Random Access

Wednesday – 15 Oct 2008
I finished reading Watchmen last night. I enjoyed it. It’s a great alternative take on the Cold War. It will be interesting to see how well – and how much – they were able to adapt for the film version.

SaraRules came over for a bit last night. We started watching The DaVinci Code; we got about halfway through it. I have seen it before; she hadn’t. She started getting tired, so we decided to stop the movie for the night. After she left, I watched a little bit of The Late Show and The Late Late Show before calling it a relatively early night.

Stray Toasters

• Every once in a while, you wind up stumbling across something that makes you go,”Wow… I dodged a bullet there…” I had one of those this morning. It was “I Feel Better Than James Brown” great.
• SaraRules pointed out a couple of interesting items:
  • Photo project gives voice to ‘backbone of America’
  • Cheadle replaces Howard in Iron Man sequel
• From Fafblog – Barack Obama: Black?
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• Comic Book Characters Grouped by Religious Affiliation
  Some of the affiliations are rather… loose. For example: Neil Gaiman’s Death? (Yes, that one…) She’s Mormon. Who knew?!
• Christina Applegate: Why I got a double mastectomy
• I’m still stunned by the Don Cheadle news. As much as I like Terence Howard, I think that Don Cheadle will add a little harder edge to the character of James Rhodes. And if they go the War Machine route… even better.
• Blog of funny newspaper clippings
• By way of NPR Music:
  • West Coast Cool: The Jazz Sound of ’50s California
  • Songs for a Drab and Unfulfilling Existence
  • 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die
• I like this illustration, by Harris O’Malley

  

  In case you can’t make it out, the book is Demon Summoning for Dummies

• Ezekiel 25:17… as translated by Quentin Tarantino
• Snake-proof baby crib from the 1900s

Quote of the Day
has been sharing the wisdom of Lao Tzu on Wednesdays. Today’s entry:

Namaste.