August 31st, 2003
Groonkly Bit
He who loses money, loses much;
He who loses a friend, loses more;
He who loses faith, loses all.
-an irish blessing
August 30th, 2003
Ask a Filmmaker
I learn something new every week:
Welcome to “Ask a Filmmaker,” a weekly IMDb column devoted to your questions and concerns about the filmmaking process. Joining us as guest columnists are screenwriter John August (Go, Charlie’s Angels), director Penelope Spheeris (The Decline of Western Civilization, Wayne’s World) and cinematographer Oliver Stapleton (My Beautiful Laundrette, The Cider House Rules, The Shipping News). …tune in each week to see what the pros have to say.
August 29th, 2003
Not a dog, a god
Just a small snippet of Opener of the Ways, my new favorite short story by Richard Kadrey.
“Why is it always seven?” Margaret asked. “Seven deadly sins. Seven virtues. Seven pillars of wisdom. Seven lines on a grave to erase the sins of the dead.”
“Seven segments of a rainbow,” said Anubis, in a clear very un-doglike voice. “Seven souls.”
“Is that why? Because we have seven souls?”
“Perhaps. Four parts of mortals are connected to Earth, three to Heaven. If you add up the numbers one through seven, you get twenty-eight, the same number as the cycle of the moon. Of course, it could be simpler. It could be that everyone in the universe hates six, so the gods just rounded up one.”
Follow the link to read the entire story. And check out the many other authors on The Infinite Matrix
August 29th, 2003
Amen
“A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” – Thomas Mann
August 29th, 2003
The State dvd!
THE STATE MTV SHOW
has never been rerun or released on video (aside from the “Skits and Stickers” compilation). MTV is currently developing a new State DVD.
August 28th, 2003
Dragon*Con
Nathan is going to be a guest at Dragon*Con.
Nathan Hanish is lead client developer for Wish for Mutable Realms Inc. (www.mutablerealms.com), the world’s first Ultra Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, sporting the ability to support simultaneously tens of thousands of players in a single seamless world. An Alpha version of Wish was shown at E3 in May to great response, and goes Beta with 5-10 thousand users this December with plans to ship late next year. He is currently finishing up a Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Be nice to him or he will slay you with his sarcastic wit.
August 27th, 2003
Take something back
Donated by MedicMike:
Some Things I Wanted To Say To You
Tell your lovers
the world robs us in so many ways
that a caress is your way
of taking something back
-Stephen Dunn
August 27th, 2003
Still quizzin'
If it’s good enough for Impending Distractions and Canadian Invasion… then it’s good enough for me:
You’re a CASUAL AIM-ER! Congrats, you’re
normal…or you’re pretending to be.
What kind of AIM-er are you?
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August 27th, 2003
Info Please
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August 27th, 2003
#3 fits my mood today
dour \DOO-uhr; DOW-uhr\, adjective:
1. Harsh; stern.
2. Unyielding; inflexible; obstinate.
3. Marked by ill humor; gloomy; sullen.
Dour probably comes from Latin durus, “hard, stern, severe.”
