This is the mixed media blog of James Foreman - struggling fiction writer, offfice ape and drinker of strong coffees. Favorite topics include art, history, modern life, pop culture, dating, sex, atheism, science, stories, whimsy, magic and self-deprecation.Tumblr (3.0; @bulletpointballet)http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/<a href="http://io9.com/5399833/snl-gives-frankenstein-the-moody-teen-film-he-deserves">SNL Gives Frankenstein The Moody Teen Film He Deserves [Firelight]</a>http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/237786702http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/237786702Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:09:14 -0500<p>bigfoot<br/>  the loch ness monster<br/>  ghosts <br/>  angels<br/>  evil spirits<br/>  an afterlife<br/>  aliens visiting earth<br/>  a JFK assassination conspiracy<br/>  a 9/11 conspiracy<br/>  vampires<br/>  psychic powers<br/>  ancient astronauts<br/>  astrology<br/>  magic<br/>  soul mates<br/><br/>   I’m afraid the world is painfully, irrevocably mundane. <br/><br/>   Its okay, though. We can still enjoy it. </p>http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/237718807http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/237718807Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:44:00 -0500<a href="http://io9.com/5399492/3+d-model-of-lee-harvey-oswalds-head-a-setback-for-conspiracy-theorists">3-D Model Of Lee Harvey Oswald's Head: A Setback For Conspiracy Theorists</a>http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/237690599http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/237690599Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:12:32 -0500<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksthd9n6Zt1qzp3szo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p>tribeca, wooster street, lost astronaut (via <a href="http://none00.tumblr.com/post/237519937/tribeca-wooster-street-lost-astronaut-via">none00</a>, <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/christiansvaneskolding">svanes</a>)</p></blockquote>http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/237661937http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/237661937Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:39:51 -0500<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kstit1GT051qzv5mlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://hearttosoul.tumblr.com/">hearttosoul</a>)</p>http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/237656586http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/237656586Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:33:15 -0500<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kstohuGghQ1qzpy07o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.desicolours.com/amazing-floral-carpets-at-brussels/29/10/2009">Floral Carpets in Brussels</a>.</p> <p>(via desicolours.com)</p>http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/237655902http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/237655902Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:32:17 -0500<p>at least five times in the last couple of days, surround sound speakers have made me think, for a manic moment, that I’m having a psychotic episode.</p>http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/237650525http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/237650525Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:26:07 -0500<p>I don’t come to this particular Panera very often. It sits between my house and my mom and dad’s house, so I occasionally stop on my way to or from one or the other. <br/><br/> I see this lady here every time I’m here. She comes in, unpacks a stack of word find books, orders a single coffee, and spends <i>hours</i> working on them with a pen from her plastic purse full of multicolored pens. I’ve never seen her talk to anybody, check a phone, balance a checkbook, eat a danish or anything but what I just described.<br/><br/> I imagine that if she wrote a blog post about her afternoon at Panera, it would be about the guy on the Mac who orders a coffee and sits there with his headphones on all the time. <br/><br/></p> <center><image src="http://www.jamesforeman.com/up/panera2.jpg"></image></center> <br/><br/> Also, I saw this lady come in with her young daughter and a man who is obviously the girl’s father. This woman only smiled for a little bit, when the kid’s dad went to the bathroom. Neither were wearing wedding rings. Every time the father tried to have any kind of meaningful interaction with the mother, she barely reacted at all.<br/><br/> I can’t imagine what they did to each other to make somebody act like this around her ex:<br/><br/><center><image src="http://www.jamesforeman.com/up/panera1.jpg"></image></center>http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/237635327http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/237635327Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:08:00 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nAESo2uv-po&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nAESo2uv-po&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Stan Bush - “Dare”</p> <p>From Transformers: The Movie (1986)</p>http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/236255856http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/236255856Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:43:12 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/a5iDGIUUgd4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/a5iDGIUUgd4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5iDGIUUgd4&feature=youtube_gdata">a cleaner pug</a></p>http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/236251775http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/236251775Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:37:51 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sVZnakJJEUU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sVZnakJJEUU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>so much for <i>subtle</i> references to Firefly. </p> <p>dunno if it’s a good idea to invoke past great shows on your current mediocre show, though.</p> <p>first step in improving Castle, as delightfully illustrated by the lovely actress playing Castle’s daughter - recast the daughter. </p> <p>(thanks, abby!)</p>http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/236157118http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/236157118Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:33:00 -0500<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksq56xr9DR1qzpy07o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>the earliest crushes are the strongest ones.<br/><br/>I count myself among a generation of boys who swoon for ballsy brunettes.</p>http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/235684382http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/235684382Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:42:33 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews/~3/ip-MZoAqFCk/">Amazon’s suggestion system reveals surprising truth about coders [PIC]</a>http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/235680770http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/235680770Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:37:56 -0500<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksq2koJJbv1qz9abfo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://lovelyybones.tumblr.com/">lovelyybones</a>)</p>http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/235677969http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/235677969Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:34:19 -0500<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksq3znISSR1qzpy07o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/04/bikinia-leia-and-stu.html">Bikini Leia and stunt double catch some rays, via Boing Boing</a></p>http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/235663558http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/235663558Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:16:34 -0500<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kspdu2ZsMS1qzgjpco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://atableforone.tumblr.com/post/235210294">atableforone</a>)</p> I would totally wear this.http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/235577294http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/235577294Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:34:36 -0500<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksmnv5uhRZ1qzb7gjo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://kellilovesyou.tumblr.com/post/234468820/mymph-loveyourchaos-this-is-forever-true">kellilovesyou</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://mymph.tumblr.com/post/234288575/via-loveyourchaos">mymph</a>:<a href="http://loveyourchaos.tumblr.com/">loveyourchaos</a></p> <p>this is FOREVER true.</p> </blockquote> I disagree. A job is always a job. Even if it’s what you LOVE to do, there are days (sometimes many days) when somebody with power over you will demand that you do what you LOVE on a day that you don’t want to do it. Get used to that, and you’ll be free.http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/234649105http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/234649105Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:13:54 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wOur8qXvpnk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wOur8qXvpnk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>I absolutely love this. LOVE LOVE LOVE this. </p> <p>I like prank humor in general, but this is an amazing idea - basically, Remi Gaillard and about a hundred people treat a series of unsuspecting Sunday bicyclists like they’ve just won the Tour de France. </p> <p>To quote They Might Be Giants - the “victims” are excited and confused. </p> <p>I put victim in quotes because this is the best <i>kind</i> of prank humor - one that doesn’t make fun of people but puts them in terribly absurd, surreal and (of course) hilarious circumstances.</p>http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/234630318http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/234630318Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:51:04 -0500<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksnspk5EYn1qza7f1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/234352087http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/234352087Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:45:00 -0500“nothing’s worse than<br/> seeing you worse than me”<br/><br/> - <em>Au Revoir Simone - “Fallen Snow”</em>http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/234097344http://bullet.jamesforeman.com/post/234097344Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:11:00 -0500