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Offspring Alert

Feb

19

2007

Elisa and Ray are having a sequel, and I congratulate them and wish them much success with Laird Baby 2: The Lairdening. Wow, I’ve lived in L.A. for too long.

Those Classy Brits

Feb

15

2007

They ask the tough questions, and they use entirely non-suggestive illustrations:

I don’t know how many of you have been following the story of John Amaechi, the first former NBA player to officially come out. However, if you have, you will thoroughly enjoy the Onion’s merciless take on the story: John Amaechi Comes Out As Former NBA Player STOCKPORT, ENGLAND—British homosexual John Amaechi sent shockwaves throughout ...

Sorely Tempting 1

Feb

14

2007

Apparently, someone is almost as big a fan of hilariously awful made-for-TV movies as I am: A double-feature of 10.5 and Category 6: Day of Destruction is now available on DVD. And as you’ll note at the bottom, you can buy that DVD and the DVD of 10.5: Apocalypse for under $25. That may be, ...

It’s The Circle of Life

Feb

13

2007

As you may have noticed, blogging has died down a bit recently. It’s not because I have nothing to say, it’s just because I have nothing interesting to say. The weeks are all the same: Mr. Cranky Ankle gets better, then gets worse. I go to work. I come home. I watch television on my ...

Ah, The Past

Feb

11

2007

Turner Classic Movies is doing their 31 Days of Oscar marathon, an event that generally causes me to fill up my TiVo and have to work through the backlog for several months. However, I did watch 30 Seconds over Tokyo today. It’s a fantastic movie about Doolittle’s raids on Tokyo in early 1942, but it ...

Bitterness, Put To Good Use

Feb

8

2007

It appears someone at Amazon.com is as gloriously bitter about being single on Valentine’s Day as I am, and has created an entire Love Stinks site to complement their V-day site. They really went all the way on this, creating a really hysterical list of Bad Valentine’s Gift Ideas. Want to piss off your significant ...

And It’s SPECTACULAR 3

Feb

3

2007

Well, it took four guys from the cable company standing around my apartment for an hour to get the two CableCards properly installed in my HD TiVo, but good lord, SPECTACULAR HD (™ Laz) is pretty fucking cool. I’m watching the Lakers-Wizards game right now (ironic, since a) I hate basketball and b) I hate ...

A Vast Improvement

Feb

3

2007

The streak lives! My iron stomach continued to hold its own against all comers. About partway through Thursday my appetite came back in full force, and I ended up eating my way through half the food in the kitchen at work. The foot’s also been behaving better. I was doing something that, to the naked ...

“I’ve Got David Duke and Farrakahn Down There!”

Jan

31

2007

I don’t know why, but for about the last 20 hours, I’ve been really nauseous. I have a Seinfeldian non-vomit streak going (last time was when I was 10 and had food poisoning from bad shrimp), but I don’t know how much longer it will last. I have stayed home from work in an effort ...