<strong><span style=”color: #ff6600;”>UPDATE</span></strong> In case you wanted to see the anime Ghost in the Shell, I gotcha covered. 🙂 Okay, so some people in the states take issue with the whitewashing of this movie. I can see how that protest makes sense, but the true fan in me sees no disconnect. If nothing else, the […]
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Without the slightest hint of irony, I say this: Because it is, only maybe not in the sense that you’re thinking. The world, of course, will go on; but the world <em>as <strong>we know it</strong></em> has quite dramatically come to an end. <h3>Polls and Surveys</h3> For one thing, our faith in pre-election polling must surely be shaken […]
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The 2016 US Presidential Elections are over, and the speeches have all be delivered. I’ve gathered the three most consequential speeches here, because I know that they will be invaluable resources whenever we need to be reminded of how to be gracious in defeat, magnanimous in victory, and above all, dedicated to the nation we […]
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Observing the developments in the US Presidential election, I am always struck by the large role being played by comedy and humor, ranging from sketches on Saturday Night Live to single-serve websites that lampoon the candidates. The latest one I stumbled on, via Twitter satirist <a href=”https://twitter.com/SoWhatsNews”>@SoWhat’sNews</a>, is particularly fun. Not to overthink the thing, […]
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I’m willing to bet good money that you know someone who swears by that nutritional shake mix no one else seems to drink, or that you went to school with someone who tried to convince you that oil extracted from the liver of a shark was the best thing to happen to your body since […]
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Late last night, I noticed my Twitter timeline lighting up with arguments between people who were in favor of exposing the identities of some people allegedly harassing a young girl, and those who were against it. At first, it seemed to me like just another one of those twitter flare-ups that regularly happen over all […]
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There will never be a shortage of threats against a nation. When the drugs run low, kidnapping becomes the problem. When headway is made against kidnapping, base criminality will surge upwards. In the meantime, the seeds of fear of terrorism will be sowed, for harvesting at the most opportune time. Because of the attention given […]
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Did I mention that there would be spoilers? Good. <h3>Number 1. Â BBC called. They want Sherlock back.</h3> It’s hard to imagine anyone else playing Dr. Strange, despite Benedict Cumberbatch not being quite as tall as the comic character is supposed to be. More than anything, it’s the subtlety and effectiveness of Cumberbatch’s facial expressions that […]
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By Monday, the 7th of November, the Commission on Elections will be re-starting voter registration, and that’s a good thing. But it will be re-starting voter registration just as the Christmas season is about to start, and that’s not the best thing. <img class=”aligncenter wp-image-227 size-large” src=”http://jamesjimenez.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/voterreg-1024×512.png” alt=”voterreg” width=”800″ height=”400″ /> People will be distracted […]
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The kind of science fiction stories I enjoy the most are the ones where the fantastic elements blend so seamlessly with the mundane it becomes hard to tell the two apart. Â This is why I admire the work of Arthur C. Clarke; this is probably also why I am a fan of steampunk. In both […]