Kakushi toride no san akunin (1958) – I TiVo’d “The Hidden Fortress”, which is a Japanese film from 1958 by the famous director Akira Kurosawa. I finally finished watching the thing last night. I’d read for years that this was, in some way, the inspiration for “Star Wars”. But having seen “Star Wars” enough times… Continue reading Untitled

Casa Playa del Caribe, vacation rental house, South Akumal, Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico, LocoGringo.Com – Here’s where we’re spending the week of Thanksgiving this year. Thanks, Mom!

Words on the Left – Every heard of the Blue Man Group? I think they had something to do with this.

TOMPAINE.com – The First Lie – Here’s an interesting little editorial from a lawyer about how the United States Constitution gives the power to declare war only to the Congress. The author tries to make the point that the resolution Congress voted for in October 2002 is unconstitutional – that was the resolution giving the… Continue reading Untitled

MoveOn.org: Democracy in Action – Here’s the TV ad that won the “Bush in 30 Seconds” contest. CBS is refusing to air it, though, saying it’s too controversial. What do you think?

Westword | westword.com | News : Calhoun – The Apes of Wrath: It takes a village to raze a Chinese restaurant, By Patricia Calhoun – King’s Land is where we go for dim sum.

Wow, it’s already the 12th and this is my first blog entry of 2004. It’s Monday night and Beth and I just got back from a 4 day weekend in Washington, D.C. We went there to visit our friend Sybil and do some sightseeing. We went to the Holocaust Memorial Museum on Saturday and the… Continue reading Untitled

“One chord is fine. Two chords is pushing it. Three chords, and you’re into jazz.” – Lou Reed

Since I’ve been using my Midiman Radium-61 MIDI controller keyboard exclusively these days, I’ve found a lot of things I with they’d designed better. A week or two ago, I was inches away from just giving up on the thing and buying a different keyboard. So I spent a lot of time reading reviews and… Continue reading Untitled

I just finished watched the 2nd of the two-part “miniseries” of Battlestar Galactica. This is a brand new one, featuring Edward James Olmos as Commander Adama. It was produced for the SciFi Channel, where it was first presented last week. I really enjoyed both two hour episodes, even though they didn’t really wrap anything up.… Continue reading Untitled