Nine bucks
gets you a
paper
shower mat,
a clean, ruddy towel,
squirt of shampoo
small bar of soap,
to wash off
all that car and driving,
to scrub away
the last song
to come into Pendleton
that you sing out
to the business of mold
gathering in the grout
outside the stall
that’s just bigger than a trucker.
– Sean Flaherty
On trips such as this, hotels are not a nightly feature, but a weekend luxury. How does one clean up from long day of work? In a truck stop shower of course! My first tss was today, and I’m glad to report that it was everything I’d hoped and dreamed.
This film was created for the 2006 Filmerica Challenge.
We were given a genre (action/adventure), a prop (hammer), a character (Morgan Becker, unemployed), a line of dialog (“Things are not always what they seem.”), and 72 hours to make a short film …So naturally, we made a ninja movie.
Apparently Scottish gangs are now doin battle Braveheart style.
Personally, I think it would be better if all gang members carried swords instead of guns, it would make the brawls so much more interesting.
Microsoft is looking to create a “YouTube for games” by distributing a
light version of its XNA development platform for free. Anyone with
some skill and desire will soon be able to create games that will run
on both Windows and Xbox.
This could be huge.
http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/08/14/xbox/index.php
http://www.garagegames.com/products/torque/x/
I while back I saw the Bodies exhibition, and man, was I blown away! I had examined cadavers once before while at college, but this was a far better experience.
The bodies are expertly dissected and preserved, and coupled with loads of relevant information and interesting facts. Most importantly, they didn’t stink. (All water is chemically replaced with a polymer that essentially makes the specimens rubber while completely preserving them.)
The result is an absolutely amazing show that is both beautiful and informative. (Just wait until you see the circulatory system room: incredible!)
If you have any interest whatsoever in learning about this amazing and beautiful machine that we all posess, be sure to go and check out the Bodies Exhibition.
