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That Ain’t Right 3

Dec

17

2008

What the fuck is going on with the weather out West? First it snows six inches in Antelope Valley (just north of Los Angeles) this morning, then I see this: That’s the big fake Pharoah at the Luxor. In fucking LAS VEGAS. Yes, that’s right, folks, Las Vegas got six inches of snow today, too. ...

I Can Almost See The Finish Line 2

Dec

14

2008

A day that was supposed to be a sixth day became a lazy day yesterday, and by doing so I actually managed to get shit done today. By being a complete useless lump all day Saturday, I saved up the energy to do laundry, go grocery shopping, swim 3km in damn good time, dye my ...

Netflix + TiVo Update 1

Dec

9

2008

In an update to my earlier post, now that I’ve tried it out….I am DEFINITELY never leaving the house again.

Televised Sea Change

Dec

9

2008

As someone working in scripted TV production…holy shit, this is bad news: NBC is replacing its entire 10pm hour with a nightly prime-time hour of Jay Leno. If you look purely at the numbers, it absolutely makes sense for fourth-place NBC, whose ratings have completely tanked this year due to the fact that they put ...

Sometimes, Technology Hates Me

Dec

9

2008

Many people assume that because I have a relative facility with technology, it does not randomly decide to hate on me the way it seems to with everyone else. To that, I counter with the events of this evening: I fought with a writer’s crapware laden-computer for half an hour at the end of the ...

A Tempest In A Teapot – On Ice! 2

Dec

4

2008

Laz brought the extent of this situation to my attention, and the mind-boggling stupidity of it really floored me. Sean Avery is a hockey player, something of a ladies’ man, and kind of a charming jackass, if that’s not a complete contradiction in terms. He said the following to some reporters before a game against ...

Raaaaar! Tsunami! 3

Nov

30

2008

I went for a big long bike ride yesterday, and ran across one of these signs (photo stolen from the interwebs, but it looked exactly like this): I don’t know if it’s just me, but I was just amused by what I saw in the design: A big roaring monster wave chasing a bunch of ...

Happy Thanksgiving

Nov

27

2008

This year, I’m thankful for: My job, because it’s nice to have a job I like, let alone any job whatsoever after spending a third of the year unemployed My family for being understanding about me not schlepping my ass to the East Coast for a whopping two days of family time. My friends, for ...

Well, That’s Just Ducky 3

Nov

25

2008

I don’t know if it’s been reading about the potential SAG strike or the fact that we’re going to have a double-unit Monday to welcome us back from Thanksgiving, but apparently my problem of grinding my teeth has gotten a bit worse. And by “a bit worse” I mean, goddamn, the tendons in my jaw ...

Oh, Goody

Nov

22

2008

You know, if you’re a federal mediator and you give up on trying to get SAG and the studios to agree to something after TWO DAYS, you’re not very good at your job. I seriously can’t believe we’re about to go into another round of this craziness.