Robert Corrina's Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011 4:24PM

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Today we have a situation. A hypothetical drama played out to your readership on... the blogo-sphere.


Let's say a customer walks into a barber shop. This customer reveals to the barber that he has just been to the micro-roaster and has some new specialty coffee that he is drinking and… Read full post »

JULY 31, 2011 1:48AM

People Met, People Seen #A

People Met, People Seen


Drowning. The water-death. As deaths go, quite terrifying. Although in the past I have felt a powerful affinity for the Atlantic Ocean. I keep asking my wife to look into a burial-at-sea for when I go. We only have one son but perhaps he will have… Read full post »

MARCH 17, 2011 12:08PM

Memories of a Japanese Battery

Memories of a Japanese Battery

 

Recently there was an earthquake (9.0) and a subsequent tsunami in Japan. The Japanese showed great competence and efficiency in facing this disaster and so the consequences were mitigated. However, Act 2 involves a nuclear power plant. Because nothing says &ls… Read full post »

11 Top Films According to Corrina

 

 

Why do I have eleven top films and why am I presenting them to you? Presenting films in this way implies that there is value in my widdling down the whole of film into a list. Although it is ratherRead full post »

The Difference between Progressives and Liberals

 

I was originally going to write this about the philosophical disconnect between conservatives and progressives. Essentially, conservatives believe humans are inherently evil while progressives take a humanist perspective on what humans are andRead full post »

Ryan S. Unhinged Underminer of Live T.V.

 

Ever since I found out who reads this blog I have been somewhat reluctant to type up new entries. But it seems there is a function to delete old or regrettable posts, so, if I am fast enough I will delete… Read full post »

FEBRUARY 22, 2010 5:14AM

The Polite Reverence of Terrorists

The Polite Reverence of Terrorists

 

Unfortunately I don’t recall where I first heard the following bit of wisdom. I do remember at some point it was retold to me by a survivor of abuse. It goes like this:

 

 If you ever look out your back/… Read full post »

FEBRUARY 19, 2010 8:54PM

Shia, Lebeouf and the Cry for Help

Shia, Lebeouf and the Cry for Help

 

  As I prepare once again to shout into the hurricane that is the internet, as massive and inscrutable as Jupiter, which, at once is a tempest much larger then our planet and at the same time has all the influence/… Read full post »

To Work at the Restaurant Again, What I Would Give

 

What is a dream? Is it pictures and sounds in your unconscious mind that do not frighten you? Or is a dream a waking ambition? There is a kind of dream that is more then the sum ofRead full post »

MAY 14, 2009 8:04AM

Chris Matthews: Torture Apologist

Chris Matthews: Torture Apologist

 by Robert Corrina

 

 

I try to remember the advice at the beginning of The Great Gatsby. I endeavor to understand that every individual has had different experiences. If all individuals had the same upbringing, ancestors, education and community s/Read full post »

APRIL 5, 2009 12:57PM

Top 11 films according to Corrina

11 Top Films According to Corrina

 

 

Why do I have eleven top films and why am I presenting them to you? Presenting films in this way implies that there is value in my widdling down the whole of film into a list. Although it is ratherRead full post »