Author: Carmen Petaccio

I blog, therefore I am.

moovays by Carmen PetaccioOct 12, 20107:06 am

The Strawberry Criterion: The Facebook Movie

Near the beginning of the third act of The Social Network, there is a scene with rowboats. Two boats race on the River Thames, powered by sixteen rowers working in furious physical harmony and one-mindedness. Not […]

From Carmen, To Reality by Carmen PetaccioOct 12, 20106:39 am

Today: October 12th 2010

Reality, You will never understand me, but I’m coming to grips with that. O’s and X’s, Carmen

From Reality, To Carmen by Carmen PetaccioOct 10, 20106:31 pm

Today: October 10th 2010

Dear Carmen, Understandably, you are upset. If it’s any consolation, life will prove to be little more than a series of the important things in your life being robbed from you in painful succession. I […]