So here was the dilemma. Last night, I had some guests over, including a few friends who are in LA for a few days from out of town. At aroun...

Anyone else think that this whole foiled terrorist plot may be just so much election year hype? Was some plot foiled by British intelligenc...

Last night, I saw a double feature at the Egyptian Theater. Two British films, totally unavailable on DVD, that have been all but forgotten ...

Here's what George Bush had to say in the aftermath of this whole British liquid bomber fiasco : President Bush said the foiled plot sho...

In two simple paragraphs : "I'm worried that too many people, both in politics and out, don't appreciate the seriousness of the...

I saw Inside Man in theaters while visiting Florida this Spring, so I didn't write up my thoughts at the time. Spike Lee's latest i...

Easily posted streaming videos + Blogger + Apathy - Anything Interesting Besides Joe Lieberman's hilarious defeat = Another YouTube post...

Okay, let me get this straight...We shouldn't do research on stem cells because one day, if enough little children vigorously clap their...

The self-aggrandizing wrong-headedness of this quote really startled me: "Of course I am disappointed by the results, but I am not disc...

A guy I work with, a struggling wannabe screenwriter, he's all about the high-concept postmodern conceit. Every idea he comes up with fo...

One of the aspects of TV's "Big Brother" I enjoy most is the opportunity to observe group dynamics in action. Really, high sch...

I woke up this morning at about 9 am in horrible, horrible pain. So blinding and disorienting was the discomfort in and around my head, it t...

All of my years of higher education have, at this point, congealed into one large clump of vaguely-recalled factual information. If you want...

I'll admit it...I'm fascinated by this Mel Gibson thing. Fascinated. The first thing that's clear: he clearly holds prejudices a...

You all may have noticed that I'm updating the blog less these days. I've been exceptionally busy lately. One of Laser Blazer's ...

Though it's an adaptation of one of the most iconic American TV shows of the 1980's, and the title "Miami Vice" has become...