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Author: J. J.

  • Summer Movies I Want to See, 2012

    My fourth annual list of summer movies. 26 of them this year. Some blockbuster (Avengers, What to Expect, MIB3), some artsy (Intouchables, Invisible War, Robot & Frank). For previews and info on the popular ones, go to the Yahoo! Summer Movie Guide.

  • Food, sights, and culture in Rome, Venice, and Athens

    As I mentioned in my previous post, my friend Kurt and I took a vacation to Italy and Greece earlier this month. What follows is a budget-traveler’s recap of twelve days from Rome to Venice to Athens (I don’t think we ever spent more than $50 US on a meal for two – and Kurt…

  • Italy & Greece vacation

    I’ll be boarding an airplane in just over 24 hours! Will keep this short as I’m testing the WordPress iPhone app – still haven’t gotten comfortable typing more than a few sentences on my phone.

  • Neil deGrasse Tyson’s testimony for space exploration (Senate hearing videos and documents)

    Astrophysicist superstar Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson (Wikipedia bio), addressed the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Wednesday; only three of the committee’s 25 members were present. Below is a copy of Dr. Tyson’s submitted testimony, slightly modified from his speech at the hearing; anyone care to transcribe the entire hearing? I’ve also embedded other…

  • A few album ratings – Part 3

    ********* Bon Iver – Bon Iver ********* Adele – 21 ********* Tori Amos – Night of Hunters (The Sin Palabras instrumental is exactly the same, just without words. Just as good to hear it this way.) ********* Foster the People – Torches ********* Metric – Fantasies ********* Parachute Musical – Kill It Cut It Down…

  • Photo Project 365

    One photo a day for a year (2012). Now that I have a phone with a data plan, I feel that I can commit to it. Jaynee’s Instagram yesterday morning inspired me to give it a try. You don’t have to start on January 1st, but I’d love to have more people join us. (I’ll…