so the critics seem pretty divided on v for vendetta. that doesn’t tell me a whole lot. i find it much more telling that william gibson liked it.
i’m embarrassed to say i’ve not yet read the comic, but it is definitely on the ‘to read’ pile that is currently towering somewhere into the upper stratosphere.

there is a dearth of information on the subject, despite the vastness of the all mighty interweb. oh well, you’ll just have to take my word for it that this weird candy from australia is like nothing the american palate is used to eating. it’s got kind of an ‘old fashioned’ candy type of vibe. […]

i just look at this picture and get filled with a total sense of awe.
i mean, come on! it’s Mars! fucking Mars! we have rovers there and they are taking high resolution pictures from Mars! another planet! it’s just so sci-fi it doesn’t seem real sometimes.
and then i wonder, are the rovers chilly at […]

the plot thickens…
my beloved writely has now become a part of the google empire, destined to take over the world. not quite sure yet how i feel about that. hopefully it will mean that a couple of the nagging problems with the interface and formatting will be solved post haste. the beta honeymoon seems to […]

the second brightest star in the sky (although not visible in the northern hemisphere) alpha centauri is also our closest neighbor in the galaxy. it has long been speculated that this star system could possible support extraterrestrial life. not one single star, alpha centauri is actually a binary system possibly orbited by a small red […]