View From the Bushes

Once again my apologies in advance for not getting the new GenCon pictures up. I have a play tonight, so my time is going to be very limited. I was cruising Slashdot and came across a great interview with Neal Stephenson. Not only were the answers very enlightened and intelligent, but his answer about who would win in a fight between him and William Gibson was possibly the funniest thing I've read this year.

Other than that, I did get sucked into the Red Sox-Yankees Series. I missed the first three games, but caught each of the three games where the Red Sox faced elmination with every game and managed despite that, for the first time in history, to force a seventh game after being behind 3-0. That, in and of itself, is quite an accomplishment. If they are actually able to win tonight and go on to win the World Series it might be the sporting story of the decade (I say that, because Lance Armstrong first won the Tour in 99).

I watched Gattaca while donating platelets. I had heard for years and years that I should watch it, and somewhere along the line I got the impression that it had a tragic ending, so when it basically ended well, I was kind of surprised, which is generally a good thing for a movie to do. It did share with Signs an above-average disregard for, shall we say, logic. The main character is an astronaut who ends up going into space in a suit and tie...

Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero
Ross