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An Experiment in Being Human: Logo Tweets Must Die!

To paraphrase Jon Stewart, “be an eff-ing person!”
He said it in relation to the GM executives who were closing decades-old car dealerships via form letter. But it really stuck with me and has become a kind of life mantra. If you’re unsure of what to say or how to react in a situation, just be [...]

August 13th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: higher education | Comments (2)

Blogs in the Age of Twitter

What happens to a blog when its creator moves on down the road to Twitter?
In a time of such interesting and important issues — energy policy, overseas reform movements, Project Runway leaving Bravo for Lifetime — this is hardly the most earth-shattering of questions. But as the increasingly scattershot nature of my blog updates suggests, [...]

June 21st, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: administrivia | Comments (4)

Capsule Movie Reviews

Alice in Wonderland
Pittsford Plaza 03.05.10
The word I left the theater with was "boring." Johhny Depp is a marvel, but there was little else there besides a handful of amazing visuals that I'd love to have as posters on my wall, but not as a 108-minute movie.

Edge of Darkness
Pittsford Plaza 02.03.10
Mel Gibson does a good angry face, but the British TV series this was based on was sooooo much better.

Crazy Heart
Pittsford Plaza 01.22.10
Loved the music, loved Jeff Bridges. But I'm sorry, Maggie Gyllenhaal nearly ruined it for me. Is it too much to ask the Bridges' character might fall for someone in, I don't know, maybe her *thirties* or something?

Sherlock Holmes
Pittsford Plaza 01.14.10
Completely ridiculous but oddly endearing. Sorta like Robert Downey Jr.

Up in the Air
Pittsford Plaza 01.01.10
Fantastic. So simple, so small, but kinda perfect. And very on point with the current economic situation.

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Pittsford Plaza 12.20.09
The day a filmmaker with an actual story to tell ("unobtanium?!" hilarious.) gets his or hands and this amazing visual technology, that will be something.

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