Month: February 2009
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Douchebaggery and Assholeship
In my humble opinion, there is no excuse for being an asshole. Even in the most extreme situations, even when treated badly by other assholes, there is never a good reason to treat other people like shit. Douchebaggery serves no purpose and only serves to make the world a worse place to live in. There…
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Book Review: Playing for Keeps, by Mur Lafferty
I love Mur Lafferty. Her podcast, I Should Be Writing, was one of the first I ever downloaded and it hasn’t left my mp3 player(s) since. She’s come a long way, from a self-described “wannabe fiction writer” to full-blown published novelist. So is she any good at practicing what she preaches? Let me get the…
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Jawsome
My research involves horror movies. Preparing to run a study, I’ve been going through horror movies in slow motion, finding specific frames of scary and non-scary imagery to show people. I love my job. Today I went to Blockbuster to try finding the next movie to analyze, Jaws. Unfortunately, they didn’t have it on the…
