http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Merely an account of what you meant I wrote. en Vox Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:13:24 -0400 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/life-at-this-moment.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Dead Author) http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/life-at-this-moment.html?_c=feed-rss http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/life-at-this-moment.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:13:24 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00cd973dfc964cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00cd973dfc964cd5-50si" alt="The Chosen" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Well, I meant to keep this blog more current than I have. A quick update, yes? Times have seriously changed career-wise. I have finally made the complete transition from "occasional high school teacher" to "editor" and I have no regrets in the sl... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/life-at-this-moment.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d414458452685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/28-smurfs-later-the-sequel.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Dead Author) http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/28-smurfs-later-the-sequel.html?_c=feed-rss http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/28-smurfs-later-the-sequel.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 26 May 2007 06:55:18 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d09e6f4ba9be2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d09e6f4ba9be2b-50si" alt="Even less smurfy." /></a> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d09e6f4bc4be2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d09e6f4bc4be2b-50si" alt="Smurf devastation" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Yesterday, I remarked about how the apocalyptic 28 Days Later ripped off "The Purple Smurfs". Today, I would like to further my observations about how the milquetoast sequel, 28 Months Later, ripped off UNICEF. 28 Weeks Later is a Hollywoodified,... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/28-smurfs-later-the-sequel.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d414391b586a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/28-smurfs-later-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Dead Author) http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/28-smurfs-later-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/28-smurfs-later-1.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 25 May 2007 08:40:39 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d4143b26a63c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d4143b26a63c7f-50si" alt="Not so smurfy" /></a> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d4143b2de53c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d4143b2de53c7f-50si" alt="A smurf in better times" /></a> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d4143b265e3c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d4143b265e3c7f-50si" alt="The Purple Smurfs" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I found 28 Days Later to be an utter thrill ride of a horror movie. It contained a simple, riveting plot involving an apocalyptic plague against which few could escape. Transmission was simple: by saliva or blood, most easily by the act of biting... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/28-smurfs-later-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d41438ceaf6a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> smurfy false causes apocalypticism http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/happy-mayday.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Dead Author) http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/happy-mayday.html?_c=feed-rss http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/happy-mayday.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 01 May 2007 09:29:14 -0400 May 1, 2003. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/happy-mayday.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d41431f7186a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> ethics http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/austin-city-limits.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Dead Author) http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/austin-city-limits.html?_c=feed-rss http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/austin-city-limits.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:13:41 -0400 Today in New Haven, it is cold and rainy. Last night, I saw the Austin band Spoon play at Toad's Place and that was a lot of fun. I even ran into girlwonder for the first time in weeks since she's been holed up and finishing her master's thesis. C... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/austin-city-limits.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00cd97253cd74cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/omg-wtf-rly.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Dead Author) http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/omg-wtf-rly.html?_c=feed-rss http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/omg-wtf-rly.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:36:02 -0400 Report: Text messaging harms written language DUBLIN, Ireland (Reuters) -- The rising popularity of text messaging on mobile phones poses a threat to writing standards among Irish schoolchildren, an education commission says. The frequency of err... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/omg-wtf-rly.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d4143345973c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> teh interwebs http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/counting-the-pages-of-monte-cristo.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Dead Author) http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/counting-the-pages-of-monte-cristo.html?_c=feed-rss http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/counting-the-pages-of-monte-cristo.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:54:39 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d09e4c2c36be2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d09e4c2c36be2b-50si" alt="The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)" /></a> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00cd971aebe44cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00cd971aebe44cd5-50si" alt="Firefly - The Complete Series" /></a> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00cdf7f2ba14094f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00cdf7f2ba14094f-50si" alt="The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier &amp; Clay" /></a> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00c2251ebe588e1d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00c2251ebe588e1d-50si" alt="Naked Lunch: The Restored Text" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Well, that was a good nap to try to kill The Ill. I feel a little better. I'm currently about 360 pages into The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, mostly at the urging of my partner. But I actually enjoy it. I've never been one for those... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/counting-the-pages-of-monte-cristo.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d41428fb0a3c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/phlegmatic.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Dead Author) http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/phlegmatic.html?_c=feed-rss http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/phlegmatic.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:58:10 -0400 What was going to be an exciting day full of writing became a morning where I am absolutely slammed by a head cold. I rarely get substantially sick, but today I was truly whalloped by the Ill. Maybe a bit of reading would be better... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/phlegmatic.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d414268f9e6a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/happy-pi-day.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Dead Author) http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/happy-pi-day.html?_c=feed-rss http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/happy-pi-day.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:06:26 -0400 Celebrate Accordingly! Celebrate IRRATIONALLY! <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/happy-pi-day.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d41421be26685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/reading-and-writing.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Dead Author) http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/reading-and-writing.html?_c=feed-rss http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/reading-and-writing.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:56:55 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d10a7cb8a68bfa.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d10a7cb8a68bfa-50si" alt="Confessions (Oxford World&#39;s Classics)" /></a> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d4142598556a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d4142598556a47-50si" alt="Augustine: The City of God against the Pagans (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> It's always nice to discover when you've got the creative juices flowing again. Sometimes you do have to make it happen, but when the dry spell ends, well, go for it. & For some reason, I didn't put 2 and 2 together, because I only learned recen... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://deadauthor.vox.com/library/post/reading-and-writing.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251dc71e8fdb00d414217dfd685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>