Before I begin, here’s a follow-up to my piece on Roger Ebert. It’s not just ass-licking. It’s a heartfelt story about the boy who followed in his footsteps, then foolishly betrayed his mentor. This week I’ve discovered the wonder of macros. What are macros? They are scripts that you can run in Word that can make mundane tasks simple. Convert all sentences to have two spaces after a period. Find all questionable words. Find sentences that begin with the same letter. If you know programming, like I do, they actually kind of fun. If you know VBA or VB Script, like I don’t, they can be frustrating when you don’t…
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Roger Ebert
I don’t really have anything to say at the moment, so I’ll just talk about this article: Roger Ebert: The Essential Man Anyone who grew up in the 80’s remembers the immortal duo of Siskel and Ebert. Movies came and went, but their they stayed, thrusting thumbs in various directions as in the gladitorial battles of old. Their opinion of the movie at discussion never mattered as much as their love/hate debates. When you’re parodied in things like Sesame Street and movies like “Godzilla” and “Hollywood Shuffle”, you know you’ve made it. Siskel died before his time, in the midst of their celebrity. The phenomenom was never the same, but…