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Random Finds for Random Minds

Taking a break from a long weekend of cleaning – and I’ll be back at work tomorrow, haha woo holidays, amirite? – to bring you some random arty stuff from the far reaches of the interwebnets:

Reviewing in Briefs: This Is War

The third album released by American rock band 30 Seconds to Mars, this disc seems to split the difference between their eponymous debut and second album, A Beautiful Lie. The debut album was basically a rock soundtrack for the ultimate sci-fi movie that’s never been made (yet). It’s really great music to daydream or make [...]

Reviewing in Briefs: James Cameron’s Avatar

So yeah, wow.

Okay, now that I’ve got that out of my system…I really want to give this film some sort of insightful, nay, scathing critique. But…I’m not really certain I can.

Yes, the plot was some kind of hybrid of Dances with Wolves and Ferngully: The Last Rainforest. Yes, the reviewers ranting about the story and [...]

Game Your Brain

For reasons of my own, I’ve been interested in something called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for some time now. My interest started before I was even aware of CBT as a psychological discipline in the first place, though. I figured out some years ago that it’s possible to hack your own mind, if you do it [...]

Keeping the Energy Up

It’s definitely been a long year for me, and I’m finding that every day it seems like I have less and less free time and energy to get things done. It’s sorely tempting to go dig up some motivational reading or podcasts to see if they’ll help, but honestly I feel like I’ve gotten as [...]