Author Archives: Reverend

The end of movies reconsidered

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Reverend

I had previously written about the end of film in regards to the Coen Brothers’ No Country for Old Men, but after reading John Kenneth Muir’s brilliant “The Five Most Ludicrous Musical Numbers in Movie History” I now know I … Continue reading →

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The 1,000th Post on the bava

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Reverend

Here’s the tale of the tape: That little snapshot with numbers, percentages, and figures can’t begin to suggest how both liberating and tormenting this space has been for me. Not sure I have 1,000 more in me, but there is … Continue reading →

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Capricorn One

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Reverend

“There’s only one small catch, it never happened—it’s all a lie, a fantastic $30 billion hoax.”

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Not enough car chases

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Reverend

I spent the day at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History: The Kenneth E Behring Center (the last bit of the name after the colon is new and is ostensibly the name of their biggest donor, reinforcing that the … Continue reading →

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Back to Life

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Reverend

Re-posted from Play-list blog because I like what’s going on here. Soul II Soul “Back to Life” http://kissatlanta.com/music/102507/Back%20to%20Life%20acapella%20intro.mp3 The a cappella intro is breathtaking, and the beat addictive and hypnotic. But more than that, another masterpiece by them (“Keep on … Continue reading →

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Spider-Man 1967, Episode 16

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Reverend

”The Vulture’s Prey”: The Vulture abducts J. Jonah Jameson and ties him dangerously close to a large pendulum in order to lure Spider-Man in the open. Now, Spider-Man must risk his life to save the one man set on destroying … Continue reading →

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Zombies and Pirates: Let’s begin

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Reverend

Gratuitous audio: Download Sell My Soul When I started talking about the Zombies and Pirates course I was thinking along the lines of a syllabus, a series of texts, a schedule, and a unifying theme. In some ways a traditional … Continue reading →

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List of things to fix in UMW Blogs since upgrade to WPMu 2.8.1

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Reverend

Gratuitous image for Joss Winn, cause I love web fat! Image credit: “Gratuitous pussy shot” by bl1nk Issue with überadmin not being able to login into users’ blogs. The user blog still recognized me as a siteadmin and would show … Continue reading →

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A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Reverend

Of all the TV I consumed as a young child (and there was a lot of it) this clip from Sesame Street may very well be the most pervasive in my mind still to this day. I remember the whole … Continue reading →

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Theme Previews borking in WPMu 2.7.1

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Reverend

The last few days I have been doing the arduous work of making sure the BuddyPress admin bar and D’Arcy’s Akismet Credit Inserter plugin work cleanly with all the themes on UMW Blogs. It’s painstaking work, but pretty important if … Continue reading →

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