It's kind of hard to not be jaded about this sort of thing in this day and age, but quite frankly, this thing is just brutally disgusting.

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I can't say I loeve everything he's written, but I love that man. He's just a sweetheart, and he's right.

"The Shining" is the single most overrated movie ever made. If Kubrick hadn't made it, it'd be a footnote, but Kubrick nerds can't accept that their grand filmic master was maybe not entirely perfect. I had to sit through the two-and-a-half hour documentary about this movie that came out recently and it made me want…

The Library Of Babel. Full stop.

Plus the cost of owning a car, keeping it on the road, tax, insurance, parking. Plus we don't hate the environment here so petrol costs quite a bit more. I also love how your car can drive over the fucking ocean. Building the Chunnel was expensive, a car tunnel would be many times more expensive.

Salt Lake city to Las Vegas is 425 miles and takes 5 hours 51 minutes according to the impartial source of Google Maps. Madrid to Barcelona is 390 miles and takes 5 hours and 39 minutes (better roads but more mountainous) according to Google maps. The train takes 3 hours from city center to city center. It is also…

Air travel is not quicker nor cheaper. For shorter distances trains are more comfortable, cost less and get me there in less time and in the city center.

Oh, I don't know. I'm an atheist, and I'm enjoying watching the bizarre alliance of Christian zealots and fiscal conservatives (who, for some reason, believe that there's nothing you can't apply free market principles to) crumble.

Scrolled through the posts to make sure someone had mentioned this. The ending is devastating and heartbreaking.