other places
These are things I saw on the internet and elsewhere over the last couple of days:
♦-John Scalzi opens up an interesting window into the mind of the undecided voter; at least those undecided voters who self-select by reading one particular science fiction author’s web site. The comments are interesting reading.
♦-A meditation on the inherent dichotomy of the rich, conservative Springsteen fan, courtesy of Sarah Jaffe.
♦-Elizabeth and the fine folks at Dark Cargo have been turning out some really good stuff lately: witness nrlymrtl‘s take on the age old debate about the relative worthiness of books and their film adaptations.
♦-Carrie Vaughn laments the lack of GIJOE this weekend, spends some time pondering copycat film advertising and the whole objectification (of men and women) thing regarding both film advertising and Magic Mike (which has been everywhere the last week or so, leading me to point out to twitter about how “somebody spilled Tatum all over everything”.
♦-As I watched my netflixed copy of Burke and Hare (an execellent film featuring Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, and Jessica Hynes) the other evening, I was treated to the trailer for Saint, a gloriously strange Dutch horror film about a muderous St. Nicholas (along with, I suspect, a more-sinister-than-usual Black Peter) slaughtering children when December 5 falls under a full moon. The spouse and I immediately notified Creepy Christmas expert Jonah Knight, and added it to our netflix instant queue. I suspect we’ll be watching it this evening.
I really hope Krampus makes an appearance. Not culturally appropriate, but in this case, I hope the rule of awesome wins out.
♦-Also there were some storms in the area (which only knocked out our power out for a couple of hours for once, though several friends remain in the dark), and there was also an obscure decision by the Supreme Court about a law or something, which the media gave almost no attention to.
