Conversations with a 15-Year Old

As the Kid comes inside from his mother’s garage sale.

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The Kid: Check it out!  Mom just gave me these awesome microphones!

Me: Did she give you two turntables, too?

The Kid: What?  Why?

Me:  So you can have TWO TURNTABLES AN A MICROPHOOOOONE!

The Kid: (confused) I don’t even get that reference!

Me: The “Song Where It’s At” by Beck?  Two turntables and…never mind, you were probably, like, -1 when it came out.

The Kid: Don’t say that!  That brings up unpleasant thoughts, the idea of me being negative one.

Me:  Why?  Because Jimmy hadn’t had intercourse with your mother yet?

Holy Shit, ROLLING THUNDER!

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This is one of those movies I’ve just never gotten around to watching.  Until tonight.  It’s free to watch on Hulu for a limited time, and I suggest you do.  It’s written by Paul Schrader of Taxi Driver fame, and it shares many of the same themes, even concluding with a bloody gunfight inside a whorehouse (Schrader’s apparent trademark).

If you like movies about badasses doing their badass shit, I suggest you find watch this movie.

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Enjoyed that book thoroughly, but honestly, I found the serial killer portion to be the less interesting of the two stories. Regardless, great read.

It’s obvious where the author’s sympathies lie.  He starts from Daniel Burnham’s point-of-view, and I think that’s the perspective he’s really interested in.  Nonetheless, H.H. Holmes’s story is fascinating as well.  I’m gonna love this read.

Got Game?

I was talking with somebody at work last night, and the subject of “game” came up, and whether or not I have said “game”.  I’m pretty sure I do: it’s called “Candyland”.  If you want to play it with me I’ll meet you down on the corner in my van with the blackout curtains over the windows.