Vancouver Girl

Having a girl in Vancouver is tough. It seems like the
attitudes of young women have changed dramatically since I was a girl, and given
the
things that are shown on TV and movies
nowadays, it does not surprise me that more and more young girls are becoming pregnant at
earlier ages. What's a mother to do, when she's done all she can to help her
daughter understand the ills of society?

-Posted by Lyn Valerie

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Change is Good?

Something tells me that our area is due for a drastic change. Given the
Olympics being here recently, I've observed some major changes to our town,
and
some are not for the better. Is there a way to appease the masses while
staying true to your constituents? I think that the answer is no.

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T+F

Classic of classical. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FXoyr_FyFw We owe so
much to JSB in music today. Listen!

-Posted by Virgil Schmidt

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Best of YouTube

I don't watch as many movies as I used to. Largely because I'm less often
up for a 90-120+ minute commitment. Too lazy. I watch a lot of TV, especially PVRed or acquired from the netosphere.
Discovery Channel, History Channel, Food Network. Aqua Teen.

There's a huge amount of entertainment to be had in snippets of even less
than 24 or 48 minutes, too. Here's this week's Best of YouTube.

Let me know how you liked it.

-Posted by Erland Mark Oenema

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Hidden Powers of Rain

Rain is the cure for life's
ailments; in the rain
your tears are guarded, and in
its noise your cries are not heard. Instead of loathing the rain today, I will embrace it for
its healing powers. _ I'm a mother, blogger, and fashion expert who enjoys ethnic dining and
esoteric conversations. When not buried in work behind the computer, I can
be found working on the next big thing. -Posted by Lyn Valerie

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Composting and You

Recycling is not only good for the environment, it is good for your soil;
composting is a great way to keep your gardens growing healthy and strong.
Remember to preserve all of your old food waste to add to your garden today!

I'm a mother, blogger, and fashion expert who enjoys ethnic dining and
esoteric conversations. When not buried in work behind the computer, I can
be found working on the next big thing. -Posted by Lyn Valerie
             

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Questioning Manhood

Sometimes men choose to get cars that fulfill a need in their lives; this is
especially true of my friend. He's not the best looking guy, but his
car is most definitely a beauty! Its really small and very fast though, so I wonder
what that says about his... manhood.

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May 12

On this day in 1941 Konrad Zuse presented the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin.  His invention caused a stir, to be certain, but in time other machines superseded the Z3 in fickle public admiration.  Zuse fought to maintain his position as the golden boy of German engineering, but in time he grew bitter and retired more and more into solitude.  He took to sleeping in his lab, neglecting his health, and finally developed severe enough agoraphobia that he only contacted other human beings when delivery personnel brought him food and newspapers.  The former he picked at, weight melting off him by the day.  The latter he read and tore in fitful petulance, with less and less effectiveness, as eventually his strength made him unable even to take out his fury on newsprint. 

In time he stopped accepting deliveries at all, and eventually the friends who'd known him in better days, before he rejected their encouragements and repudiated their friendship prevailed with authorities, who authorized a break-in to ensure Zuse's safety.  But he was nowhere to be found.  Only his clothing-- filthy, ragged lab coat, threadbare garments, and his dark-rimmed spectacles-- was found lying on and about the Z3 itself.  No trace of his body was ever discovered.

Nightmare On Elm

So the reboot of Nightmare On Elm Street is the big movie now. I well remember watching the original back in the '80s, and how terrified I was. They say this one isn't so scary. Jackie Earle Haley was great in The Watchmen and Semi-Pro, but no one can out-Freddy Englund, in my opinion. He cut his teeth in the original V, and somehow, for me, the association with his borderline mentally disabled character in the miniseries somehow made Freddy's chortling malevolence all the more scary.

Horror Fiction

Horror fiction, from HP Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith to Stephen King, Clive Barker and Wes Anderson, touches something deep within postmodern humanity. 


This blog is a scrapbook of fact & fantasy.  What is written here is a mixture of reality and fiction created as entertainment and pastime.  It may on occasion contain helpful information, but this occurs serendipitously, and is not the purpose of the work.