Willard "Mitt" Romney scares me more than any of the other Republican candidates, not only in this year's crop but, to be frank, from every crop in my memory stretching back to 1972. The reason is simple. I have long believed he is a sociopath. And apparently I'm not alone in this. ( Read more... )

Tonight I planned things so that I would be in my car at 7PM to listen to Left Right and Center, the political talk show I often listen to on Friday nights on KCRW. Tony Blankley, the show's "Right" for the past 6 or 7 years, died earlier this week ( Read more... )

"Teen gets 21 years in gay classmate's death ( Read more... )

Well, there's another one of those "culture hasn't changed in twenty years" articles out again by yet another delusional cultural crony in a state of personal decay. This time it's Kurt Andersen at Vanity Fair, the January 2012 edition, in an article titled "So you say you want a devolution ( Read more... )

No, I didn't fall into some orange dye or eat a lot of carrots turning my round midsection orange. For the first time since the 1970s (!) I'm watching It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Fun memories. The great WWI Snoopy as flying ace sequence is coming up. A revelation: I had a crush on Linus. Mostly it was his voice ( Read more... )

For example, yesterday when I woke up I discovered my cat had thrown up on the rug I just laundered last week ( Read more... )

I've enjoyed a few shows this season now spread out over a few networks. I doubt I'll watch all of them regularly lest roots grow out of my ass into my couch, but it's nice to know there are some alternatives out there on the regular networks ( Read more... )

I went on a late night book hunt on my shelves last night. I have hundred and hundreds of books, including many paperbacks I picked up at garage sales. As I've said before, I have too much stuff, junk piled on junk, and a few of my bookshelves are completely buried, and many of the shelves are double-stacked, with books behind books. I've long ( Read more... )

I stayed up until 3AM watching Goodfellas on Ion Television. I'm not sure what it is about that film but I can't seem to resist watching it. It's all the more strange because I don't think it's one of Scorcese's better films, judging by what exactly I'm not sure. I mean, if I keep wanting to watch it over and over again, then it must be good right ( Read more... )