Finished the Dark Tower. Hmmm. Like almost all the Dark Tower books, I find myself unsure if I loved it or hated it, but since I read the thing until nearly 2 AM, despite James’s feeble protests, it was certainly gripping. The world, as always, was the great thing–fantasy western sci-fi post-apocalyptic, mixed with the […]
Monthly Archives: September 2004
I have the last book of the Dark Tower series in my hot little hands. Expect nothing from me for the hours until I have finished. The funny thing is that I know it’ll probably be a little disappointing. I’m sure it’ll be good, mind you, I’ll even give reasonably good odds on great, but […]
Homeland Security deported Cat Stevens, now known as Yusef Islam. And people are trying to justify it. Come on, guys. It’s Cat Stevens. Get a grip.
I am grumpy. I have PMS. And my last painting was a swing and a miss–no glaring flaws (which I could fix!) but simply not doin’ it for me, the lightning bug instead of the lightning, as Twain would say. Which sucks, because Yak Fairies was a great idea. Have to revisit it at some […]
And now, as promised, the crow with fireworks! I’m not sure of much in life, and it seems occasionally like I get less sure all the time. However, I still cling to at least one deeply held conviction–namely that if crows could use matches, we’d all be in a world of hurt. http://yerf.com/vernursu/fireworkscrow.jpg I’ve been […]
It’s noxiously cute, but in my defense, the deer mice totally started it, the adorable little wretches. http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/10781300/ Next up, the crow with firecrackers!
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow was pure, unadulterated pulp. Pulp, pulp, pulp. It rocked. Best use of Art Deco and giant robots since Starship Titantic. If you insist on saying things like “Hey, that’d never WORK,” this is definitely not the movie for you, being gloriously absurd, but a whole lotta fun anyway.
Banned Books Weeks is next week. I am not a fan of banning books that do not, for example, contain detailed instructions on how to make methamphetimines in the basement. (I’m not actually for banning those, either, but I can at least understand why you wouldn’t want ’em in the school library.) Like, I’d assume, […]
So today, over the course of a leisurely forty-five minutes, I did this small and silly piece: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/10742633/
“Look out! The egg nog is in musth!”