Archive for March 14th, 2011

“…not necessarily narratively coherent.”

Monday, March 14th, 2011

Today’s news from the “Spider-Man” front isn’t really news as such: Patrick Healy and Kevin Flynn in the NYT recap the troubled history of the musical.

Didn’t someone think it was a bad omen when the first producer literally had a stroke as they were about to sign the contract? (He died two days later.)

The full quote, for Lawrence:

Ms. Taymor is known for an energetic devotion to her own ideas, which tend to be visually arresting, not necessarily narratively coherent.

The timeless, changeless ways of the HouChron.

Monday, March 14th, 2011

Your annual slideshow (warning! Slideshow!) of rodeo food (warning! Slideshow!) is here.

Warning: this does include photos of the chocolate covered pickle and the pulled pork sundae. Also, did I mention that this is a slideshow?

(Wouldn’t fried beef jerky be kind of dry? Or is that the point; after eating a big plate of fried beef jerky, you really need one of those $12 beers?)

Gonzaga!

Monday, March 14th, 2011

Gonzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaga!

Now that the bracket is out, I’m once again picking Gonzaga to go all the way.

How can you not, really? Doesn’t the sound of the name stir something in your heart? Say it with me: “Gonzaga!”

Happy Pi Day, everyone!

Monday, March 14th, 2011

Sorry, the pi related content is a bit thin this year; instead of researching the state of pi, I spent most of the weekend banging on MySQL and Perl for a project I’m working on. (I expect that folks will see some of the results of that project in an upcoming “Talking GPS Blues” post.)

In the meantime, there will be pie.

Watch this space for updates.