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On Monday I published the post titled “The”¦A Great American Novel,” and in that post I noted the impossibility and futility in attempting to discover “the” great American novel, and instead proposed that as readers we should strive to find “a” great American novel in respect to time and place. I then composed a very […]

links for 2006-03-29 Optimus Prime 3D Animation- via YouTube See? This is why movies need to stop relying on special effects and turn their attention to quality direction, stories, and acting. If some schmo on the internet can create video this impressive then effects driven movies are doomed. Heat Vision and Jack- via YouTube A […]

I just checked my link dump queue and it appears that most of the things I had tagged were silly videos. I guess that’s good or bad, depending on what you expect from this blog. So anyway, enjoy, and if you’d rather the link dumps be comprised of something different let me know.

I’d like to solicit some advice and recommendations from my lovely readers. In two weeks Leigh and I will begin a three week vacation to Europe. We’re visiting London, Venice, Florence, Rome, Athens, and Delphi. If any of my readers would like to share travel tips, restaurant recommendations, decent theaters, free wi-fi hotspots, or anything […]

You ever see something you wish you hadn’t? And later on you became haunted by the image that seemingly burned into your consciousness and kept pushing itself to the forefront of your brain? Maybe a picture of yourself with an ex, a dead dog on the side of the road, or a half-eaten bug in […]

links for 2006-03-28 Spending Measure Not a Law, Suit Says- via Washington Post It’s good ta be da king! Self Cooling Beer Can Something to ask Santa for come Christmas time. Spring break at Wal-Mart Skyler Bartels spent three whole days never leaving Wal-Mart. He wanted to see if the employees at the 24-hour store […]

links for 2006-03-27 Senate hearing set on move to censure Bush – Yahoo! News Cheney said “The American people have already made their decision. They agree with the president” in regards to the secret wiretapping. Did Bush or Cheney call you and ask about your thoughts on wiretapping? I know I didn’t receive a call. […]

“But the Great American Novel–the picture of the ordinary emotions and manners of American existence–the American “Newcomes” or “Miserables” will, we suppose, be possible earlier.”Is it time?” the benighted people in the earthen jars or commonplace life are asking. And with no intention of being disagreeable, but rather with sympathetic sorrow, we answer, “Wait.” At […]

I’m a little uneasy about how reliant I’ve become on high speed internet access. I’m reasonably sure there are many people out in cyberspace who spend far more time in the binary ether than I do, but I’m not a lemming, and the fact that I have a callous on my mouse hand worries me. […]

links for 2006-03-25 Literature-Map – The tourist map of literature Type in an author’s name and the page generates names of other authors who wrote similarly. It’s kinda neat, but if you type in “John Grisham” Tolkien’s name appears in the list of similar authors. Funny, I never made that connection. Randy Quaid Sues Over […]