Onefinemess

The blog formerly known as Onefinemess.

thoughts on Harry Potter 7.1

| November 23, 2010

At least I think it’s 7.1.  8.1?  6.1?  7 sounds best, so that wins. Let me just start by saying I’ve enjoyed the movies.  They are good fantasy/screen candy fun. Now that that is out of the way… WTF IS UP WITH THE MAGIC SYSTEM THERE? Seriously people.  Life or death here.  LIFE OR DEATH. [...]

book review : Towers of Midnight

| November 11, 2010

Towers of Midnight by: Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson [no direct spoilers] Yes, I’m a slacker of a fantasy fan.  I did not have the book on launch day  – because I pre-ordered a signed copy and, you know, mail takes time.  I did not finish the book in 24 hours – I wanted to savor it.  [...]

both of your racist friends

| November 8, 2010

So, both of these songs came up on my player in the last week, and I haven’t listened to either in ages. In fact, I’d forgotten that both bands had songs on the subject matter. The older track (The Specials/The Special AKA, 1983), : And, of course, They Might Be Giants (which sounds EXACTLY like [...]

Blog quantity: low, quality: lower

| November 3, 2010

The last month or so at work has just been a gut puncher.  I/we implemented a new system – to replace another that failed suddenly when another piece was upgraded (after spending a day trying to fix the old one, we simply moved to the new one, which we were going to do anyway… just [...]