Does ChatBot Cry, Part 2
Technology can be a useful tool to connect people. It can not be a substitute for connection.
Sometimes the Movie Is Better
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodent is not one of those times. I don't think a film adaptation would ever fully do justice anything written by Terry Pratchett. So much of the pleasure readers take in his storytelling is found in the word play, allusions, pop culture references, historical…
Does ChatBot Cry?
All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die. Rutger Hauer as Batty in Bladerunner I'll be referencing Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick a lot, but I chose that quote from the film adaptation Bladerunner specifically because the monologue…
Meet Virginia
She doesn't own a dress, her hair is always a messIf you catch her stealin', she won't confess Meet Virginia, Train When I went to college, I relied on public transportation. I didn't get my license until I was twenty three due to the one-two punch of untreated ADHD and…
Faux-Life
I lay on the bed and lost myself in the stories. I liked that. Books were safer than other people anyway. Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane A word of caution: this post includes references to sexual assault and gun violence. Last month, I alluded to…
Internet Killed the Movie Star
“A movie star is not an artist, he is an art object.” film scholar Richard Schickel Recently people like Quintin Tarantino have bemoaned the death of the "movie star" just as others, some of them actors, agree with the overall sentiment but approach it less mournfully. Many attribute it to…
Truth in Fiction: Cutting Onions
Man, what a weird week. As I said on social media, I'm torn between the editing I need to do, and the writing I want to do about recent events and last year's Last Night in SoHo, which I finally got around to watching late last night. It's a thought-provoking…
The Cat’s Meow: 2022
I decided to make a wrap up of everything I enjoyed in the arts an annual tradition. Adding gaming with ArenaNet's stunning debut of the End of Dragons Cantha expansion for Guild Wars 2. It was everything I hoped for and more: beautiful artwork and music, great voice acting and…
Ignorance Isn’t Bliss
“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”― Lyndon B. Johnson If the past several years have taught me anything, it's that…
Truth in Fiction: The Sandman
I'm going to do something today I haven't really done in my blog despite it being a passion of mine, and examine an episode of television. In this case it's the disturbing "24/7" episode of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman. Spoilers and dark subject matter ahead. John is a sorcerer of…