Monday, September 10, 2007

Wireless Could Be The End of Us All


Isn't wireless internet grand?

I have these three friends that I grew up with.

Three brothers each separated by a year.

Tim. Jared. Peter.

They all grew up on a goat farm and have recently moved back into their vacated childhood home. Their folks moved a few towns over where they could own a bigger plot, buy a few more goats and start a potentially lucrative llama business.

Anyway, these brothers are luddites.
They were raised that way.
No TV. No video games. No computers.

When I went over to their house as a child, their parents would point outside and we would play.

Ball. War. Punch.

Now some capitualtion to tehcnology has occured over the years.

They bought a TV. They play Madden. And they have a computer.

But they are deathly scared of wireless.

If the word is mentioned in their presence they shush you as if the very words will summons demons from the netherworld.

They're fairly certain that when it is all said and done, the apocalypse will be directly connected to the advent of wireless technology.

The thing is, we have no idea if there are health effects of wireless internet.

It's sort of scary.

But I say all this as I type away at a coffee shop with no cords holding me back

Monday, September 3, 2007




I always feel guilty when I visit modern art museums.

While others admire the Pollock's splatters or the Kandinsky's shapes, I ask myself, "People pay millions for these things?"

This sort of skpeticism is being examined in a new documentary, "My Kid Could Paint That."

The film follows a 4-year-old girl named Marla whose abstract paintings become the talk of the art world. Yet as they begin selling for up to 50,000 dollars, accusations regarding the true authorship of the work emerge.

And from what I've read, the director is never able to capture the girl actually painting.

Fishy.

Not only does this premise seem intriguing as it features over-zealous parents, weird art people and one, possibly, super talented girl, it also examines the age-old question about abstract art.

What's the big deal?

Sunday, September 2, 2007

the best show in town

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