Adumbration

The discussion from the first of these is from a very different business perspective;  I had previously seen Johanna Blakeley give a TED talk.  See also my fb posts from 4/18/2010 at 9:03 am for more on this. Fashion and Intellectual Property (6/14/20… more »

Groundhog Day has a couple points going for it out of the box - Bill Murray and Harold Ramis most importantly.  But Andi MacDowell is sincere and the rest of the ensemble cast give heartfelt and amusing performances.  Plus, the story is one for the ages. more »

I watch more college football than the (formally) professional variety, so found myself reviewing the 2011-12 bowl schedule, which this season extends from the "Gildan New Mexico" to the "Allstate BCS National Championship Game". Between those limits, t… more »

Of possible interest to my musician friends The Music Industry and the Internet (3/22/21010) - Steve Meyer, music industry veteran and publisher of the Disc and Dat Newsletter, talks about the evolution of the music industry and the impact of the digi… more »

It is "Monkey Business", or maybe "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer", that has Cary Grant perform the following exchange with some stuffed shirt grup: "You remind me of the man" "What man?" "The man with the power" "What power?" "The power of hoodoo" "… more »

I (again) largely agree with Bill's review of the final LotR film.  I'd give it a B overall; a good execution, but the departures from the book were at times incomprehensible, especially in as much as they diminish the humanity of some of the major char… more »

No one should miss the James Turrell exhibit at the Henry Art Gallery more »

While 5 AM isn't much earlier than I normally get up during the week, it is a few hours before I normally arise on Sundays.  But I awoke with a start nonetheless, knowing in an hour I needed to be at the meeting place in Tukwila.  So I got dressed and f… more »

Life and Debt (2001), Stephanie Black, Director - there are other factors effecting the island economy, and what the film failed to address was even the existence more »