So Totally Automatic

Oh, this is just TOO funny. shadowscast had a post about using MS Word's Autosummary function to pull up 100-word drabbles from long fics that are so Dada that it's absolutely inspiring. Of course I had to try it. Witness: ( Fun With AutoSummary, Dirty Back Road Version )

Culture, and Why It Matters

Peter Sellars State of Cinema address from the 2007 San Francisco International Film Festival. Nominally a speech about Indie film and its larger purpose in the world, but diverges into talk about globalization, quality of life, and why art and culture are necessary to any system of government that's interested in justice. Read, it's enlightening.