Literal Barrage

My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing!

James Lileks weighed in yesterday on the relative merits of colored Christmas lights vs. white Christmas lights. Prior to coining (or at least, raising to my attention) the word "griswalded" (From the verb "to griswald". To knot in an incredibly complicated and well-nigh inextricable fashion. As in: "I put the lights away [...]

New Line has released a 6 minute trailer for the Extended Edition of Return of the King. It's replete with spoilers (sweet, sweet spoilers that give me great hope) so don't view it if that'll present a problem.
Otherwise, view away! December 14th is right around the corner and I can barely wait.

Dedicated to the man that taught me to enjoy nonsense poetry, to the unfortunate exclusion of all other forms.

Jabberwocky
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware [...]

I'm generally not the biggest fan of Slate, but I do have to admit that they, unlike say, Salon, actually make attempts at balanced left/right coverage every once in a while. However, there's one thing that they tend to excel at: witty front page headlines. This week's review of Alexander featured my all-time [...]

There's something I need to admit to: I'm an intellectual packrat.
Let me explain.
I have a very hard time "throwing away" information, be it useless Simpsons quotes embedded in my brain, random files and images saved in my home directory, or countless open browser tabs on my desktop. My home office is littered [...]

Psalm 69:30:

I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.

Psalm 95:2:

Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.

Psalm 100:4:

Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.

Jonah 2:9:

But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to [...]