From LRC

Though I find her pseudo-defense of Imus to be more ridiculous than apalling, Lila Rajiva's point about the real shock jocks, the ones who actually have influence on policy in Washington and elsewhere, is well taken.

Some examples:

"I've been to Africa three times. All right? You can't bring Western reasoning into the culture. The same way ( Read more... )

A little while ago, I listened to a 1943 Screen Guild Players radio theatre adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon.  It featured the four stars of John Huston's 1941 film adaptation: Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade, Mary Astor as Brigid O'Shaughnessy, Sydney Greenstreet as Casper Gutman, and Peter Lorre as Joel Cairo.  That is just about ( Read more... )

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I am seriously considering pitching this script and starting over.  A few moments ago, I had the file open on Google Docs & Spreadsheets, and it looked like some foreign document that I had no hand in creating.  It looks like a jumble of scene descriptions, vague philosophical rambling about the motives of the characters, the historico-fictional ( Read more... )

Here's a link to the most recent story on Boing Boing involving the Boston ATHF story---the story that refuses to die and becomes more absurb with each new development: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/02/02/state_of_massachuset.html  These are attorneys who work for the state of Massachusetts, and they have no apparent idea what a "hoax" is, which ( Read more... )

[A is for age]: 37

[B is for beer of choice]: Currently, Samuel Adams Brown Ale.  Generally, Guinness.

[C is for career]: Rodeo clown.

[D is for favorite Drink]: Bombay Sapphire gimlet, or Chivas Regal w/ soda and a lime, or Jameson's straight up.  Oh, did you not mean alcoholic drink?  I assumed you did...

[E is for Essential item you use everyday]: ( Read more... )

Oh hello, insomnia, nice of you to show up again, now that I was feeling better, you lousy s-o-b ( Read more... )

Today was really great.

I got out of bed just before breakfast because the smell of cooking bacon woke me up.

I feel sore from riding my bike when I'm out of shape!

I'm so stoned.

Today, I got a digital camera! Yes! Here's ten thousand photographs of my cat.

I want to say thanks to the world for absolutely fucking nothing! You all suck. I ( Read more... )

I just ran across this, and had to post, 'cause I was trying to remember this quote the other day and I couldn't!  Pure hilarity!

Marge: Homer, when are you going to give up this crazy sugar scheme?
Homer: Never, Marge. Never. I can't live the button-down life like you. I want it all: the terrifying lows, the dizzying highs, the creamy ( Read more... )

(Ok, for some unknown reason, this thing is not allowing me to use the rich text editor, which would be my preference... but, what're ya gonna do?)

It was recently pointed out to me by a person whose opinion I trust and respect very highly Kelly that, lately, all I talk about are my problems---and that I seem to have more problems than anyone ( Read more... )