Supposed to rain all weekend. The NFL has announced it’s going with Super Bowl 50 as the official name of the game. I hate that. I’ve been looking forward to Super Bowl L. I may defiantly call it that. I can’t recall ever having seen a celebrity sex tape. I can remember a snippet of … Read more

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