Wrong bkdunn

I’m used to getting wrong Brian Dunn emails on my brian.dunn at gmail address, but lately I’m getting wrong bkdunns as well. Most of the wrong brian.dunns are for some guy who was in the Peace Corps in Uganda. It’s kind of sad getting emails from someone else’s grandmother. Here’s my favorite to date: Peterson,

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King of Kong: Nice, Normal Guy Overcomes Elitist Nerds

Saw this movie tonight (King of Kong) — broke my 1-star movie streak. I got a real soft spot in my heart for stories about reasonably successful guys who struggle to defeat the powers of crappiness. I enjoyed seeing video game nerds act as clannish and unpleasant as (or moreso than) anyone — makes sense.

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AFI Top 100 Movies Update

I’ve seen a few more of them. I should just let this go. Oh well. 3. Casablanca — Some great one-liners, but the plot’s unclear. Is Rick the main character? What’s he trying to achieve? Should I be happy at how it ends? Or, like, care? I probably would have liked it better if I

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Some Days I Wonder Whether Living in SoCal Is Worth It

But not today: early February, upper-70’s, no smog. Nice. bkd

Rat Year!

It’s all me, baby. All. Me. bkd

My (Near) Achievement of Photographic Greatness Adequacy

Got this email from Fresh Goat today: Fresh Goat to Catherine, sales, me show details 8:34 AM (10 hours ago)   Reply   On Thu, 24 Jan 2008, Catherine wrote: > I’m writing to ask if you would grant Oxford University Press permission > to print the picture below, which appears on your web site

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One Final Kauai Vacation Bring-Down and Advance Planning for Future Bring-Downs

Just FYI, there were a couple days of my Kauai vacation that looked (and felt) like this: Even better: it’s at Wal-Mart. Saw this pic again looking through my photos today. Made me feel slightly better about being, you know, not there. Similarly, any time I think about my Utah house, I try to remind

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Comments Cormac McCarthy Would Have Received If He Would Have Workshopped The Road

(Assuming he submitted it as an unpublished writer of course.) How did the planet get like this? How long have they been walking? How old is the boy? How old is the man? Where are they exactly? Why is it always cold? How did they survive whatever happened? What are the bloodcults? (*They* sound interesting

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New Year, New Robot Friend

Look at him go!: Pros: My carpets get reasonably vacuumed without me doing anything beyond pressing a button. Doesn’t try to talk to the TV. Finds corners I didn’t think it could find. Quietest vacuum cleaner I’ve ever heard. Doesn’t break when it hits a wall. Has a gentle soul. Cons: Seems aloof, doesn’t respond

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Book Report on Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle

(Finished reading it during the holidays. Already posted this as a review on Amazon, but heck, it’s an easy way to keep the blog looking up-to-date.) Slaughterhouse Five is one of my five favorite books ever. I keep trying to find something else from Vonnegut that exudes the same energy and necessity of that book.

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