23 February 2009

Reluctantly

But it has to be done.

So many of the homeschool Latin textbooks have some major flaw or another. I might as well try and produce my own flawed entry.

Luckily the consortium of homeschoolers I work with feel their current Latin text is the best of a bad lot, so they’re game to pilot what I can come up with.

22 February 2009

How to have a 43T meetup in Chicago on Feb 22, 2009

"It's always cool to meet 43ers."


How I did it: Make sure to join the team, otherwise it will be hard to make sure you know when and where to go. Once there, be yourself. 43ers are friendly and fun.


Lessons & tips: Pay attention to street signs so you don't walk past the Star of Siam.


Resources: Green tea ice cream. Much better than I thought it would be, but then I didn't know what it would be like.


It took me 6 weeks.


It made me Happy.

13 February 2009

A story about "The Battle of Algiers - Criterion Collection"

by Gillo Pontecorvo

Wow. This is amazing. I kept hearing about the Battle of Algiers now and again over the course of my movie watching career (and it is a career), but I had never seen it.

It’s amazing. The movie plays itself out almost like a documentary. Though filmed a few years after the events depicted, it seems far more vivid. I suspect part of it is the black and white, which I love more and more. The filming and action make the movie feel like it was made more recently than it actually was.

If you even sort of like spy-genre movies, this is an amazing trip that takes off for two hours and doesn’t let go. Best part: based on actual events.

04 January 2009

A story about "The Stars My Destination"

by Alfred Bester

Despite being quite old in a genre that ages about as well as a computer, this novel reads like it was written yesterday. It’s fast and sucks you in.

It made me want to be able to jaunte.

30 December 2008

Roland Burris

He’s got one enormous problem as US Senator: he’s not me.

16 December 2008

What I imagine Green Line to be like

I’m not sure. The portion of the Green Line south of 35th/Bronzeville/IIT teases me. I keep getting to Bronzeville and getting off the train. Why? Why can I not go the rest of the way? What obstacles are in front of me?

The last time I went to Rockford MetroCentre

They called it the big orange box.

Accurate if nothing.