Triptych Cryptic

Sunday, February 07, 2010

Thanks Nature Valley for your consideration of my resealing lifestyle. If there's an alternative lifestyle I can't abide, it's the one where people think it's awesome to leave their packages open and spill shit all over the place. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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09:32 cdogzilla

Thursday, February 04, 2010

Lost - Oceanic Flight 815, the original and the alternate time line, side by side. Loved the start of the new season. Although alternate universes have been hinted at - like with Desmond - this is the first full-fledged one we've been presented with. I'm not sure they should have introduced another mystery to the Lost story, but hope springs eternal - or at least seasonally - that they know where they're going.

Labels: sci-fi, TV, youtube goodness

23:32 bone daddy

Monday, January 25, 2010

Still Tracking the Sherlock Posts
Here's an unnecessarily scathing review ("Boo-hoo, Downey didn't do a Rathbone impersonation and Watson wasn't a doddering near-buffoon") that left me wondering how boring the critic's own Sherlock's Last Case was. I googled, curious how reviewers responded, and found a NYT review that didn't surprise me at all.

Elsewhere, kottke.org linked to this examination of new film's well-crafted title sequences.

I still haven't seen Avatar and think my brother and I made the right choice going to see Sherlock Holmes instead.

Labels: movies

19:59 cdogzilla

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

http://www.thrfeed.com/2010/01/fox-readying-us-version-of-torchwood-.html

No, no, no. You can't reboot a series that is hooked (however loosely) into another ongoing series. Fans of Dr. Who will have to ignore the new Torchwood in order for the Who continuity to make sense. Else we'd have to reject the Who continuity -- which ain't gonna happen. This article also mentions a possible US Who reboot ... How reliable is this madness? ... which is an even worse idea right now. US Who fans are watching the BBC Who and don't have room for a reboot. The only way either of these alleged reboots could work would be to move production of the current series to Fox. That would be like giving the keys to your brilliant new luxury hybrid sports concept car to your idiot neighbor's meth-head stepson his first day out of juvenile detention. Fox would kill the franchise and then Who fans would have to wait another 20 odd years for the series to revive. Who and Torchwood belong on the BBC where Who at least has a shot at running for several more years. If Fox needs a Who property to sully, give them one of the old companions to reboot: The Peri Chronicles or something. With no crossovers and no interference with the Whoniverse. It's strained enough already. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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13:05 cdogzilla

Monday, January 18, 2010

Every so often, you would see one waiting on a metro platform. When the train pulled up, the dog would step in, scramble up to lie on a seat or sit on the floor if the carriage was crowded, and then exit a few stops later. There is even a website dedicated to the metro stray (www.metrodog.ru) on which passengers post photos and video clips taken with their mobile phones, documenting the savviest of the pack using the public transport system like any other Muscovite.

via ft.com

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Labels: non-monkey animals, science

19:45 cdogzilla

Sunday, January 17, 2010

No Country for Old Men

On Your Flickchart

#400

Global Ranking
#35

via flickchart.com

Finally saw "No Country for Old Men" yesterday. I went in with mixed expectations. Love the Coen Bros. movies, don't have much patience for (source novel author) Cormac McBoring's ponderous pondering. I haven't read the novel, and won't, but I have a feeling it's what's wrong with the movie. The performances were outstanding. Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem were all excellent. But the women in the movie weren't given much to do, and some of the dialogue was so painfully corndog I suspect it was straight from the book.
I'm glad I saw it, but if I'm ever faced with the choice of watching this or the other Coen Bros. set in Texas, "Blood Simple", the latter wins.

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Labels: movies

12:41 cdogzilla

Cursebird. "A real time feed of people swearing on Twitter." Pretty funny. And it comes with a graph.

Labels: interweb, Lists

00:32 bone daddy

Following up on c-dog's post about UConn's beatdown of Notre Dame, I'd say this UConn team reminds me most of the 2002 version. That team had the best starting five in women's history - Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Swin Cash, Tamika Williams and Asjha Jones - but not a lot of depth. Everyone kept wondering what would happen if they got in foul trouble or had an off game. That talk continued right up to the championship game, which they won.

C-dog, you should see this team if you get the chance. I took Ivy and a friend to Gampel for the North Carolina game and even though it was a blowout, I could tell we were witnessing something special. You need to see Maya Moore in person before she graduates. Sooner or later you're going to wear some UConn colors to Duke. Might as well warm up with the women's game.

Labels: anti-Duke, local flavor, TV, uconn

00:07 bone daddy

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Watching the Huskies go all Ben Grimm ("It's clobberin' time!") on Notre Dame, I'm a little nostalgic for the 2001 and 2002 teams: Svetlana Abrosimova, Shea Ralph, Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Swin Cash, Asjha Jones, Tamika Williams, Jessica Moore, Kelly Schumacher ... so many talented players it's unbelievable. Taking nothing away from the current stars, Maya Moore & Tina Charles are clearly as talented as any of my old favorites; I just don't get to see this team or listen to the golden tones of Joe D'Ambrosio describing their exploits on the radio the way I could those teams, so these ESPN & CBS national games are my only chance to get to know today's players.

I'd really like to get to the MLK Day game vs. Duke. The thought of setting foot on that campus kind of skeeves me out though. On the other hand, it would be fun to throw the gear on and glare at the Dukies.

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Labels: anti-Duke, sports, uconn

22:45 cdogzilla

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Who Says It's Better to Burn Out Than Fade Away?
Ol' TC has been my blogging home for so long that despite devolving from a lively group blog to a (mostly) one-trick-pony enhanced by the occasional bonedaddy post (and sure enough a post came in while this was sitting in draft) to break up the c-dog blitz, I've been loathe to give up on it. And I'm not. Not exactly. But, I am setting up another blog -- this time with the aim of making it my primary public web presence. Yes, I'm already on friendfeed, twitter, posterous, and probably other platforms I've forgotten about, so it may seem silly to be setting up a new blogspot. Oh well. Silly may be what I do best.

If you've been a TC reader or lapsed conributor these past ten years, please consider paying a visit to

http://cdogzilla.blogspot.com/

That's where I'll be when I'm not here. (While you're there, why not add the feed to your favorite reader, or sign in with Google Friend Connect? You could do worse, yeah?)

I'm going to do some experimenting with cross-posting -- posterous and even facebook (using Blog It app) give me the ability to post to one location and send those posts to both TC and the new Cryptonaut-In-Exile. So please bear with me while I work out the kinks. With all these sites that update each other, it's inevitable I'm going to create an echo-chamber effect and have double posting occurring somewhere in the dizzy maze I've created.

I know everybody is on facebook and/or twitter and probably feels they don't need another site to check out, but, while I'm plugging for my new blog, I also highly recommend friendfeed for its lively community, slick interface, and useful functionality. I see it as the best of both those other services without the downsides. And, your parents probably aren't on friendfeed.

Anyways, to sum up:
TC -- not dead yet, but our upcoming 10 year Blogiversary may be a good time to take its pulse again?
New blog -- just getting started
Friendfeed -- still highly recommended
Facebook & Twitter -- I'm on 'em but they're spammy and not as good as FriendFeed

P.S. a1pha of YOY, if you're reading, your hosting us the last several years is still greatly appreciated ... please don't shut us down yet! TC is still a going concern and the domain is paid for and pointing to the same place for several more months at least.

Labels: admin

23:15 cdogzilla

Saturday, January 09, 2010

A priest at Catholic churches in Wayne and Duplin counties has been arrested and suspended from his job on allegations that he molested a boy in Brunswick County.
Rev. Edgar Sepulveda, 47, of 208 Cavenaugh St. in Beulaville, was arrested Friday on one count each of second-degree sexual offense and sexual battery. He was released on a $100,00 secured bond.

via wral.com

Wow. What shocking news. Again.

As a parent, I can't imagine what leads other people to believe their kids are safe with these guys? I mean, how many sexual abuse scandals does it take? If anything, the fact that these grown men have as their sole qualification for child care the fact that either they really believe in magical mumbo-jumbo, or can convincingly pretend that they do, ought to disqualify them from having any kind of contact with children.

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Labels: atheism, local flavor

15:03 cdogzilla

Thursday, January 07, 2010

This Brings Back Some Memories

I miss Berenson's.

Labels: jai-alai, pictures

20:56 cdogzilla

WALTER
Nihilists! I am beshrewn. Say what thou wilt
Of fascist tenets, Knave; it seeks to stand
Philosophy and politic, not void.
And let it noted be that wildlife kept,
Amphibious rodent, in domestic walls,
Is retrograde to right and civil laws.

via clusterflock.org

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Labels: movies

20:32 cdogzilla