weapons of massdistraction

Recent distractions: “A Mighty Wind” (3 out of 4 stars), “Laurel Canyon” (2.5 out of 4 stars), “Baran” (3.5 out of 4 stars). Also picked up Ariel Gore’s latest, “Atlas of the Human Heart”, over the weekend and finished that in short order. I’ll have to give that 4 out of 4 stars. We’re [...]

Meant to mention this earlier…but it is still Adbusters annual TV turnoff week. We do pretty well with this in our household, as far as the little man is concerned anyhow. We generally stick to the Monday-Friday no TV/no video rule. We sometimes watch a little TV (the Jackie Chan Adventures) and/or a few [...]

Need something to do next weekend? Go see “Better Luck Tomorrow” - I’m planning to. A few words from director Justin Lin: ‘If you’ve ever complained about unoriginal cookie cutter movies or representation in the media, you have the power to change that. All you have to do is help spread the word and [...]

Too many examples to cite. First off, via this piece: ‘The sacking of Iraq’s museums is like a “lobotomy” of an entire culture, say art experts. And they warned the Pentagon repeatedly of this potential catastrophe months before the war.’ And Alternet has this disturbing article: ‘In the past month, three international peace activists [...]

It’s been a long, crazy week. Globally and locally. The warm weather here has been waxing and waning. Last weekend was gorgeous. And Monday was like summer, without the nasty humidity and bugs. We had record-breaking heat of 89 degrees. Not that I experienced any of it. At work we’re given Good Friday off, [...]