Author: Chuck
More on Blount, but still not stalking I swear
I just noticed from his website that Roy Blount Jr. now has a regular column in Atlanta magazine. I haven’t read it yet, but I know some readers of this blog (okay, one) also like his work, so I thought I’d pass it along.
Betcha I can tell ya where ya got them shoes
In all the hoopla over four-year-old media, I forgot to write about Feet on the Street: Rambles Around New Orleans by Roy Blount Jr. It’s always amusing to read reviews on Amazon from people who just plain don’t get it, but I can’t fault “New Orleans traveller” too much, because apparently he or she was…
SD-6
Hot on the heels of my groundbreaking review of Jurassic Park, a scoop about this hot new television programme called “The Alias!” All right, I avoided this show for as long as I could, partly because I had a feeling it would get me all sucked in, partly because I was working too much to…
Don’t Panic
The website should look different now (actually, it should look better, but I don’t want to be too optimistic), so don’t be alarmed. I’ve been messing around with WordPress themes for a while now, hence my complaints about CSS and anal-retentive web designers, and this is the result. I just noticed that it looks like…
Forty-two inches of guilt
I bought a big-ass plasma screen television. There, I said it, and it’s on the internet so I can’t take it back. It’s really, really nice, easily the nicest luxury item I’ve ever bought for myself. Either the picture is absolutely perfect, or I’m too ignorant of home theater specifications to be able to know…
It’s a UNIX system. I know this!
I found a copy of Jurassic Park for ten bucks today, so I picked it up, thinking what a great deal I’d gotten. What I’d forgotten, though, was: 1) the movie’s 12 years old at this point (it was released in 1993!), so it’s been relegated to “classics” pricing, and 2) it’s really not very…
Haughty Melodic
I listened to Haughty Melodic, Mike Doughty’s new solo album, a lot on the drive from LA back to SF, and it’s great road trip music. Turns out it’s good sitting at the computer doing nothing music, as well. There’s nothing really “astounding” about it, like there is with a Soul Coughing album, because it’s…
PowerPC and the Apocalypse
I’m only breaking my temporary blog hiatus because I got a notice saying everyone who’s got a blog website has to put up something about Apple’s move to Intel chips. It’s fair that all of us who’ve bought PowerPC-based Macs recently will be concerned that our machines will be made obselete when developers move over…
Why must you keep taking all my money?
So I’m at the Best Buy tonight; it’s going to be a quick run. I just wanted to get a pair of speakers for my computer and be done with it. (I ended up getting the Bose Companion 2 set, which were pricey but I’m starting to understand why everybody raves about Bose speakers; they’re…
Not if anything to say about it I have!
I saw Revenge of the Sith Monday night, so I guess Star Wars is officially over. And I guess it was a pretty good send-off. The theater was more crowded than you’d expect to see on a Monday night, if not as crowded as you’d expect to see on the week of a new Star…
Watch Out, This Ride Swings Wide
Okay, so it wasn’t much of a cliffhanger. I figure that there are probably a lot more trips to LA in my near future, so there’ll be plenty of time to go to Disneyland when it’s not so crowded for the 50th Anniversary, and after Space Mountain re-opens. Plus, it’s not as much fun solo.…