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Trailer for Richard Linklater’s film adaptation of Fast Food Nation.
Federer as Religious Experience. DFW writes, at length, about watching Roger Federer play tennis.
After a week of waiting and three calls to Time Warner technical support, a miracle occurred; we have an internet connection. Thanks to Ryan, the first useful person I talked to at Time Warner, our cable modem was added to their database, and we are now hooked up.
We have officially moved into our new house. True, we don’t have any furniture, but we’ll make do until the moving van arrives. We also don’t have any cable or phone service until tomorrow afternoon, so I am currently broadcasting a pirate signal. Aarrrr.
The movers are loading up our furniture and boxes as I write this. In a few hours, we will check out of our apartment complex, and start driving to Houston, cats and all. The move, so far, has been remarkably smooth. Surprisingly, neither Amanda nor I have suffered any major injuries packing, although I did manage to get stung by a wasp. We will arrive at the new house this evening, just in time for our builder to our us a pizza. Our stuff should arrive on the moving van Wednesday morning, and by then I’m sure we will be ready to sleep in our own bed again.
Watching Beirut Die. Anthony Bourdain’s poignant story about getting out of Beirut after the Israeli’s started bombing.
Check out the video for the New York Dolls’ “Dance Like a Monkey.”