http://www.insomniactive.com/dairy Abstract Ramblings. Sleepless mooooooooooooo... Mon, 12 May 2008 04:24:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since apparently the other team captain never called ours back to reschedule the game that was called due to stupidity, our soccer season ended today.  In a pretty serious loss, but we'll glibly gloss right over that. I figured a few months ago when my friend Andrew asked if I was ... http://www.insomniactive.com/dairy/2008/05/11/this-too-has-passed/ There's a truth that funerals should be occasions to celebrate the lives of the deceased. There's a greater importance, though, in celebrating the lives of those that are still here (or that got left behind, if you prefer). They are the ones that have to carry on, that ... http://www.insomniactive.com/dairy/2008/05/07/truenorth/ From Wired (http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/calling-on-lamo.html): Could Lamont "Action" Williams have teamed up with "Women's Voices Women Vote," the reportedly pro-Clinton group that has admitted responsibility for the calls? If so, was it part of getting the word out about his candidacy? Has Lamont "Action" Williams been offered a VP slot? Regardless of his ... http://www.insomniactive.com/dairy/2008/05/02/if-i-werent-already-refusing-to-vote-for-clinton-no-matter-what/ IRON MAN -- it's a tie between Chris Nolan's first Batman movie and this for best comic book movie to date. Seriously brilliant fun for fans and newbies alike. Robert Downey: never a better casting choice ever, except maybe Michael Caine as Alfred. Tony Stark seemed to me to be a ... http://www.insomniactive.com/dairy/2008/05/02/short-movie-review-iron-man/ Wacky Indians (with potential for a good drinking game): What could distract you from the size of Christina Ricci's forehead? Remote controlled cars + Nintendo nostalgia + WAAAAAY too much time on their hands: http://view.break.com/487616 For Cyn: Kittens-Coca Cola Box And lastly, bestly: Bill O'Reilly is now lobbing softballs for Keith Olbermann. Proof? He ... http://www.insomniactive.com/dairy/2008/05/01/todays-round-up-of-amusements/ Devin Townsend is brilliant and mad: Shut up and think of something more important to say... 'Sometimes I think that in every straight there's a gay!' Something or nothing a whole either way it's a way, it's a way, it's a way, it's a way, it's a way EARTH DAY, EARTH DAY, EARTH ... http://www.insomniactive.com/dairy/2008/04/22/earth-day/ (Feel free to skip this review, if you like, and jump straight to the book. The title of this post refers to the latter; this once, I won't be hurt.) There's a magic in Vonnegut's writing that I've never found in any other. I've found many an author ... http://www.insomniactive.com/dairy/2008/04/18/everyone-should-read-this/ I've pulled out my cello, again, and again I put it away frustrated. The notes aren't hard for me, after I've retuned it to match my bass. The fingering falls mostly right into place, though I find myself occasionally sliding a little flat or sharp. It's the ... http://www.insomniactive.com/dairy/2008/04/15/not-enough-hours-in-the-day/ They call them WORKS of art for a reason, and frankly, three years after I started it, the work just ain't forthcoming. So here, then, is the first piece (of what may end up being all) of what I've pieced together for a story called Perspectives. Because I'm ... http://www.insomniactive.com/dairy/2008/04/11/the-neverending-story/ I've been watching old episodes of THE UNIVERSE from the History Channel over the past week. I've always found astronomy fascinating, been self-amused at the feeling I get trying to wrap my brain around the immense scope and size of things, spooked by the utterly microscopic importance of us. I wish ... http://www.insomniactive.com/dairy/2008/04/11/wheres-the-caboose-on-the-train-of-thought/