tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51037202024-02-08T10:19:34.213-08:00Offline Adventures of an Internet JunkieThe blog of David MarklandThe Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comBlogger316125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-55140025731338384622008-03-07T23:24:00.000-08:002008-03-07T23:25:41.928-08:00Stick a fork in this blog.I'm writing, but elsewhere.I'm leaving my updates here:www.davidmarkland.comThe Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-41316100956457226822007-03-10T16:25:00.001-08:002007-03-10T16:25:51.560-08:00Another update on what the hell I've been writing.A quick recap of some of my favorite recent entries at blogging.la:First is a "series" I put together counting down the Top 25 Legends of Los Angeles - conspiracy theories, rumors, tall tales, urban legends, etc. About nine other writers contributed to the project, including some amazingly well researched and written entries on assorted legends, including the one about Jamie Lee Curtis being a The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-45112371248608676042007-01-26T03:44:00.000-08:002007-01-26T03:56:40.136-08:00School bans lunchroom talking so they can hear if students are chokingFrom the Associated Press (via Breitbart): A Roman Catholic elementary school adopted new lunchroom rules this week requiring students to remain silent while eating. The move comes after three recent choking incidents in the cafeteria. No one was hurt, but the principal of St. Rose of Lima School explained in a letter to parents that if the lunchroom is loud, staff members cannot hear a child The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-23901600263601400042007-01-25T18:43:00.000-08:002007-01-25T18:56:20.565-08:00The Highlight ReelThanks for still checking here. As stated many times before, all of my efforts have been spent writing for blogging.la. In the sidebar you'll see a link to my most recent posts, and is constantly updated.Here's a few recent posts I've done over there that I'd like to get more people to check out:Katy Sullivan - I've been posting video work from LA filmmaker who aren't at Sundance this week, The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1151516708752564632006-06-28T10:45:00.000-07:002006-06-28T10:45:08.820-07:00Credibility, Part II've been working far too long on a larger post about credibility, relating the the Bush Admin, James Frey, Truthout.org, and bloggers in general. Alas, it always gets too long winded, so I'll keep it down to occasional brief posts...I saw An Inconvenient Truth. I thought it was pretty good. I also followed up by surfing the net to back up the some of Gore's claims. My largest problem is his The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1151196161341562402006-06-24T17:42:00.000-07:002006-06-24T17:42:41.396-07:00Why Bill O'Reilly Lost My RespectI think I've mentioned this before - I used to respect Bill O'Reilly, even though I disagreed with him often, until this interview with Jeremy Glick. Any other news network would have fired O'Reilly for the way he treated this guest.The video enough is bad alone, let alone O'Reilly later spinning/lying about what Glick said on the program:"on this program, Glick The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1149498540511672722006-06-05T02:09:00.000-07:002006-06-05T02:09:01.460-07:00Will Blog for My SoulOnce again, I pipe in to point out that I am, indeed, blogging quite a bit... albeit at blogging.la.I recently added a tool bar on the right that offers an easy way to see my most recent posts there. The Los Angeles-centric, but sometimes still fun. And if they inspire you to come visit, all the better.I'm particularly proud of my most recent entries, part of a series called "Six Six Six Days of The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1145293646827142302006-04-17T10:07:00.000-07:002006-04-17T10:19:23.156-07:00Video camera + pooper scooper = ???Gene Garcia, another Group 101er from my team just made and posted this fun MasterCard spec commercial.If you're a sucker for puppies in video like I am, you'll enjoy.PricelessAlso, our group mentor, Nick Towle, recently invited me to help out on a reshoot for a short he made (actually, he invited my camera and I just tagged along). Some pics from the set can be viewed here... interesting to noteThe Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1144822996688726122006-04-11T23:23:00.000-07:002006-04-11T23:23:16.753-07:00Dear Richard Laymon fans...A little over a year ago I adapted and shot a short film based on the Laymon short story "The Worshipper". This was actually supposed to be the first of three Laymon shorts I wanted to adapt for my director's reel, and I chose "The Worshipper" mainly because I knew I could shoot it with little or no budget (actually this was secondary - I really liked the story, too).While I still have the The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1143067257260797752006-03-22T14:40:00.000-08:002006-03-22T14:40:57.333-08:00I've been eliminated.I'll post the whole story in the next couple days, but in short one lucky shot under my front door wettened my feet, thus eliminating me from Street Wars.In the meantime, CNN will be covering Street Wars tonight on The Situation Room at 7pm EST.The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1142624508971723052006-03-17T11:35:00.000-08:002006-03-17T11:41:48.973-08:00Oh, Bullocks...If you're wondering what the hell I was talking about with Sumner Redstone coming after me, check out this article for a clue...LA Times: "Assassin Game Is A Hit, Man"In the meantime, I think I was a little paranoid at the time. A newsvan was parked outside my apartment and, really, who wouldn't think they were anything but assassins?(if you're asked to log in to read the article, try:login: The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1142623785486485772006-03-17T11:22:00.000-08:002006-03-17T11:29:45.500-08:00Comforting News If You're Considering Cutting Off Your Own Penis To Use As A WeaponDr. Greg Bales, associate professor of urology at the University of Chicago, said severed penises are uncommon but surgery usually works. "As long as the penis is placed on ice and reattached within a few hours, the success is usually pretty good," Bales said.Phew!Although if it was MY penis it would have been an effective weapon and taken out an entire SWAT team, unlike this guy who was easily The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1142303607011178382006-03-13T18:33:00.000-08:002006-03-13T18:33:27.016-08:00Sumner Redstone is after me...But no, he will not get me.The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1142239461280813882006-03-13T17:44:00.000-08:002006-03-13T17:58:01.866-08:00Too Little, Too LateMy biggest problem with the US invading Iraq, isn't that we shouldn't have never ousted Sadaam, but that deceiving the public about the threat of WMDs was the wrong way to go. I know my right wing readers will say we weren't lied to, and more on this in a bit, but first I was to stress that I think Sadaam did need to be kicked out, and personally I would back removing almost any dictator or The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1142299536442385922006-03-13T17:25:00.000-08:002006-03-13T17:25:36.506-08:00Bryan Adams: Loved by IslamHere's one strike against Dubai and the UAE: they're genuinely excited by an upcoming concert by Bryan Adams. A Canadian.However, I find it pretty damned telling that not only is this concert apparently selling out a Dubai stadium, but the sponsors include Virgin Megastores, the Hard Rock Cafe, and Hallmark greeting cards.I know that the main stream media and especially the right wing blogs won'tThe Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1141635916905306382006-03-06T01:05:00.000-08:002006-03-06T01:05:16.943-08:00BarCamp?I visited an interesting internet/computer convention/fest/thingy called BarCamp on Saturday night, mostly because I heard a bunch of reputable bloggers would be attending. It was also put together in part by Sean Bonner from blogging.la, and I thought it might be great material for my first vlog.The concept and execution for BarCamp is fascinating, and the subject of the video I made about it The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1141081091059927732006-02-27T14:58:00.000-08:002006-02-27T14:58:11.060-08:00By the way...I'm actually blogging frequently, but not here...Keep an eye on blogging.la where I've been posting at least once every other day. (Its largely Los Angeles themed posts, so my out of town readers might be bored... )The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1141080920215873342006-02-27T14:55:00.000-08:002006-02-27T14:55:20.220-08:00My theory gets a boost on Drudge ReportSo, yeah... my theory that Cheney will quit or get dumped by the Bush Admin so Condi RIce can become VP was given a little more credibility after the Drudge Report linked to this article:Insight Magazine: Cheney seen retiring after midterm electionsSenior GOP sources envision the retirement of Mr. Cheney in 2007, months after the congressional elections. The sources said Mr. Cheney would be The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1139988932762529592006-02-14T23:35:00.000-08:002006-02-14T23:37:36.693-08:00Interview with former cop, current hunter, Republican, fellow Markland, on the whole Cheney shootingIn press lingo, the Cheney shooting story certainly has legs. Not so much over the actual shooting than the VP's office repeated delays on informing the public, and perhaps even the White House, of critical details. This, of course, raises many questions and suspicions, and highlights the concerns that people opposed to the Bush Admin have been saying all along: its secretive to a fault. Why did The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1139783968221695172006-02-12T14:31:00.000-08:002006-02-12T14:39:28.233-08:00Dick Cheney Blows Cap In Attorney's Ass (or face and neck)I know how horrific it is to laugh at someone else's misery, but I can't quit chuckling at Dick Cheney's accidental shooting of attorney Harry Whittington.As a Constitutionalist (the political party I just made up, I think) I believe in the right to bear arms. And I have no problem with hunting at all.But Cheney and the NRA Republicans who talk about how safe a sport hunting is, and that firearmsThe Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1139508994324192852006-02-09T10:16:00.000-08:002006-02-09T10:16:34.383-08:00I'm About To Jump On the Impeach Bush BandwagonNATIONAL JOURNAL: Cheney 'Authorized' Libby to Leak Classified Information (02/09/2006)Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, testified to a federal grand jury that he had been "authorized" by Cheney and other White House "superiors" in the summer of 2003 to disclose classified information to journalists to defend the Bush administration's use of prewar The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1139425562847058462006-02-08T11:06:00.000-08:002006-02-08T11:06:02.893-08:00The N wordAgain, I'd like to bring up the focus at Reverse Vampyr's blog about the cartoons of Muhammad causing protests, rioting, and deaths in Europe and the Middle East.I think that it goes without saying that the violent reaction is simply inexcusable.However, the American perspective on this is a bit wrong - the usual argument is that you don't see Christians reacting this way to art such as "Piss The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1139389543295474822006-02-08T01:05:00.000-08:002006-02-08T01:05:43.340-08:00Is anti-Muslim bigotry becoming accepted in mainstream America?Reverse Vampyr recently posted a quote from the Face of Muhammed blog that I believe is bigoted, hate mongering, and promotes religious intolerance. Here's the quote:It is suddenly coming to our attention that Islam is not, cannot, and will not be integrated or assimilated to the values of freedom and democracy. Islam is not only a religion; it is a totalitarian and expansionistic political The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1139270862415433432006-02-06T16:07:00.000-08:002006-02-06T16:07:42.480-08:00McCain vs Obama!My favorite Republican, John McCain just sent a clean and solid blow to my favorite Democrat, Barack Obama in the form of an open letter.Painful to me, as I respect the apparent honesty and bipartisanship of both men. But in the letter, McCain disputes Obama's efforts of trying to be non-partisan with regards to lobbyist reform, and shuffles his feet without going outright and calling Obama a The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103720.post-1139030539613119522006-02-03T21:22:00.000-08:002006-02-06T20:36:24.400-08:00To All the Girls I've Loved BeforeUPDATED 2/6/06: Susan Natalie doubted my original lineup was complete (see comments) and jogged my memory... I added two more (starred) and filled in details for #6.I wondered if I could sum up every first kiss I've ever had, in order, in just a few words. No offense to anyone here...first kiss, open mouth, holy crap that was hotsecond kiss, way too easy, don't think i want to be a man slutthird The Unsomnambulisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771386443113912308noreply@blogger.com