Monthly Archives for July 2008

The Underlying Sadness of “Harold and the Purple Crayon”

My old­est boy and I have been read­ing the 50th anniver­sary edi­tion of “Harold and the Pur­ple Crayon” by Crock­ett John­son for a cou­ple of nights now. It’s a nice hard­back col­lec­tion of four of the Harold sto­ries and Noah … Con­tinue read­ing →

18. July 2008 by Glenn Vance
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Operation Downfall, Part II

Con­tin­ued from Part I. Down­fall would have been the largest amphibi­ous land­ing in his­tory, includ­ing 42 air­craft car­ri­ers, 24 bat­tle­ships, 400 destroy­ers and other ships. Four­teen U.S. divi­sions A divi­sion is a large mil­i­tary unit usu­ally con­sist­ing of around ten … Con­tinue read­ing →

16. July 2008 by Glenn Vance
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An Open Letter to Colonel Saul Tigh

Dear Colonel Tigh, Saul, we’ve known each other a long time at this point, you and I. I’ve been watch­ing you intently for three and a half years as you’ve wres­tled with the Ambrosia-drinkin’ and put-a-gun-to-your-head demons in your mind … Con­tinue read­ing →

14. July 2008 by Glenn Vance
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I’m (Probably) Done Watching “Heroes”

The show “Heroes” started out as a fun but deriv­a­tive con­cept — the hero ori­gin story. More point­edly, “Heroes” is a take on the X-Men. You’ve got your mind reader (Pro­fes­sor X), the guy who can fly (Angel), the girl … Con­tinue read­ing →

11. July 2008 by Glenn Vance
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