By now, anyone who trolls the news knows that Alaska’s Senator Ted Stevens made a complete ass of himself during debates — I mean, lectures — surrounding some silly amendment to some silly piece of government-sponsored piffle. This link shows transcribed highlights from Stevens’ incoherent and grossly indefensible tirade, but you really have to listen…
“We don’t love da ho’s, cuz the bitches be crazy.”
The other day, a friend, in reponse to my opinions about V for Vendetta, said I’d better watch out, the NSA is listening. I laughed. He didn’t. And then it hit me. People in this country actually are afraid of their government. So, let me be clear. My government can go fuck itself. It’s inefficient,…
You’d think I, a child of the 70MM Dolby era, would be a huge fan of IMAX, which yields images three times the size of 70MM screens and 10 times the size of conventional 35MM screens. For those lovely space or underwater exploration flicks, sure, it can’t be beat. The Super Size culture we live…
My Small Ball co-blogger and good friend Erik has declared that cable is dead. Why? Because iTunes offers The Daily Show, which makes a cable subscription completely unnecessary. Yes, yes, yes. The death of network TV and its slightly more palatable cable sister is long overdue. We all remember when the advent of the world…
Precisely one year ago, I wrote a post called iMadness, in which I celebrated the marketing and design coup of Apple in the portable music arena. At the time, I was certain that I would never buy an iPod, a certainty that hasn’t mellowed a jot with age. I still think they’re overpriced, overrated, and…
No one’s ever technically accused me of being a misanthrope. In fact, I’ve artificially inflated my reputations as such by regularly maligning the vapidity of man. What I am, actually, is a hater of stupid people, of unenlightened people, and they are, I’m sorry to admit, legion. Just sit on a plane bound for Las…
While in Chicago last weekend with my boyfriend, I was reminded yet again how much difficulty San Franciscans seem to have saying hello to each other in the streets. In Chicago, more strangers said hello to or smiled at me in a 3-day weekend than in the last six months here at home. What’s worse…
I don’t often talk about my job on The Clog because I like to separate the shit I do for a living from the shit I do to contribute absolutely nothing to history. But a specific topic has arisen again and again over the last year, one I never hear broached with any gravity. Is…
At long last, my novel, The Superhero’s Closet, is going to print. Since I haven’t yet built a promotional site for the book, I just wanted to share the good news and what’s happening as I write. Today, I invited professional actor/model Ronnie Kerr to pose for cover photography. Local photographer Michael Sexton will take…