Still Alive
I received a lovely e-mail from Michael over at Hollywood Juicer: Dude, it’s ten days since you last posted. Not that I mean to pressure you (being barely able one post a week, this pot will not hurl accusations of “blackness” towards any kettle at all), but when someone who typically puts up something four […]
Links! (So I Don’t Have to Write a Real Post!)
Things are picking up around work, so, in lieu of a real post here are a few fun links: Script Goddess has a great post about the little moments on set. Did you know there was a terrorist attack in New York? In 1920? I heard about it from a Slate podcast. While searching for […]
Political Hollywood Links
Cracked has a hilarious article about Magic Negros. Oh, man, I nearly peed my pants. – – – John Rogers has a confusedly worded, rambling diatribe on his blog. Once you get past the beginning, where he seems to be addressing some unspecified reader or readers, he makes some sound points: This is how it […]
New Year’s Links
Like many Americans, I’m busy looking for a job. I’m just more used to it than most. So, instead of writing a real post, here’s some links! Cracked has the most inspirational, patriotic piece of writing I’ve read in a long, long time. Ken Levine complains about Standards & Practices, as well he should. He […]
Practical Jokes
There’s a lot of downtime on a film set. Sometimes you play games. Sometimes you play practical jokes. Here are some of my favorites– A friend of mine had one of those screensavers that plays a slideshow of pictures from your computer. Naturally, he chose a file that consisted mostly of Rebecca Romijn in a […]
Merry Christmas, et al.
A while back, I had a Jewish boss. Around this time of year, he told me he didn’t understand how people could possibly be offended by “merry Christmas.” It’s just wishing someone well, after all. So, he sent me Hanukkah cards, and I sent him Christmas cards, and all was right with the world. Makes […]
You Can’t Go Home Again
I had dinner at my parents’ house, last night. I noticed that the silverware no longer had the flowery pattern I remembered from my youth. Instead, there were these new, lighter forks and spoons with no pattern at all. This minor change from the last time I was here, a year ago, struck me surprisingly […]
Travels
I just returned home for Christmas. The trip was uneventful. By which I mean, my wife and I were stuck in O’Hare airport for six hours in the middle of the night, and there was nothing to do. Did you know they have a Brachiosaurus? (My spellchecker wants me to write “brontosaurus,” which is wrong.) […]
Great New Vlog!
Have you seen this great new student film? Did he have help shooting this? I’m glad he cut the head of the video, where you see him hitting record, then running around the desk to sit down. Seriously, it looks like the end of an episode of Blossom.
Glad That’s Over
Congratulations to Barrack Hussein Obama! Hopefully the Firefox spell checker will learn our new president’s name, soon. In local news, California passed Prop 8 but not Prop 4. I guess that means we’re in favor of unmarried promiscuity? Well, at least chickens can turn around. A friend of mine voted on the beach. Don’t you […]
Election Day Bonus Post
For those of you who don’t like me talking about politics (Shawn), go ahead and skip this one. First of all, despite some reservations, I’m voting for Obama. Because Scott Adams told me to. Here in California, there are twelve ballot initiatives to vote on. (Surprisingly, not a record number.) I find Prop 8 the […]
Halloween
Hugo over at Polymathic Writings tagged me with a Halloween-y meme: List your top 10 selections and reasons for the selections. So, here goes, in no particular order– Halloween. Duh. Because it’s pants-shittingly terrifying. And don’t tell me it doesn’t hold up. Turn off the lights and watch it by yourself at night. I piss myself […]