Monday, March 16, 2009
The new NBC drama Kings premiered last night, and it’s an intriguing show to me. The basic storyline is taken from the Bible’s account of the rise of David and the kings of Israel. Though many details have (understandably) been updated and changed, there is still a remarkable amount of content and a number of [...]
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
So during the Super Bowl on Sunday, Denny’s (the restaurant) advertises that on Tuesday from 6am-2pm, they will serve free Grand Slams throughout the US. So four of us cheapskates met on Tuesday at 6am (you guys are my friends – it’s one of the very few reasons I’ll be up at 5:25am) and were [...]
Sunday, January 4, 2009
I’ve always been fascinated by video. “Moving pictures” tell stories in ways that no other medium can. I’ve also always been fascinated by stop-motion animation. Maybe it’s because of all the cartoons I watched growing up, or interest in kids’ flip books. And over the last few days I’ve been thinking about how those two things are related, and thus why I’m interested in both art forms.