Entries from July 2004

Art Geek

Date July 22, 2004

Hey, folks. I have this really killer new piece I did the other day, inspired by one of my 600 Seconds entries. I can’t hardly wait to show it to you, but it will take awhile. We are now starting hour 23 of the rendering…
In the meantime, however, a Poser tutorial of mine was just [...] Read more »

Music I Hate

Date July 22, 2004

Jess’s
discussion of an old mix tape got me thinking about music I hate. You know, because someone mentioned Paula Cole.
You know what I really really hate? It’s not rap, or country, or glam-rock, or even Britney Spears pop. Those are all fine in their time and place. What I really hate on a visceral, [...] Read more »

Experience Matters

Date July 22, 2004

I’m reading an analysis of poll results at
Donkey Rising and what they mean for the presidential election in November because, let’s face it, I need the reassurance. Although they’re not willing to say the election is wrapped up yet, they do say that
poll numbers don’t look good for Bush.
In the comments to [...] Read more »

But he’s our criminal

Date July 20, 2004

I see we fought a war to replace an anti-American Saddam with a “pro-American Saddam”:http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_10376.shtml. Score one for democracy there. I guess it’s not surprising, as our President — who has consistently proven that he views the Bill of Rights as an impediment rather than the closest thing secular government can have to holy writ [...] Read more »

Small Lives

Date July 19, 2004

I don’t mention it much on this weblog, but my wife and I keep freshwater fish. Yesterday I went to a chain pet store and bought a couple of
African dwarf frogs to keep the two I already have company. Today, one of the new ones died. It’s no surprise to me. The tank they [...] Read more »