I’ve praised Dennis Cozzalio’s Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule before, but probably my favourite part is his semi-regular film geek quizzes. I’ve never managed to actually find the time to fill one out before, though (hey, I have important Battlestar Galactica and The Wire to watch!). But this time, finally, I did. I’m…
Author: Eric, your haikuist
Trailer for The Darjeeling Limited
A trailer is available for the upcoming Wes Anderson film, The Darjeeling Limited! This is, alongside the Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men, my most anticipated movie right now. I do love Wes Anderson. Rushmore and The Royal Tenebaums both made my top 100, but I think Bottle Rocket and The Life Aquatic with…
alone in the lab
alone in the lab, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. Thanks to a combination of conferences, vacations and nice weather, I’m the only person to show up in my lab. For the second day in a row. While it makes it somewhat easier to work, it does make me feel like a bit of a…
“statistics is unnatural and subversive”
Andrew Gellman posts a link on his blog to a great talk by Dick De Veaux about teaching Statistics, making the point that unlike math and music, but like literature, doing stats requires life experience. Like a lot of math/science geeks, I went through a phase of my undergrad where I was caught up in…
Cate Blanchett is Bob Dylan
And David Cross is a decidedly ironic Allen Ginsberg. From the upcoming Todd Haynes film I’m Not There, which will feature an assortment of actors (including Christian Bale and Richard Gere) as the talented Mr Zimmerman.