Chinatown, if you give it a chance, can raise a lot of questions (and not just questions about corruption and incest). Founded roughly in the mid-to-late 1800s, the historic Chinese quarters of modern urbania were born from the ranks of discrimination, self-segregation and survival. As the years passed and industrialized nations began to construct our [...]
Like most delusional minds, I’ve always prided myself in my understanding of reality, especially when reality concerns itself with the edible parts of a wonderful, magical animal. I was therefore puzzled to learn that, apparently, bacon is a fad. As a man who pays more mental rent on Doug than on the rippling fabric of [...]
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The interactive portion of South by Southwest is over. Being able to actually attend panels and talk to other bloggers this year has given me a healthy dose of perspective on my own blog and made me think about what it is I’m really doing with this project. It’s been a [...]
I’m headed once again to South by Southwest, where Ice Cream Man and I will be giving away ice cream throughout the week and engaging in fine Texas dining during our off-hours (ie: breakfast tacos, bbq and chicken fried everything).
We’ll also have 6,000 copies of Ice Cream Man’s annual free magazine, Off the Wookie (sic), [...]
It’s official: As of today, I am a “Dictator” on Citysearch’s new site, 3 Buck Bites. Each month I’ll be contributing four to five of my own favorite “$3.99 or under” spotlights while helping select which submissions from the public make it to the front page of the site. It’s a good fit for my [...]
When Jon Osterman becomes the being known as Dr. Manhattan, his consciousness begins to leave the realm of humanity. Watchmen, set 26 years after this transformation, documents the peak of his alienation from his own race and the eventual peace he makes with the civilization that spawned him. My goal in reviving Dr. Manhattan in [...]
I first picked up Watchmen on a rainy afternoon in London. On my own and out of cash, I walked through the doors of Forbidden Planet, found myself an unoccupied patch of carpet in the store’s basement and read the much acclaimed graphic novel from cover to cover, realizing by the end of it that [...]
