Obama’s Afghanistan – Pouring Troops into Absorbent Sand
Blunt Answers – The past year or so, I’ve been developing a much more stringent policy of honesty. Not with authority, mind you, but with people I love. Either absolute truth, or an honest un-answer. Now this is what happens when that carries over into hollywood . . [...]
Archive for the ‘Media’ Category
8 Dec
Things I Read Today
9 Oct
Thoughts On The Week
If giving Obama the Nobel Peace Prize is to help him accomplish something worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize, would giving him a Heisman make him a better football player?
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Though Death Cab for Cutie has shattered my confidence in – well, humanity in general – by creating a song exclusively for Twilight, this here video did make [...]
13 Aug
It amuses me (that) they ryhme with ‘guppie’
The premise of yuppies (and scuppies) bother me not so much as their manifestations of shallow taste.
By which I mean, their proclivities for participating in indie and culturally significant (cultificant) activities simply because they are such. And then laughing at all the wrong times.
I recently saw (500) Days of Summer. Which, incidentally, was brilliant. But [...]
28 Jul
Careful When Open
I often use conversations as jumping-off points. For articles. For short stories. For creative non-fiction. For screenplays. For blog posts.
If you think you’ve recognized yourself on these pages, it’s possible, but I’m denying it all.
Write what you know. That’s what everyone says. Then they get mad when you do.
Most of writing is a composite of [...]
18 Jul
If I Weren’t A Rich Man
Say I had a cash flow which was significantly smaller than my desire for enrichment through music, movies, books, and various other media.
What would I do in this theoretical situation?
I could make multiple visits to the library.
I could share my purchased acquisitions with friends – here, have a stack of cds/books/movies, bring them back when [...]
28 May
Assurance
We are often more confident in our opinions than we are in facts.
Doubt is a good movie.
I saw Doubt in the theater, soon after it opened. Usually I wait to see movies like this on DVD, or at least once the tickets are discounted and showings have dwindled. I like to be sure of my audience: if [...]
4 Mar
Scared or Startled
The vast majority of my generation does not like suspenseful movies.
Oh, they’ll watch Saw 37 and every possible permutation of Group Goes Into Woods to Meet Gruesome Ends: Hottest Girl Dies Last. But there’s no market for true psychological warfare.
Disjointed music playing as the dark figure on screen reaches . . . pauses dramatically . [...]
11 Feb
Peeking Through My Fingers
The Second In A Series Of Peeves
I like TV. And I don’t mind, every once in a while, when a show manipulates me or a storyline to give me a payoff at the end.
But please, please, for the sake of all that is good and holy, don’t drag me and my emotion around for the [...]
22 Jan
Welcome, Apathy
I’ve missed you.
Yes, it’s true. I just don’t care. I get done with work, and I go home and sit on my couch and watch TV and make dinner* and read and play guitar and think about all the things I should be doing.
Like writing on my blog.
Like writing more things to submit for publication, [...]
16 Jan
The Curious Case Of
my fascination with giving my opinion on absolutely everything, even though the experts and idiots have all already weighed in.
My brother and I wanted to see Quantum of Solace. Not because it was going to be as good as Casino Royale (we were sure it wasn’t) or it was going to be as deep as [...]
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