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The Supernatural vs. the Supersensible: ‘Bones’ and “The Pathos in the Pathogens”

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Steve

No crime scene this week, no body dump … we begin with biohazard containment. A blogger has been killed by an unknown pathogen and dumped in a pile of veterinary waste. Her fiance, a source in the pharmaceutical industry, and … Continue reading →

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[XF/M] S3E10 & S6E10: “Borrowed Time” and “Tithonus”

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Steve

Monday we took in the latest episode of ‘Mad Men’ (a men-vs-women episode featuring ketchup, a swinging couple married 18 years, and Harry being his terrible self) as well as our normal rotation of ‘Millennium’ and ‘The X-Files’.

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Exorcise your Prophecies … three bad movies for the price of one!

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Steve

Ms. S. and I are both completists in a way. Once we start, we can’t stop. If there is a movie series and we begin it, we commit to it … of course, there are exceptions. This is just a … Continue reading →

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The Ebertvaganza Continues: “Cries and Whispers”

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Steve

After a couple American films (“Five Easy Pieces”, “The Last Picture Show”, “The Godfather”), we returned Sunday afternoon to Europe and got the first of two back-to-back Bergman movies, “Cries and Whispers” (1972; Ebert’s top movie for 1973). I’ll keep … Continue reading →

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Q: Who invented integration by parts?

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Steve

A: Brook Taylor. Online a friend inquired, “Do you know who invented integration by parts?” Off the top of my head I did not. Did I ever? I was not sure. Did I have suspicions? Sort of.

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“Don’t Cry Over Spelt Milk”

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Steve

Most of the people who have committed “spelt milk” to the IntarWebs have done so intending to write “spilled milk”. Some have, it seems, meant “spelt” as an alternative to “spelled” and intended a pun, the purpose of which currently … Continue reading →

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Independent Mediocrity: When it’s not The Man keeping us down.

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Steve

I love Mike D’Angelo’s review of “Future Weather“, which he gave a ‘B-‘ over at The A.V. Club. Love is, of course, an exaggeration, and it’s a shame that it is. Perhaps not in this case, but so frequently. That … Continue reading →

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Genre and Gender: Metal Version

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Steve

The other day the A.V. Club (in the guise of Jason Heller) posted “Black Sabbath, Dust, and the myth of the ‘metallectual’” in response to an ill-conceived and condescending WSJ article/post. Buried in the comments user ‘username too long’ submitted … Continue reading →

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Dinner: Quick, Dirty, and Delicious

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Steve

‘Top Chef Canada’ is back and we’re watching it; it was also our dinner time, and I decided to try something new (to me): oysters.

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Good: Escher and Blog … an Infernal Golden Opportunity, or: Welcome to the Wonderful World of High Technology

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Steve

The blog post is titled “3D Print the Impossible! Turning Escher Drawings into Read 3D Models“. As the first paragraphs states, “The researchers […] have used their own Objet 3D printer to re-create the impossible Escher Drawings as real, tangible … Continue reading →

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