Nuggets and Other Brief Notes

Yeah, the Nuggets are looking good. Keeping up with LA is a tall order so they've been impressive. Big game tomorrow night...

I'll be on the road in NYC starting on Thursday and I plan to take some time to post a few more pictures from the new neighborhood.

Ayn Rand Slept Here (Or Just Slept With Someone Here)

So I decided that I would post a few photos of the new neighborhood a la BK and Catch That? It is great blog to follow if you know New York and even if you don't. The guy does good work. Keep it up my friend.

Anyhoo, this is the first photo I decided I would post. Forgive the poor image, it was on my phone... It's an apartment overhang on my block in Capitol Hill.

For those of you that need the background, Ayn Rand is the founder of Objectivism and the author of several books, most notably, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. I haven't read Fountainhead but spent a year of my life reading Atlas. I don't recommend it for beach reading or if you find yourself bored one day and decide to pick something up. It is an epic piece of literature that is a must read for libertarians and bookworms.

I noticed this overhang right away after I moved to CH and wondered of the genesis of the name. It might be worth looking into...

What Were You Doing One Year Ago?

I was apparently so bored at work that I started this blog. Funny how things don't really change too much...

Yep, it's the first birthday of the Ditmas Park/Kensington/City Park/Capitol Hill blog. Here's the first entry.

I guess you might say On the Fax is the Sean Combs of blogs. Can't make up it's mind about what it wants to be called but always settles on something that people eventually just accept.

In any case, thanks for reading my obscure musings.

A Great Debate Version 1.0

Ok people. Hugely important issue at hand...

I got into a debate over the weekend as to whether Chris O'Donnell played the character Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger in the film Rudy. I said "No way in hell that the guy who played Robin in the worst Batman movie ever played Rudy. It was the same guy who played Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy".

As you can expect, since this was being hashed out over pints of black beer, it turned into a shouting match, and I vowed to bring the truth to light. Thirty-six hours (approximately) later I completely forgot about it until I was reminded that this timeless debate needed to be settled once and for all.

Sean Astin Filmography

You'll note credits for Rudy in 1994 and LOTR in 2001, 2002, and 2003.

Now, since that's settled...

Thoughts on my Gypsyism

So I've moved again. The name of the blog will stay the same because I happen to be just as close to Colfax as I was before (maybe closer).

Anyway, the new neighborhood is Capitol Hill. Turns out Jack Kerouac is a former resident of the nabe, and though I'd like to be the Jack Kerouac of blogging, I'm not necessarily trying to match his legendary drinking ability (at least not consciously).

I hope to get some some pics of the new stomping grounds on here at some point.

You may now return to your regularly scheduled swine flu news.

This is Sure to Help Subside the Populist Outrage

Washington Post columnist and noted smartypants George Will wrote a piece last week about his dislike for denim. It's a pretty damning (and at times accurate) indictment of our jeans-wearing society but here is his suggested solution:

"This is not complicated. For men, sartorial good taste can be reduced to one rule: If Fred Astaire would not have worn it, don't wear it. For women, substitute Grace Kelly."

I don't think he could have done a better job at showing us how obviously lame and elitist he is. Seriously, get a researcher and find out who is currently considered very well dressed. There's got to be one fashionable person working at the Post who could have given Will better examples.

But no, he's suggesting that the two people that we should emulate in our fashion sense were dead before Ronald Reagan's second term. Yeah, seems reasonable.

Demon Denim [Washington Post]

I'm Really Bummed that Gt-Mo is Closing. I'd Love to Visit Cuba.

Turns out, I'm a terrorist. This probably isn't a surprise to some of you. See if you'll be joining me.

New at Reason.tv: Are You a Terrorist? Take Reason's Short Quiz For Answers, Dammit! [Reason]