Randall G. Arnold's Blog, page 3

The Furiosa Effect

I just watched Mad Max: Fury Road last night and it changed everything.

First, about the movie. I went in with high expectations. And why not? Like many, I’ve impatiently awaited a new Max fix for decades. Meanwhile, uberdirector George Miller fought an artist’s lifetime of development hell to get this hyperbolictribute to dystopian auto maniadelivered. And man, does it deliver!

While those mossy years garnered righteous frustration, they also meant plenty of time for Miller to hash and rehas...

Elephants in the Stream

The anonymity of the Internet fosters a great deal of boasting. One of my nephews likes the term “e-penis effect” due to the fact that it seems to be a largely (crass pun intended) male phenomenon.

This well-meaning male has occasionally blundered into a bit of controversy on the subject, specific to twitter followers. It seems that even offhand tweets that are abstract, facetious or self-deprecating are taboo if they touch on the forbidden topic of follower counts. The fact that I frequently...