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On Film
Knight and the City
07.30.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments‘The Dark Knight’ is a truly spectacular film. And I think I hate it…
Before I’m accused of over-analysing a summer blockbuster, I have to point out that the makers of this film–some truly talented individuals–chocked this thing so full of quandaries and dilemmas; packed it with ruminations on chaos and instances of game theory1; and […] -
Late Night Musings
In Defense of Elitism
07.27.08 | Permalink | 3 CommentsIt’s funny to note that in a time of intense failure, massive incompetence, and rampant mediocrity; the most offensive charge we increasingly throw around is that you/your group/your philosophy are elitist. Second-rateness, seemingly the day’s new black, has become so popular that any stray from the not-so-perfect path is to be derided and held up […]
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Late Night Musings
Some Closing Thoughts On My 22nd Year.
07.12.08 | Permalink | 3 CommentsI don’t do lists. Like mashups, remakes, and sequels; I’ve always considered them a ground-zero for our age’s inability to be original. My site, who’s birthday is only a few weeks removed from mine, has done it’s best to be original, often changing formats, focuses, and styles just to keep up, by keeping far away, […]
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Late Night Musings
Can Hate Be a Virtue?
Whatever your particular belief system is: Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Fatalist, Randomist, Darwinist, Sun-Worshipper, the Cult of mother nature; I find it hard to believe that any deity, transcendental power, or prophet could have ended whatever was inside of Jesse Helms without noting the irony of making his last day take place on the […]
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Late Night Musings
George Isn’t Resting. He’s Fucking Dead.
06.24.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsEvery now and then you run into a story, says, “some guy broke into a house, stole a lot of things, and while he was in there, he raped an 81 year old woman.”
And I’m thinking to myself, “WHY??? What the fuck kind of a social life does this guy have?”
–George Carlin
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Late Night Musings
Expectorating The Fantastical
I’ve been waking up at sunrise
I’ve been following the light across my room
I watch the night receive the room of my day
Some people say the sky is just the sky
But I say
Why deny the obvious child?
Why deny the obvious child?
–Paul Simon
The paradox of the digital age is that the more an event or occurrence is […] -
Fragments, Micro-Fiction
“Untitled Fragment #4″
There was a frantic competition going on between the flash of cameras, the blinking lights of the ambulance, and the police cars; and the firetruck. It was a competition to see who could best illuminate the darkened city street, who could reveal the empty, stopped bus, who could help show the messenger’s deformed bicycle, and who could make known the messenger’s body lying beneath the black tarp. If the cameras belonged to tourists they were ‘point and shoot’ taken from the bag attached to their child’s stroller… -
Late Night Musings
The Myth Of Happiness
05.02.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsPerhaps it is due to the unhappiness of our times that we’ve become obsessed with being happy, with who’s happy, with who’s unhappy, what groups are likely to be happy, what action and behaviors are certain to make one unhappy. Rarely a week can go by without the media regurgitating some asinine–and completely arbitrary–poll conducted […]
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Late Night Musings
The Art Of Opening A Door
For some, opening a door for another human being is quite easy; like walking or breathing, they never really think of what’s behind the action or consciously plan the elaborate movement of elbow, wrist, and hand. But others–and here’s where I put myself–for whatever reason, were never taught, or expected, to extend this general courtesy […]
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Late Night Musings
The Skeptic, The Contrarian, and The Cynic
04.09.08 | Permalink | 3 CommentsJust about every human being, from Plato to the television pundit, has a 50/50 chance of being right (or wrong if you’re the cynic). Communities, societies, civilizations, all have been perfectly capable, however good intentioned, of aggregating the most immoral, nonsensical, and absurd ideas known to history. Simply having a mass of people has […]
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Late Night Musings
Why Schemes Fail
03.06.08 | Permalink | 4 CommentsAs I walked home last night down a not particularly crowded street, a man ran past me; he was ragged, dirty, old, his hair was a mess, his shoes were falling apart. He was, clearly, homeless. It became apparent in a matter of seconds that he was not just running, but chasing someone. That man, […]
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