I had this notion today of what would be a fun or at least interesting "dream job ( Read more... )

My (nearby) city of Portland has been getting some newfound attention recently with some (deserved) hype over the comedy series Portlandia, which premiered on IFC last week. It's also up on Hulu and the premiere episode really is hilarious and definitely worth checking out ( Read more... )

I don't write a lot of poetry (anymore) and when I do it tends to be very lyrical and come out pretty quick ( Read more... )

I have no idea what in the H-E-double hockey sticks the phrase "Keep fucking that chicken" is supposed to be mean but, wow, the reaction of the co-anchor is all kinds of awesome!

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I think this phrase will be everywhere very soon!

J

Last night my wife and I took our younger son out for dinner (older son is away for the week) to his favorite all-you-can-eat pizza and salad place. I was absolutely starving, having just come home from the long commute so, yeah, I ate heartily ( Read more... )

This is so damn funny ( Read more... )

First things first, aka "a brief word of self promotion/self pimping"...

The new not-so-much-Halloween-themed-but-more-like-Halloween-appropriate edition of Soundtrack, titled "Dreamscape", is up and ready for download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/yow31tRead more... )

Apparently the rumors of Guitar Hero: Metallica are premature, and rumors of Rock Band: The Beatles are just that: Rumors ( Read more... )

We all lost a very talented film director yesterday and a pretty damn good (part time) actor to boot.

I'm not going to pretend that I know Sydney Pollack's filmography inside and out. What I will tell you is that, if you have not seen it, to walk/run/kill/claw and/or bump to the top of your Netflix account the movie TootsieFor starters, it is a ( Read more... )

The 'news' today of Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson's engagement made me realize I should send them a card.

I think this one will do.


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