I'm Not Shopping on Black Friday

Goldy reminds me why. Then there's the guy who was trampled to death by Wal-Mart shoppers, also picked up on by Wonkette. And the shoot-out at Toys 'R' Us.

This year I did about half of my Christmas shopping on-line. I like it better that way.

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Sounds Matters

From the June 23rd edition of Time, talking about Wall*E:

Having spent so much time with George Lucas on the Star Wars series, (Ben) Burtt is used to demanding directors. But even he was sometimes perplexed by Stanton’s requests. “Andrew would say, ‘That sound of the motor—could we get on with more pathos?’ I wonder about that for a minute. And then I see it as just another challenge and say, ‘O.K., I’ll get ya one!’”

I’m guessing that’s why it connected so thoroughly with a radio guy like David Goldstein. I get a kick out of the idea of pathos from an engine, though I'm willing to bet there's an army of car guys out there going, "Yeah, I can imagine that."

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