December 2009
2012 review
2012 was what I’ve been known to call a “five star three star movie”. It’s a film that wasn’t aiming to be five stars… it knew that not every movie could be great… but it did such a stellar job of manifesting its mediocrity that it is a truly exemplary three star movie.
The plot is predictable, insipid, and friendly; the actors, notably Cusack and...
Science is the fourth testament
I just made prickly pear sorbet from scratch!
The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) - Wikipedia,... →
Wow, the French are so cool. Their version, ‘La foi de la loi’ goes “a good stuffing without bones, two breasts of veal, three joints of beef, four pigs’ trotters, five legs of mutton, six partridges with cabbage, seven spitted rabbits, eight plates of salad, nine dishes for a chapter of canons, ten full casks, eleven beautiful full-breasted maidens, and twelve musketeers...
Dynalifter Floats Like a Butterfly, Lands Like a... →
An aircraft that combines massive freight capacity, high efficiency and low cost is taking shape in a hangar outside Toledo, Ohio, and could be airborne next year.
Yum!
Heading to h.wood
omg ‘prep & landing’ is adorable, a new classic
doing shots of Jaeger between loads of laundry before walking to the bar next door; free xmas drinks for neighborhood folks
Super-Soma, Stony Brook University →
This might be a workable quickie project for Burning Man 2010. 27 boxes (maybe 30 to have spares) and a few rolls of tape won’t take up much room in the caddy, maybe strap them on top, and I can leave them in a fire. Maybe put a sandbag, like a pound or two in each so they don’t blow away. Maybe silk screen a design on them beforehand? 30 * 6 = 180 screenings… (Yeah, I know...