Entries from October 2003

Wait. Wait. Wait. RUNRUNRUN! Wait.

Date October 27, 2003

Hey you. This is a online gaming post. There’s some political stuff below and also a movie review. If you’re not into gaming, move along. Nothing to see here.
OK, now it’s just us geeks.
All apologies to “Patience”:http://www.thudfactor.com/archives/003251.php, but I have lost mine with Star Wars Galaxies. Especially after I read NeenerNeener.net’s Top Ten (or So) [...] Read more »

Lost in Translation

Date October 27, 2003

Sarah and I broke with tradition yesterday and went to see a movie that wasn’t fantasy or science-fiction. We saw Lost in Translation because it’s been getting such good reviews.
And I had so much to say about this film afterwards I broke with another tradition and “reviewed it before it arrived on DVD”:http://reviews.thudfactor.com/review.php?rec=89. Of course, [...] Read more »

The Republican Strategem

Date October 25, 2003

An interesting thing in the Post today: they’re reporting that Republicans want to “make gay marriage an election issue”:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14193-2003Oct24.html. In fact, they want to push for a anti-gay amendment to the Constitution.
Now, the Reps are always saying the Dems are too far left of mainstream (where mainstream is defined as “Rush Limbaugh” I assume). But [...] Read more »

Move reviews!

Date October 25, 2003

You know things are bad when *I* don’t even notice when my sites change. New on the Anvil & Sprocket Movie Review:
* “Spirited Away”:http://reviews.thudfactor.com/review.php?rec=87
* “Feardotcom”:http://reviews.thudfactor.com/review.php?rec=88
Both by the ever-prolific Glen. Read more »

New blogroll.

Date October 23, 2003

Just before I took an unannounced blog vacation, I deleted a number of sites from my blogroll with the intent of moving them further up the foodchain. Then I promptly forgot to do the re-adding. I owe all these people an apology, whether they noticed it or not.
The top blogroll, called “Keep Your Friends [...] Read more »