I Bring Nothing to the Table

Month: May 2012

  • Mad Men S5E7 “Lady Lazarus” [IB]

    “Tomorrow Never Knows” is not my favorite song by The Beatles. Not by a long shot. In general I’m not a fan of their drug-inspired work, but I recognize how Revolver, and, specifically, “Tomorrow Never Knows”, is the turning point for the band (for the record, Rubber Soul is better than Revolver). It’s also the […]

  • How to Survive a Robot Uprising [ER]

    People think I’m crazy when I say this, but the most likely apocalyptic adversary for humanity will be robots. It’s just a fact. Here are some tips for how to survive. Don’t show this to any robots.

  • What I’ve Been Doing 7 May 2012 [FB/IB/F/BT/GO]

    Readership assemble! Min and I made the great sacrifice of seeing The Avengers for you. Our verdict? It’s excellent. Go see it, y’all. Seriously. Movies The Avengers – It does precisely what I thought was impossible by focusing on each individual character for a bit and giving them all arcs. Granted, most of the groundwork […]

  • Mad Men S5E6 “At The Codfish Ball” [IB]

    Mad Men has this way of being so beautifully tragic that you almost forget that you just witnessed a wholly depressing episode. “At The Codfish Ball” deals with disappointment that hits the principals like a truck. Don Who wouldn’t love dealing with their socialist-leaning, disapproving father-in-law for an entire weekend? To top it all off, […]