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Schadenfreude

| December 16, 2005

There is a song in Avenue Q called Schadenfreude. Schadenfreude according to the dictionary means pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others. It literarily translated into English as damaged joy. The explanation in the song is that you feel better about yourself and situation if you see that others are worse off than you. I […]

King Kong a review

| December 15, 2005

Peter Jackson’s King Kong runs over 3 hours and I never noticed it. Mr. Jackson sure has pace down to a fine art. Good film with a solid cast and sfx. It does need to be seen on a large screen since there is a scope to this film that will not translate to a […]

Fog, Ape, and Puzzles

| December 14, 2005

One of those mornings that it is hard to put two thoughts together much less an entry on the web log. I took Nyquil last night and had the weirdest dreams. I awoke with a major case of fuzzy brain. I woke up because I heard Caroline calling to me over the baby monitor with […]

Lung Crud

| December 13, 2005

I am against the death penalty. I believe we should lock them up in a room with photos and home videos of those people they killed and make them write letters to the dead and the living. But I will give Ar-nuld some credit for balls for giving his reason for not sparing Tookie. He […]

Saw “Aeon Flux” yesterday

| December 12, 2005

Peter and I found the time to go see “Aeon Flux” yesterday. He hadn’t seen any of the cartoon and I had seen the first season on MTV oh so many years ago on Liquid TV. Mike Judge got his start on TV there with a short called “Bevis and Bûŧŧhëád” along with a lot […]