Why is it that all of my favorite film directors start to make horrible movies in the last half of their career. What is the DEAL?
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Stimulation: The Future of Reading by James Roland Lets face it, Harry Potter is gone. No more original books by J.K. Rowling; we face a lifetime of adulthood filled with low quality fan fiction and countless encyclopedias and glossaries. We also face the fact that, without Harry Potter, the next generation will be completely illiterate. […]
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The driver turned to look at me. Then – so calmly – he smiled, lifted his right hand from the steering wheel, and made a mocking “throttle” gesture.
When he did this a few things crossed my mind . . . they were red, with horns and hooves, and they told me to do a lot of things to this guy that I can’t repeat here. I ignored them, but since there was no white angel to counter their arguments
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Superbad, Mr. Bean’s Holiday, and The Simpsons Movie by James Roland Everyone needs a good laugh, except while they’re lifting weights. Then it’s fairly dangerous, especially when you break into a fit of suppressed laughter while you are raising 120 lbs over your chest. To avoid such a scenario, do not watch Superbad the night […]
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But after a little practice, you learn to concentrate your ideas into a kind of intellectual short hand, squeezing the works of great thinkers into bite sized portions. This may seem sacrilegious, unimportant, or pathetic. But to a select few, it’s our only chance to let our inner geeks seep out through our black leather and tinted helmets.
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Maybe its envy. Or some kind of weird inferiority complex, like playground bullies pushing down smaller kids. Maybe they’re compensating. Whatever it is, the ugly little cowards can make riding an exercise in temperance.
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And yet the latent tragedy of the final cover of the final book provides such power to the story. Its finality gives the story weight and so creates a part of the magic that can be captured no other way.
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Internetiquette by James Roland When surfing the internet, it is important to wear pants whenever possible. Shorts are also acceptable, as long as they have belt loops or a sturdy cotton tie in the front. I have also discovered the importance of shaving away tri-weekly stubble from my face (a day or so of Don […]
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Conversation died as we approached it, stepping into the aura that seems to linger around the base. It’s hard to fathom that something so old and large could have no awareness of the centuries that moved around it, year by year, as it soaked water from the earth and light from the sun and turned them into living wood.
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Getting Wet by Titus Gee Most of my travel companions think I’m kind of a lunatic, I think. Usually they don’t say anything. They just give me this look, whenever we stop to rest. They stare out at the snowstorm, the beating sun or the dark of night; then they look at my grinning mug, […]
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