It’s Rick Weber (aka Lord Percival Degage from King Richard’s Faire)!
If It Upsets You, THAT’S GOOD
There is no commentary I could add to this.
Too Plugged In
There really is such a thing: Please Rob Me.
I find it amazing that people don’t see the places where their online behavior may turn out to be detrimental to their real lives.
Is Amazon the New Wal-Mart?
I’ve been reading about this gawdawful mess on writers’ blogs and on AW all weekend. And I agree with Scott Westerfeld and a lot of other folks that the point where Amazon went too far was when they delisted EVERY Macmillan title from their site, paper or electronic, as a tactic to pressure the publisher into agreeing to their terms.
What I haven’t heard anyone say yet (and I’ll admit to not following every single crosslink in this wide-ranging discussion) is that this sounds an awful lot like the business practices that Wal-Mart has been notorious for using in the past. I hate Wal-Mart with the same sort of passion with which I hate the big tobacco, oil, and insurance companies.
And Amazon has now distinguished itself enough to join them.
A Little End of the Week Sadness
My favorite busker is going home to Mexico. After today, there will be no more pretty flute music in the North Station T-stop on Thursday and Friday mornings. Not to mention a warm smile and a bit of friendly conversation. *sigh*
Hayek vs. Keynes
I truly never even considered the possibility that someone would ever make a rap video about economics.
It’s brilliant. Go watch it.
Appalled
Massachusetts, the cradle of liberty, just elected Scott Brown to the US Senate. WTF?
Yay, Portugal!
Yesterday, the Portuguese Parliament approved gay marriage!
A Convention for Every Fandom
I find it very amusing that Leverage now has its own convention: Con-Con.
Sherlock Holmes
Saw Sherlock Holmes yesterday, and I must say it’s pretty spiffy. I would rather have seen a British actor playing Holmes, but Downey did a good enough job, and I have to admit the chemistry between him and Law’s Watson was very good indeed. Of course, I spent as much time admiring the sets, props, and costumes as I did the cast, and Guy Ritchie paints a marvelously grey late-Victorian London. Overall a fun movie. It’s not going to make my top 20, but I wouldn’t mind owning a copy on DVD when it comes out. I imagine the extras will be extremely fun.
