tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19504792007-09-05T14:44:34.468-04:00RoblogRob MacDBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-101473692002-02-26T11:37:00.000-05:002002-02-26T11:37:06.896-05:00Less posts, more content.Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-83238212002-01-01T15:31:00.000-05:002002-01-01T15:31:20.430-05:00And a happy new year.Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-81675502001-12-24T13:44:00.000-05:002001-12-24T13:44:11.416-05:00Merry Christmas to all.Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-77155922001-12-06T22:21:00.000-05:002001-12-06T22:21:18.476-05:00Working like crazy. Goal is to finish the current chapter before the holidays.Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-75476082001-11-30T22:23:00.000-05:002001-12-02T21:57:27.000-05:00Attempts to organize the Sorrento Street posse tonight crashed and burned (I miss those guys!—resolve to make time next weekend). But Lisa and I had a very nice dinner out followed by two eps of The Sopranos. Some figure skating deal was on when the tape ended. Not genuine Olympic skating: just The 1/3rd Annual Oil of Olay / Carvel Ice Cream Superstar Spectacular or something like that. Lisa Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-74292832001-11-26T22:22:00.000-05:002001-11-26T22:22:27.740-05:00Game ideas?Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-74221002001-11-26T17:44:00.000-05:002001-11-26T17:44:40.106-05:00CIA Jumble.Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-74013472001-11-25T23:07:00.000-05:002001-11-25T23:07:55.750-05:00The fifties remain the haunted house of the American century.
—Greil MarcusRob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-73988992001-11-25T21:22:00.000-05:002001-11-25T21:22:45.360-05:00Thanksgiving.Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-72736162001-11-20T15:11:00.000-05:002001-12-02T21:59:43.000-05:00Number 2: We want information. INFORMATION.
Number 6: You won’t get it.
Number 2: By hook or by crook… we will.
—The Prisoner
I just read a review article in Nineteenth Century Studies—yes, there is such a journal, and yes, I do read it from time to time—saying that the Next Big Thing in the historical field might be “the history of information.” As in, what did various historical figures Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-72171452001-11-18T13:03:00.000-05:002001-11-18T13:03:31.000-05:00Monday the new Thursday. Wine club.Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-72010432001-11-17T17:00:00.000-05:002001-11-17T17:00:23.483-05:00More.Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-71611112001-11-15T22:39:00.000-05:002001-11-15T22:39:18.080-05:00Corporate entities. Leviathan?Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-71350812001-11-14T23:33:00.000-05:002001-11-14T23:33:00.733-05:00Solresol.Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-70886622001-11-13T10:22:00.000-05:002001-11-13T10:22:02.656-05:00Chrrrr.Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-70455102001-11-11T19:43:00.000-05:002001-11-11T19:43:36.546-05:00Remembrance DayRob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-70402142001-11-11T15:24:00.000-05:002001-11-11T15:24:15.310-05:00Happy anniversary.Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-69965492001-11-09T14:10:00.000-05:002001-11-09T14:10:51.326-05:00Red Madness.
Sloan on obsolescence: We will make our fortunes ... not on the satisfaction but on the dissatisfaction of the customer.Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-69314962001-11-07T00:19:00.000-05:002001-11-07T00:19:57.473-05:00Poor little car.Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-69204442001-11-06T16:43:00.000-05:002002-02-26T14:57:39.000-05:00Spizzwinks and Alley Cats
I enjoyed the book Joe College, by Tom Perotta, though it didn't take me much longer to read than it will to watch the movie. The blurb on the back calls Perotta (also the author of Election) “the American Nick Hornby,” which is a pretty fair description of the book's breezy Bridget-Jones-for-boys-style. Perotta's observations on college life—dorm food, erasable messageRob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-69091802001-11-06T08:09:00.000-05:002001-11-06T08:09:09.650-05:00Police report.
Joe College.
Werewolves in their Youth.
Murakami article.
Food & Books. Crisis in Candyland.Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-68720692001-11-04T23:31:00.000-05:002007-08-31T10:39:48.855-04:00Grand Theft Auto
Friday night L & I did dinner and a movie with Dan & MA. Dan and I have been friends for years, but somehow in the last two weeks it's like Lisa & Mary-Ann have lapped our friendship. The girls organized the dinner, the girls chose the movie, and when we all met up on on the Boston Common the girls were a matched set in their hip new leather jackets.
At dinner, we talked about Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-68030582001-11-01T23:07:00.000-05:002001-11-04T23:32:49.000-05:00When a man is tired of Nazi she-devils, he is tired of life.
—Samuel Johnson
So tonight was supposed to be the slam-bang climax to my Adventure! game. (Well, last Thursday was really supposed to have been the slam-bang climax, but that's another story.) But this week, for the very first time, I wasn't excited about playing. Five Wednesdays in a row, I've gone to sleep dreaming about robot Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-67580342001-10-31T09:48:00.000-05:002001-11-04T23:52:32.000-05:00Jere's game.
Happy Halloween.
Halloweenlinks from Mr. Pants.
All these require sound.Rob MacDtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950479.post-67061042001-10-29T14:07:00.000-05:002002-02-26T14:38:46.000-05:00Oh heck, I'm two weeks behind on synopsizing my Adventure! game. In loyal service to my future psychobiographers, I present:
The Red Madness, Episode III: Death Cults of Mars!
I continued stealing blatantly from The Maltese Falcon (with Einstein's Brain as the Falcon), Star Wars ("I find your lack of faith disturbing."), The X-Files (the SS agents on the zeppelin were named Mueller and SculliRob MacD