The Frustrated Bunny

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Personal / Politics

Learning my “left” from my “right”

So I just signed up for The Forum at CNN.com, made my badge, and realized that “leaning left” and “leaning right” have more to do with the respective parties’ positions rather than their traditional meanings. On Homeland Security, it seems that this disconnect was the most stark: I am shown as “leaning left,” when my reasoning behind opposing the PATRIOT Act, a border fence and warrantless wiretapping stems from strong beliefs in civil libertarianism (with a small ‘L,’ not to be confused with the Libertarian Party) and fiscal conservatism. The disconnect is also pretty strong on the issue of the...

Personal / Science Fiction

Production to begin on new X-Files movie

The remnants of my middle-school self just went, “SQUEE!” E! News reports that David Duchovny told reporters on Saturday that he’s supposed to see a script for a new X-Files film next week. Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are reportedly both on board and will reprise their roles as Special Agents Mulder and Scully. The film will be directed by Chris Carter, who, according to Anderson, “wants to make a really scary horror, like a stand-alone episode.” This likely comes as good news to those like me who are fans of the early seasons of the series which were more or...

Politics / Science Fiction

Barack Obama reaches delegate threshhold for Democratic nomination

This is our moment; this is our time. –Barack Obama, 6/3/08 I’m excited. His victory speech was very moving and very gracious. Can’t say so much for Hillary Clinton’s speech, which all but sealed my suspicions of her narcissistic personality disorder. But back to Obama…I’m pretty sure that this is the first time that any speech, let alone a politician’s speech, has nearly moved me to tears. Or maybe I was just so happy to be able to open my bottle of champagne, which was waiting for him to acknowledge his victory. So yeah…on to Denver, and then…the White House!...

Politics

A quick thought about presidents…

So I’m sitting here watching the returns from the Puerto Rico Democratic primary, just like I was watching the DNC rules committee yesterday decide what to do about Michigan and Florida. Now, I realize that if you go by the rules and the numbers, that it is more or less impossible for Hillary Clinton to get the nomination. However, her supporters it seems will stop at nothing, including a floor fight at the convention, to get it for her, and she all but outright encourages their despicable and divisive behavior. Just watch the DNC rules committee proceedings from yesterday; it’s...

Personal / Technology

Bad photos on Flickr help with camera shopping

So I’m looking at buying a DSLR, and I’m balancing price/value with capability and quality to come out with the best camera for my needs. I’ve only rarely worked with professional- and expert-grade cameras, usually just tinkering with ones belonging to the photographers that I work with. Pretty much all of the photography that I’ve ever done, either for personal use or for-hire has been shot with a point-and-shoot of some sort. I pretty much converted over from shooting a combination of film and digital to just shooting digital about four years ago, and if there’s one thing I really...