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Brent gets desperate

how to impress chicks?

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Framestore CFC Press Release

noitulovE, a quick recap (in reverse) of the last few hundred million years of life; gorgeous animation (Quicktime). Cited in povray.off-topic by Gilles Tran.

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“Joss Whedon is my master now”

Naturally, Serenity rawks. I’ll have to see it again with fewer noisy fans to drown out the jokes!

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medical waste

Because of Hugh Laurie, I watched the first episode of House, M.D., and that was enough: if the premiere is so formulaic (mysterious and scary illness, misdiagnosis, misdiagnosis, affirmation of the value of human life, intuitive leap, happy ending) there’s … Continue reading

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AFF’s Brainwash :: Freedom and Firefly

At Brainwash, Sara Hinson analyzes the frontier ethic represented by Mal Reynolds of Firefly. (Only 33 days to go!)

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cinema 1964

As I may have mentioned before, I arrange my Netflix queue mostly by date. Since I caught up to my own birth, the number of movies per year has grown sharply, so this may be my longest post yet.

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QotD

“I think the world has been run long enough by well-meaning professionals. We might give the amateurs a chance now.” —Carol Fisher in Hitchcock’s Foreign Correspondent (1940)

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