Links in the Chain
WordPress has some neat features (much more so than Blogger or, God help us, Myspace, both of which I’ve used). My favorite, besides the chart showing me how many readers I have, is the “referrers” tool. I’m not sure how this is different than “incoming links;” if someone knows, please explain it to me. Anyway, […]
Family Circus on the Financial Crisis
I don’t normally post on Sundays, but this definitely warrants an exception: When our current economic condition starts affecting the Family Circus, you know we’re in trouble.
My Last Political Post, I Swear!
This week, anyway. John Rogers has posted a clarification about the whole “self-pitying self-indulgent narcissist” thing. He didn’t mean for it to apply to all conservatives who feel bullied around town. Fair enough. I think he was referring to me to me when he wrote, “There was one commenter who noted that in some jobs, […]
Hollywood Conservatism
I should amend yesterday’s post. I made Hollywood’s liberalism seem monolithic, when that’s not completely true. I worked at a video production company where all the top people were conservative. They went to church. They had four or five kids each. They were married to the same person for decades. It was bizarre. The staff […]
I’m a Self-Pitying, Self-Indulgent Narcissist With My Head So Far Up My Ass That I Equate “Occasional Discomfort During Cocktail Party Conversations” With “Being on the Fucking Blacklist.”
Allow me to explain. There’s an article from the Hollywood Reporter making its way around the blogosphere, “Republicans in biz feel stifled, bullied.” (Their headlines are so creative.) Now, I don’t generally talk about politics, because that’s not what this blog is about. (Unlike John Rogers, who, in the last two months, has posted maybe […]
Adventures of Link
Another anonymous film blogger has linked to last Friday’s post, for which I’m very grateful, since, like Ben “Yahtzee” Crowshaw, my self esteem directly correlates with the number of readers I have on any given day. (This was particularly sad in the early days of the blog, when I averaged around eight readers daily, two […]
They’re, Their, Don’t Cry.
My wife sent me an e-mail regarding yesterday’s post— their – they’re – please correct, from your teacher wife This was followed by– I mean, there – whoops, says teacher wife I’m going to stop making fun of Quentin Tarantino, now.
My 100th Post! Or, Who Wants To Marry A Porn Star?
After 4 1/2 months, 85 Google searches for “king kong” (really?), 30 clicks on Dow Corning’s boob, several dead forests, and who knows how many complaints, I’ve finally reached one hundred posts! I don’t know if I accomplished my original goal of being more productive, but I have had fun. In the spirit of having […]
Laborless Weekend
Sorry I missed a post yesterday, but I had no internet connection. Curse you, Apple eb770ed, for finally figuring out how to create a password! The only other router in range is labeled, simply, “STASH.” I’m just a white kid from the ‘burbs, but I do watch The Wire, where the dealers have a “no […]
Abridged Scripts
Do you read Rod Hilton’s parodic screenplays on The-Editing-Room.com? If not, you should. Sometimes, they’re even funnier when you like the movie than when the movie sucks. There I go, aggregating again. Don’t worry, I’ll have a real post up later today.
State of the Blog Address
Usually, since I don’t post on the weekends, I don’t get many readers on Saturday and Sunday. So, I thought it a little odd when I received a few comments on a months old post. Imagine me surprise, when I checked my blog stats and found I had more readers on Saturday than on Friday. […]
Vegas, Babies
One nice thing about Los Angeles is that Las Vegas isn’t too far away. Four, four and a half hours by car. Less, if you flout the law in a reckless disregard for your safety and the safety of others. This past weekend, like every weekend I’ve ever visited Vegas, I was shocked to see […]