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- Prometheus: A flawed but thought provoking horror movie.
Last night, after some juggling of schedules, Lyssa, Laurelindel, and I went to see Prometheus , the long-awaited prequel to the Alien movies which feature the designs of
- Dope Stars Inc: Ultrawired
Last week word about the album Ultrawired from a band called Dope Stars Inc. exploded onto Twitter . DSI, as they are called (because 140 characters enforces a certain amo
- Tron: Legacy
A couple of nights ago I went to see Tron: Legacy again with Jason, and we spent much of the evening afterward discussing it, as we are wont to do. I haven't been keeping
- Restaurant review: Mad Fox Brewing Company
After Lyssa and I got her eyeglasses repaired this afternoon we wandered for a bit around Fairfax in Northern Virginia. It's been way too long since we'd gone wandering on
- Restaurant review: Middle Eastern Cuisine
A couple of weeks ago Lyssa and I got together with the House of Leaves for Bronwyn's birthday, much of which we spent at a restaurant in Takoma Park, Maryland called Midd
- Restaurant review: The Virginia Restaurant
I got up earlier than usual this morning to join Hasufin and Mika for breakfast on our day off. The restaurant we were going to visit wasn't open today (it usually isn't o
- Review: Cyberpunk by Colin Timothy Gagnon.
Yesterday afternoon while backstroking around in the Olympic-sized swimming pool of RSS feeds that is my Google Reader account I stumbled across a link in the blog Cyberpu
- Life with the HTC Hero.
A couple of weeks ago my old Treo started acting too wonky for comfort (such as refusing to hold a charge for any reasonable length of time) so I started hunting for a rep
- Pirates, pants, pets, Python, and Push.
After many months of near misses and scheduling conflicts, Kyrin finally got Lyssa and I to join him for a Friday evening at Piratz Tavern (8402 Georgia Avenue; Silver Spr
- L: Change the World
On Sunday afternoon I wrote about scoring a couple of tickets to catch the final Death Note movie, entitled L: Change the World . Having enjoyed the first two movies great
- Watchmen.
Last night after work I grabbed a couple of hours of sleep before Lyssa, Mika, Hasufin, Joe, Kash, and I threw our circadian rhythms for a permanant loop by driving to Tys
- One of the gods of goth came to Baltimore.
A couple of weeks ago, it came down the wire that Peter Murphy (best known for his work with the band Bauhaus) was on tour again and would be making a stop in Baltimore, M
- Restaurant review: Red, Hot, and Blue BBQ
Last Friday afternoon, the guys from work and I went for one of our infrequent lunch trips offsite because our PM is leaving for another project in a few weeks, and it's t
- The week, not just the weekend in review.
A couple of weeks ago, one of the trailers that was shown before the movie Iron Man was for a theatrical showing of the live-action movie based upon a popular manga and an
- Thursday on the town: The Dresden Dolls!
How about something far more cheerful in my life these days - like Lyssa, Laurelinde, and I going to see the Dresden Dolls last night? After arriving home from work yester
- State of the Time Lord: I never could stay put for very long...
I'm writing this update from Lyssa's parents' house once again - the holiday is here once again (however you happen to celebrate it), and this year we've gone back to visi
- Situation report from Austin, Texas.
Things have finally slowed down somewhat in Austin, affording me the opportunity to write a long-overdue update. Workdays have been long (averaging thirteen hours out of e
- I would've written something but there was this duck...
The past two weekends have been more or less non-stop running around so I haven't been writing about them lately. To make a long story short, Lyssa and I are fixing up the
- Restaurant review: Bennigan's Grill and Tavern
During my tenure in Maryland while on assignment, I've been given the opportunity to try the cuisine of not a few restaurants in the general area (I don't have much of a c
- Restaurant review: Rip's
Rip's Casual Dining - 3809 North Crain Highway; Bowie, MD 20716; 301-805-5901 While in the field on assignment for work this week, I'm going to be stuck eating out a lot,
- Review: Transformers
Earlier tonight, Lyssa, Jean, Jason, and myself stood in line at the local movie theatre in NOVA to see Transformers on the silver screen. Before the spoilers start, I can
- Still playing catchup: Daywatch
About two Fridays ago, Lyssa and I hopped the Metro to go toward downtown DC to a little indie movie theatre on E Street, the one theatre in the area that is showing the m
- Traipsing around New England with a camera - a visit to the Mystic Seaport.
Jean, Lyssa, and I got up early on Saturday morning to hit the highways and travel farther northward, to the Mystic Seaport on the coast of Connecticut for a day-long jaun
- I've spared you a Dresden Files post for a while.
Last night on Sci Fi was episode eight from season one of The Dresden Files , the long-awaited adaptation of the first novel, Storm Front . This was supposed to be the pil
- The weekend of recovery in review.
As I've been talking about lately (probably to the point of annoyance), I underwent my second root canal last Friday, and I've been laying low to give myself a chance to r
- Back from Pennsylvania and playing with my toys.
The down-low on Hussein's execution. My new USB audio recorder rocks all known sheep. I'm currently recording the third tape of.. who knows.. and the damage done to the ta
- A far busier week than I'd bargained for.
The past couple of nights have been busy ones, though not painfully so. Our weekly stitch-and-bitch had been moved up to Wednesday so that Elwing could join us after work,
- Snow and the premiere of The Dresden Files (review, mild spoilers).
It snowed pretty much all night last night. I made the mistake of going out again for some last minute groceries, a jaunt down the block that wound up taking a solid hour,
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