http://nergon.com The life and times of Nergon. And stuff. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:08:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en That must be somehow different from Billy Joel's version - "Moving Up"... And yet is it really trading up?  http://nergon.com/2008/10/10/trading-up/ So much for the robot janitor plan. http://nergon.com/2008/10/08/celebrity-janitor/ If you need some cowboy music to go with the cowboy movie review, head over to Amazon.com's MP3 store today for a $3-dollar deal on Tim McGraw's "Greatest Hits 3" which actually released today.  Hey that's kind of cool.  A bargain on release day. http://nergon.com/2008/10/07/3-tim-mcgraw/ Finally got a chance to sneak away and catch "Appaloosa" last night, the new western from director Ed Harris (wow, that sounds weird).   There are far too few westerns being made these days, so when a new one comes along, I'm inclined to make sure to see it in ... http://nergon.com/2008/10/07/appaloosa/ This is the worst news I have seen in quite some time.  In fact, I am deeply disappointed in my fellow Americans.  I had more faith in them than this.  Can it get any worse??  Is there any room to go down from here?  I seriously doubt it.  It's a dark ... http://nergon.com/2008/10/06/news-of-the-grotesque/ I like Wiley.Of course, change just for the sake of change is not automatically a good thing.  It has to be POSITIVE change.  And providing one alternative doesn't in and of itself make that alternative better.  http://nergon.com/2008/10/06/todays-non-sequitur-made-me-laugh/ Mammas, don't let the aliens come around to steal your brains. http://nergon.com/2008/10/06/evil-janitor-bot/ Hey, for all you PC gamers out there that don't yet have HL2: Episode 1 or HL2 Deathmatch (and yes, I'm looking at you, Tab), Steam is selling it this weekend only for $4.99.That is a seriously good deal.  Not only do you get the extremely good (but short) episode one, ... http://nergon.com/2008/10/03/half-life-2-episode-1-for-5/ I like the little robot guy. http://nergon.com/2008/10/03/processing/ I recognize that just because Congress didn't pass the bail-out plan, that doesn't mean that they're doing nothing.  But the failure of our government to quickly agree on a course of action designed to alleviate disaster (as much as possible) seemed to lend itself to an illustration of a somewhat ... http://nergon.com/2008/10/01/role-models/