the groundhog day project

At one point in High Fidelity , Rob says "that what really matters is what you like, not what you are like." On the one hand, I think it's both. On the other hand, yeah, I regularly measure people based on what they like. Do they like the same movies as me? (So many.) Do they watch the same TV shows as me? (Again, so many. The highbrow HBO or Netflix originals and the nerd-friendly CW shows. And, I totally understand if you don't like Banshee because a) you haven't even heard of it or, b) you can't handle the brutality of the violence.) Listen to the same music? (Actually, music isn't such a big deal for me. I'm not a one-type-of-music person, though I do obsess about one type at any given time, for sure. I don't need someone else to like what I like, though if you've got a thing for musicals and the occasional heavy metal, the occasional folk rock, we might get along.) Read the same books? (Again, not the most important thing. I mea...

CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #423 Love is a Quantum Event We experience love as an emotion, but the feeling of love, the desire to be close to the beloved, is actually an unconscious expression of the dynamic nature of sub-atomic particles eternally trying to regroup into the singularity that was their primordial state before the Big Bang blew them apart. While this knowledge helps to explain almost all human behavior, it is completely useless for writing song lyrics and Hallmark cards. Don’t even think about it for marriage proposals. Despite that titlecard getting my attention last night, I was thinking about not just love but death after yesterday’s entry . And, that—and noting the three times I’ve dealt with obituaries in this blog in my recent recap —got me to thinking about one of my favorite books—a comic book actually— Daytripper by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá. From the back cover of the collected version: WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT DAYS OF YOUR LIFE? Meet Brás de Oliva Do...