February 2008 – Halfthoughts

Telecomiscommunication

February 28, 2008 Eric Priezkalns 0

This is a true story, and it happened in a telecommunications company. It happened to me some time ago. My head still hurts when I think about it. A secretary sends out one of those […]

The End of Sexes

February 25, 2008 Eric Priezkalns 0

Brit film “Atonement” may have disappointed with its meagre haul from the Oscars, but I think I know one good reason why. There is something deeply creepy about the movie, in a Freudian kind of […]

What are Audiences for?

February 17, 2008 Eric Priezkalns 1

Good mate Guy Dickinson posed an interesting question the other day. Or rather, he repeated a quote that purports to be a fact, and asked me to discuss it. The quote was: “Radio’s really big […]

My Cave, My Scrawl

February 10, 2008 Eric Priezkalns 1

In the 1960’s and 70’s Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner performed a series of comedy interviews, often ad-libbed, with Mel playing the part of a 2000 year old man. In one interview, Reiner asks which […]