the umbrella man

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Apr 212012
 
the umbrella man

  Or… sometimes a pipe is just a pipe. I’ve long had an admiration for errol morris, a filmmaker who seems to just keep getting better (I hate him too!) – his The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara was (and is) just a marvel. But his writing for the NYT is what really put me in awe of the man.  Through a series of […]

answer & die

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Apr 212012
 

A series of events happened lately that caused me to reflect on how simple it would be to kill someone by phone call… or instant message… or perhaps by simply watching a video on a computer or television, ala The Ring (or Ring/リング), where if you watch a videotape you’ll die a week after.  Or maybe tuning into do KDIE, with all the death metal hits.  Or perhaps less […]

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