Desperation is More Than a Stephen King Movie
I can't bear to watch American Idol, so I was channel flipping and up a couple clicks was Henry freaking Thomas. I'd totally forgotten that I'd seen him ever so briefly in an ad for […]
Distractions
Heath Lemongrass
Thank you to whoever accidentally ended up on my site by googling Jake Galangal Brokeback Mountain yesterday. The notion of Mr. Gyllenhaal combined with a rhizome was the only thing that made me laugh all […]
TV Turnon Week
A couple weeks ago I was at Blockbuster (I know, who rents videos/dvds anymore?) because all the movie theater movies in the area sucked, and of course, most of the dvds sucked too (we ended […]
The Cat Bird Seat
Ok, maybe I’m warming to You Tube, after all. I’ve been rewarded once again in my sporadic quest for interspecies friendships. This time it’s a Japanese rooster and kitten (later a cat) who become companions. […]
Unplanned Obsolescence
I recently noticed that The Village Voice has started redoing neighborhoods for its Close-up On series. I always wondered how long it would take before they ran out of or started revisiting enclaves since my […]
Another Fat Jared (Not the Subway Spokesman)
I've never had an opinion of Jared Leto one way or the other. I guess he's kind of hot in that lean, muscular, low-rise-jeans-for-men kind of way that I don't fully understand. He's no Renee […]
When Sausages Roamed the Earth
Most people are familiar with Grimm's fairy tales like, "Rapunzel" and "Cinderella," but not everyone's heard of, "The Louse and the Flea," "King Thrushbeard," or "Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie." This is some good stuff, I […]