Michael Myers

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Empathy for a Monster

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11/10/2019
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My wife and I finally got to see Joker the other night and it was – as billed – UH-MAZING!  I’d seen the initial images of Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker months ago and I was skeptical since he didn’t look menacing enough. I’m not sure if I was expecting an attempt to surpass Heath Ledger’s performance, but I wasn’t intimidated by the images. And...

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Tool LIVE!

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11/03/2019
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I am so stoked! I got to see Tool for the first time since August 13th, 1998. That’s 7,733 days for those keeping score. It was for their Ænima tour and it was intense. I had seen them the year before on August 25, 1997 for the last “real” Lollapalooza tour. (I actually chose not to see them after the 98 show because I thought there was no way to top that performance. Red Rocks...

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Octopus Dreaming (video)

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10/29/2019
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Octopuses are one of the most intelligent animals on this planet with one study suggesting, they’re actually from another planet. They’re a member of the Cephalopod family which include Squids and Cuttlefish. These animals are excellent communicators changing the chromatophores (and the texture) in/of their skin to indicate emotion: white = fear, read= anger, etc. (They’re also...

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Michael Myers