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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the percentage of U.S. residents over 65 years of age:
1990 - 4.1%
2002 - 13%
2020 - 16% (projected)

Watching the news these days makes me believe in Hollywood. My hyper-critical-movie-critique-alter-ego used to criticise blockbuster villains for being too evil (John Lithgow in Cliffhanger (1993) comes to mind). I longed for more complicated characters. I wanted to understand why they became evil. However, watching Iraqi citizens in Fallujah rejoice at the site […]

This was a truly awesome production from HBO Films. If you liked Saving Private Ryan and the personal experience behind war, please tune in. I saw most of these episodes when they aired on HBO. Looking forward to seeing the ones that I missed. Check back here for a review once the series has […]

Just picked up iLife ‘04 from the Apple Store at CambridgeSide Galleria.
I have to say that I have been mostly pleased. I was able to create a DVD from DV footage assembled in IMovie and subsequently imported into iDVD. I did have a few problems. One was with audio. iMovie has a great […]

Have you tried following the Calendar Link. I try to put only the most interesting events in it. Coming up is the opening of Boston Community Boating, The 48 hour film festival, and the Tacto Fashion Show at Avalon. Take a look.
I used great open source software called phpicalendar for dispaying the events. It […]

Bohemia in the South End.

Delicious pizza delivered in Boston.

Well, I know one should do their good deeds in secret, but I just had to comment on how good it feels to be good. Today, while walking to the dry cleaners, I found a wallet lying on the ground right outside the drivers side door of a car. I left a note on […]