Okay, so now I’m back over there

Switching back over to the Tumblr blog. WordPress was just too much of a pain – if I can swing it, I’ll enable comments over there (but don’t hold your breath).

http://wharper.tumblr.com/

whoooooooo

longer clip here

As found in the grocery checkout line in Corolla, NC

Burn After Reading

The Coens’ new movie’s trailer is online now.

I assume this is only routed through the iTunes store because this is a ‘Red Band Trailer’, resulting in a far more accurate age-verification restriction on this.  I’m sure there’s a lesser quality version floating out there in Interweb land, if you’re not on a Quicktime-friendly system.

The Mirror on Hulu

NBC’s Hulu service (the online distribution venue that they opted to put their faith in rather than Apple’s iTunes Store) is now up and running, and it looks pretty good. Yes, there are some commercials to wade through, but nobody’s going to lament that the content is on here rather than on YouTube.

now Twittering

well, or at least trying to. We’ll see if this takes hold.

http://twitter.com/wharper

“Simply the Finest”

“He had this wonderful system for doing the garlic. He used a razor and he used to slice it so thin that it would liquefy in the pan with just a little oil. It was a very good system.”

Your Feature Presentation

I’m still amazed that Yoni managed to go see Eli Roth present Zapped! with Scott Baio.

Somehow I’m guessing that they didn’t manage to show this sequence before the movie started, sadly.

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This is the stuff of my childhood.

The Wire – Dickensian vs. Greek Tragedy

So the fifth and final season of HBO’s The Wire premieres tonight, and heralding it are articles in today’s Boston Globe and New York Times that both describe David Simon’s series as “Dickensian”.