2014: The Year In Things That Didn’t Suck
The general consensus is that 2014 sucked for many reasons. My lame list includes everything from the Congressional election results, to money woes, to the Oakland Raiders' Commitment to Excrement,…
A Peek Into My Process
I've started writing the party sequence of my novel-in-progress. Those who think they know me will point out that my usual approach to partying down is to say as little as possible and…
Dismantle the Sun Is Free This Week
So if you haven't read it, or if you have and figure a friend might like a winter's tale about cancer, family strife, religious conflict, and an ill-advised affair, you…
My Favorite Yule Tide Flicks
I know that some of you among the reading several plump for the more traditional pictures like A Christmas Story, It's a Wonderful Life, or one of the iterations of A Christmas Carol,…
Summer of Long Knives Makes A 10-Best List
I guess this means I can't throw an Ayelet Waldman style fit about being skunked. And I'd been editing my enraged tweets for months. They were devastating and funny. Ah,…
Finally, Proof That Water Has Memory!
From the marvelous Gemma Arrowsmith. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2clbE5KkeI]
What To Do When You Find Out Who The Libertarian At A Party Is
I am not much of a partygoer. I used to feel bad about this, but in recent years, I've justified my extreme form of introversion with the wise words of…
Verschärfte Vernehmung Or, As We Know It, Enhanced Interrogation
With the release of the Senate torture report, I took a look back to see if I'd ever done a post on torture, either in our present context or as…
Wherein I Take The Piss Out of Footloose
Over at the MMIP Riffs channel, a channel to which all goodhearted people should subscribe, I spend a few minutes picking on 1984's camp-fest, Footloose. Because on the day a…
Quick Note On Spectre
So, we have a new 007 title: Spectre. I can't say it's the most imaginative title of the series, which has had a mixed record in this department since their stock of…