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Mike

A monster? With teeth and paws?

About Me

aspiring polymath

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Charles Spurgeon and Luke Skywalker

My Blog

John Adams: a mid-way review

As of late I have had the opportunity to trek through the highly-acclaimed HBO miniseries, John Adams, with AP (kudos to Netflix for making it so readily available to us). We're just under half way th...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:06:00 GMT

China Earthquake

On May 12, an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale struck the Sichuan province in southwestern China, killing and injuring thousands of people. Natural disasters are a reality in this world, ...
Posted by on Thu, 15 May 2008 19:18:00 GMT

Be Dazzled or Beware....but not much else.

I read a recent article online (see link below), which notes several big budget films thatin the eyes of the writerpromised a lot of punch but ended up being pretty disappointing. It was very frank ...
Posted by on Mon, 12 May 2008 06:02:00 GMT

Trade what?

An online news headline caught my eye today that quickly piqued my curiosity:U.S trade body to probe Sony Blu-RayHow intriguing! Unfortunately, the article did not make a single mention of a corpse, n...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:35:00 GMT

Franks

After enjoying a delicious homemade egg and cheese sandwich this morning, I'm beginning to wonder if there's any food that Frank's RedHot® doesn't make twice as tasty! I would suppose probably not cak...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:14:00 GMT

Top Picks of 2007

Because one person demanded it!All of these selections were released in 2007. No big surprises this year.Potentially good records that I haven't heard yet: Rivers Cuomo - Alone, and that new Jason Upt...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:30:00 GMT

Kagoshima Bay

I can neither stop listening to nor stop talking about this one-man band from Denmark that goes by the name Kagoshima Bay, so I shall resort to blogging about it and let the music do the talking. This...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:21:00 GMT

Tired

Not much of a blog post for today. I'm tired by/of several things lately (including complaining, and I shall refrain from doing so). I heard a line from a song by Jason Upton today that I really like:...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:37:00 GMT

In Rainbows

Radiohead has done it again. What a great album; best I've ever purchased for 1 quid!Being particularly immersed in the field of graphic communication, I have to admit that waiting to see what their a...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:30:00 GMT

AP Article Reveals Plummet in Quality New Reporting. Countless Number of Potential Victims

AS recently sent me an Associated Press article posted at CNN.com with the following headline:Ryan Adams has meltdown at concert (http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/28/people.ryanadam s.ap/index....
Posted by on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:19:00 GMT