How cool is a book that gives you detailed instructions on how to make gunpowder? Pretty damned cool. Turns out there is more to making black powder-as author William Gurstelle prefers to call his gun powder-than Captain Kirk made it look when was kicking Gorn ass with a bamboo cannon. For one thing, you need …
Author Archives: Descartes
Alcatraz
Alcatraz is the story of time traveling murders and the people who want to catch them before they kill again. It’s a good show on many levels, the actors are great, the production values are high, and who doesn’t long for a glimpse of the good old days of prison life in the early 1960s? The …
The Annual Dallas Cowboys Rant
What’s wrong with the Dallas Cowboys? Owner Jerry Jones. It’s been the tradition on local talk radio to call for the head of Jerry Jones after the final loss of the season. But yesterday the usual rabble rousers were replaced by some college football game, so I had to listen to another sports talk station. …
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
I liked Mission:Impossible-Ghost Protocol. The story of four agents duking it out with a Supervillian and a Russian Cop. Along the way things blow up, people get chased, cars crash, and there are a lot of pretty cool fights. Ghost Protocol is the kind of movie you walk out of the theater looking for someone …
Beer Is Proof That God Loves Us
Here is the tale of one man’s love for his favorite beverage: Beer. From it’s humble beginnings as everyone’s everyday drink, to it’s latest mutations into 32 per cent proof hard core booze, Charles Bamforth explains why beer is the best of all the alcohols. I’m not a drinking man, not even beer. But I am …
Attack The Block
The story of a council block inhabited by an odd mixture of London poor, that happens to become the center of an alien invasion. From the producers of Shane of The Dead, Attack The Block is a pretty straight forward take on a monster movie. Unlike CGI fests such as Super 8 and Cloverfield, Attack …
Moonwalking With Einstein
I like books about memory and the brain. I must have read The Memory Book by Harry Lorayne when I was still in high school-not that it helped me with my studies, but I did learn how to memorize all kinds of random items. I really loved Superlearning as well. There is something amazing about …
The Book of Unwritten Tales
The Book of Unwritten Tales is the best adventure game to come out since last year’s Gray Matter from Jane Jensen. It’s another throw back to the glory days of Sierra Online and LucasArts point and click games. The Book of Unwritten Tales features great voice acting, beautiful graphics, and a story that is chock …