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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Film flashback: Born Yesterday
William Holden & Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday The highlight of my weekend was seeing a classic film I hadn’t seen before: Born Yesterday, starring Judy Holliday and William Holden. I’m not sure how I missed this one in the past. Judy Holliday is outstanding in this, coarse (check out her shouting “What?” in the …
One Too Many Mornings — new indie film, new indie film distribution strategy
Trailer for One Too Many Mornings Each year it becomes harder for an independent filmmaker (or anyone) to release a movie. Making a movie is hard; distributing it is nigh on impossible. So it’s interesting to see a filmmaker taking the simplest approach and releasing a movie straight to DVD and to web purchase and …
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Bringing Mr. Sandman back to life
The first horror movie I saw in a theater was Halloween 2. I had seen nothing as terrifying before, and it scarred my psyche. One major result was that I could no longer hear the song “Mr. Sandman,” which was featured in the movie. Previously I thought of it — if I thought of it …
There’s nothing Nietzsche couldn’t teach ‘ya ’bout the raising of the wrist
I had dinner last night with a friend visiting from out-of-town, and eventually the conversation turned, as it will, to philosophy. Which philosopher’s view is closest to yours? my friend asked. I said I can’t remember any more which philosopher said what, but that I probably agreed with the thinking of one of the guys …
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Happy (belated) birthday, David Bowie
“Queen Bitch” live, 1972 (via)
The law of small numbers
One in a billion, originally uploaded by Micah Sittig. “People’s intuitions about random sampling appear to satisfy the law of small numbers, which asserts that the law of large numbers applies to small numbers as well.” From “Belief in the Law of Small Numbers,” an article by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, quoted in Priceless: …
Those were the days
The big blogs all have theme days, and I need to get in step. I have a plan to start Tuesday Shoe Review, in which I’ll blog footwear worthy of note. I have a great pair of shoes — boots, really — that I planned to write about tonight. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring home …
This will be our year
Photo: “Hope” by kevindooley For the last few years, I’ve greeted the new year with relief … not so much a sigh of relief but more like an exhausted collapse. My go-to song for the past few New Year’s Eves and New Year’s Days has been “What a Year for a New Year,” by Dan …