Tomorrow, I get to watch my brother graduate, and I'm quite excited for him, and, well, for the commencement speaker: Joss Whedon. Since my brother is not a public figure, and Whedon is, I'll limit the content of this post to only one of these awesome people. There were two quite interesting pieces on the arts in The New York Times this weekend. A feature on Whedon mentioned his delightful habit of having Shakespeare parties while shooting Buffy and Angel, and the impact this … [Read more...]
In yesterday's post, I talked about the unenviable invulnerability of indifference, and, it so happened that the play I saw this weekend (Tom Stoppard's Rock and Roll at the Actors Ensemble of Berkeley) touched on similar themes. The play is structured around (among other things) resistance to Soviet-dominated Communism in Czechoslovakia. At one point in the play, Jan gets into an argument with his friend Ferdinand (recently released from prison) about who represents a larger threat to the … [Read more...]
--- 1 --- I've joined up on one of the online campaigns for Dungeons and Discourses, and, meanwhile, friend of the blog Christian H has invented an expansion pack for Scott's game. He's invented spells and feats for a new Critic class and you can see how he put it all together chez lui. Here's one I particularly enjoyed: PERFORM GENDER Type: self, feminist, lgtbq, postmodern Prerequisite: 2 Level Utopian or Ethicist Cost: 2W Duration: 2 turns Spell: You use your knowledge of gender … [Read more...]
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