We saw The Dark Knight this afternoon. I think the thing I like the best about it is that its one of those movies that rewards thinking about what it “means”. Several hours later I’m remembering events and nuances and connections that deepen the themes of the movie for me.
Probably my second favorite thing was […]

Nintendo Wii. Okay, I know I’m late to the party. I know video games may seem antithetical to the road trip itself, BUT! The Wii is pretty f’n cool. It’s ability to bring people together in a social environment is clearly it’s greatest advantage. I remember in middle school […]

Shocking news today that Heath Ledger, who is set to appear as the Joker in The Dark Knight later this year, has died in an apparent suicide.
This is totally unexpected- from a professional standpoint Ledger was at the prime of his life. He received acclaimed reviews for his role of Ennis in Brokeback Mountain, and […]

I love TED- here’s an amazing video about what some of our closest relatives, the Bonobos, can do when pushed to their limits:

Check out the end- proof of the universal appeal of video games.

You’ll know you’re watching a good episode of Battlestar Galactica when you’re standing and screaming at the screen, jaw halfway to the floor, incredulous that anything so unbelievable could be put on television.
Finally- the Battlestar Galactica premiere debuted last Friday and it blew my fucking socks off. I don’t want to potentially spoil anything, so […]

Holy shit, this has me excited (despite the Nickelback). Waiting for the next season has me empathetic for fans of the Sopranos.
By the way, in case you don’t know, it’s the Best Show on TV. If your first instinct would be to laugh at anyone who would watch a show with a name like “Battlestar […]

Making some gratuitous use of embedded video:

Caught a week-old episode of Conan on the Tivo last night and really liked the musical guest, Brandi Carlile. I’m extremely jealous of her amazing voice, and I’ve got it bad for girls who rock, so she probably hooked me long before the music really started to sink in. […]

I just got back from seeing Al Gore’s new movie about global warming, An Inconvenient Truth (check out the trailer). On the way back, my roomates and I were discussing how excellent it was; the film is enormously informative and persuasive, but it is also very entertaining, which is saying a lot when you consider […]

Parts of Deus Ex: Invisible War (the sequel to one of the best games of all time- Deus Ex) take place in cities such as Seattle and Cairo, where a recurring theme is the separation between 2 worlds- the dirty, poor and in some cases toxic slum areas, and the selective, upper-class arkologies. The player […]