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December 2008
Last Month's Debt: -18 -18 - 8 = 10 This Month's Debt: -10 Ok. So now I'm a real time criminal. A deadline bandit. One day over the grace period and freezing cold at my desk, even though I'm wearing a jacket, a robe and every blanket I've got. It was much warmer in bed. But that whiny bullshit is unwelcome here at the polysyllabic spree. Here we are interested in one thing. Books. the gadget orchestraMC Chris - Fett's VetteZelda - We are the ChampionsLoZ: We are the Champions - watch more gamer videos
November-December 2008
This deadline edition of the spree just keeps getting longer. The more I wait to write the column, the more movies I watch and the harder it gets to write the column. Fortunately I've been making it easy on myself by watching Coen Brothers movies, the most rewatchable movies on earth because of the multilayered plots and brilliant visuals that reinforce what the filmmakers want you to feel. I just finished watching Barton Fink and am still aglow in what a masterpiece it is. Some films get weaker when you rewatch them, but theirs keep getting stronger. But I can delay this no longer. This is the cinematic spree. spoiler alert---If you haven't seen the film and you don't want to read about the plot, why don't you just go rent the film, watch it and then come back to read about the plot. November 2008
Last Month's Debt: -9 (-9+3) = -6 - ((4-1) x 4)) = -18 This Month's Debt: -18 I'm writing to you from deep within the arctic tundra of my freezing room upstairs, where only my noisy cpu fan and space heater keep company, I plan to pound out the polyslyabic spree, because there's no use in trying to delay any longer. Cause I haven't been reading and I really haven't even been watching movies, because I've been watching yet another Battlestar Galactica marathon. I only read three books this month, and I bought more than that... Even my editor said that this month's books were mostly fluff, and more delay really isn't going to improve things, so without further ado, here is, the polyslyabic spree! ill doctrine and the 7 dirty wordsOctober-November 2008
So here I am, on deadline. What else can I do but be a professional and do the job. Review the movies. I watched both of America's Greatest Breakdancing movies as well as an African American political humor marathon so this spree is not only on deadline, but also timely. Rounding out the pack are the recent comedies Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder, both of which pack in some laughs but don't really live up to their trailers. But reviewing movies and ruining plots are things I do after the break. Welcome to the cinematic spree. spoiler alert---Yet again I reveal the endings and eviscerate the plots of these movies. It's the plot of the movie is no secret and I'm trying to give it to the Russians. Virginal eyes beware! Cringely for US CTO!Thunt.net is proud to support Robert X. Cringely, columnist, technologist, and all around nice guy for the position of US Chief Technology Officer.
by thunt at 2008-11-18 17:34 | Technology | thunt's blog
October 2008
No more fucking stalling. This is it. The polysyllabic spree, way over deadline, even over the five day grace period, well into what experts are now calling a "special five day presidential election extension", which seems perfectly fair as they only happen once every four years. I'm not going to be able to finish Cobain's journals for this column. I wanted to, but I just can't speed read another man's journals. They have to be read more thoughtfully than that. So this is it. The Presidential Edition of the polysyllabic spree. now to update the dreaded book debt. Last Month's Debt: -4 (-4+3) = -1 - ((5-3) x 4) = -9 This Month's Debt: -9 So basically, I have to read a shitload of books before I can ever buy another one. I think this system is starting to work. Everything about it seems perfect, except for the question of when does the "book debt" end? is it just an infinite credit card? The book money has to come from somewhere doesn't it? Hmmm. Reminds me of something else. Anyway, lowly and sad book debt aside, let's get down to business. |
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