Why I Work In Television 3

On days like this, when a lot of calling around leaves me with nothing but a pile of fax transmission records and no prospect of employment, I wonder why I stay in this business. Then, I read a story like this, and I remember: Everyone in this business is insane. And that can be really, ...

How Do You Win A Nobel Prize?

Apparently, you start out by being just a little bit crazy (emphasis mine): Warren was the catalyst for the pair’s work. In 1979, while a pathologist at the Royal Perth Hospital in western Australia, he noticed small, curved bacteria in biopsies of the lower part of the stomachs of about half of the patients he ...

Movie Recommendation

I see a shitload of bad movies and not many good ones, so I do like to tell people about the good ones. I saw Serenity tonight and highly enjoyed it. And if you wonder if you’ll enjoy it if you never saw Firefly (the series upon which it’s based), the answer is yes, since ...