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    Things You Didn’t Know About: Total Recall (1990)

    Sunday, April 1, 2012

    Mega Spoiler Alert. Some genres have sunk to fairly low depths in recent years, but others are demanding more of us. Case in point: Inception (2010). But let’s flash back (recall, one might say) 20 years before that to a film with similar themes, Total Recall (1990).  Now that the preview is out for the [...]

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    How to Solve a Computer Problem

    Wednesday, March 28, 2012

    You’re “not a computer person” eh?  Well I’m not really sure why that’s an excuse for anything.  I think tomorrow I’ll just be “not a walking person” and I’ll ask someone to do it for me.  Though I know my way around a computer, I don’t like being called “the computer guy” because that’s not [...]

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    Every Magazine Article Ever

    Monday, March 12, 2012

    Interesting person, representing a microcosm of the subject at hand, does something quirky. “A quote you probably wouldn’t expect from the subject of this article,” he says, “a follow-up line that subtly contradicts the first sentence.” Explanation of the context of the above situation.  Details of the situation, juxtaposed with typical expectations, to create a [...]

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    UNT Four Bold Goals: My Comments

    Monday, February 13, 2012

    Unfortunately, my invitation to speak at the UNT Four Bold Goals presentation never arrived, so I thought I’d offer my planned speech here: Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, people, and other examples of living organisms around the city, region, state, country, and around the world, galaxy, universe, our dimension and other dimensions everywhere, including those [...]

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Apr / 1

Things You Didn’t Know About: Total Recall (1990)

Mega Spoiler Alert. Some genres have sunk to fairly low depths in recent years, but others are demanding more of us. Case in point: Inception (2010). But let’s flash back (recall, one might say) 20 years before that to a film with similar themes, Total Recall (1990).  Now that the preview is out for the [...]

A 5.5 inch floppy disk in a gray sleeve, that says "Diskette" on the cover.

Mar / 28

How to Solve a Computer Problem

You’re “not a computer person” eh?  Well I’m not really sure why that’s an excuse for anything.  I think tomorrow I’ll just be “not a walking person” and I’ll ask someone to do it for me.  Though I know my way around a computer, I don’t like being called “the computer guy” because that’s not [...]

A picture of various magazines in Jakarta, Indonesia, including many in plastic bags.

Mar / 12

Every Magazine Article Ever

Interesting person, representing a microcosm of the subject at hand, does something quirky. “A quote you probably wouldn’t expect from the subject of this article,” he says, “a follow-up line that subtly contradicts the first sentence.” Explanation of the context of the above situation.  Details of the situation, juxtaposed with typical expectations, to create a [...]

Photograph of the interior of the Murchison Arts Center, on the University of North Texas campus

Feb / 13

UNT Four Bold Goals: My Comments

Unfortunately, my invitation to speak at the UNT Four Bold Goals presentation never arrived, so I thought I’d offer my planned speech here: Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, people, and other examples of living organisms around the city, region, state, country, and around the world, galaxy, universe, our dimension and other dimensions everywhere, including those [...]