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Twisted

Sep

5

2006

TiVo recorded Twister for me, which was amusing, because it’s a great example of one of my favorite genres: the Hilariously Bad Disaster Movie. The leads, for the most part, fall to the level of the material. But look at the supporting cast, and it’s really striking how many really decent actors are in it, ...

Labor Day Weekend, Summed Up In One IM Conversation

Sep

4

2006

Me: my liver is going to be mad at me for DAYS Joel: your liver’s like an abused woman in a lifetime movie Joel: just keeps coming back for more

Predictable Deaths of the Weekend 2

Sep

4

2006

Most of the attention in the Predictable Death sphere has been focused on Steve Irwin getting killed by a stingray, but there’s another that’s flown somewhat under the radar. Just outside D.C., a psychiatrist who was a nationally known expert in dealing with violent schitzophrenics was killed by a violent schitzophrenic. Generally things like this ...

Putting The Cart Before The SoaP

Aug

31

2006

Saw this when I was at the Barnes and Noble at the Grove last Friday and I couldn’t resist snapping a picture with the CrapCam: Guess they thought Snakes on a Plane would attract more than just a cult audience. Or at least a slightly larger cult.

Rescued

Aug

31

2006

You know, I was going to write a big post on how disappointed I was in this season of Rescue Me. After two stellar seasons, the show went completely off the rails this year. However, Todd VanDerWerff, who’s guesting on Matt Soller Zeitz’s blog, has an excellent dissection of what went wrong, and why I’ll ...

I Need To Learn To Play This

Aug

30

2006

And now, your moment Simpsons-related zen. via Dave Barry’s blog

Me vs. Electronics

Aug

29

2006

ROUND 1: ME vs APPLE The pins on my ethernet port are all bent out of shape, so I head over to the Apple store to see if they could replace the port. They take one look at it and tell me I’ll have to mail it in. So I go back to the office ...

The World’s Most Expensive Cat Toy 1

Aug

28

2006

It is here. It has to charge for sixteen freakin’ hours before I can use it to entertain Chaplin, so the full report will have to wait until tomorrow night. However: I am fucking giddy about trying this out. I own a robot! This is the coolest thing ever.

Deadwood Finale Update 2

Aug

28

2006

I really fuckin’ hate you, HBO.

Emmy Quote of the Evening

Aug

27

2006

The Emmy Quote of the Evening comes from Mariska Hargitay, who seems just as mystified at I am over her win in the backstage press gaggle: It’s crazy! Who wins an Emmy on a cop procedural – I do! I guess I say “Where were you Tuesday night?” really well! And now, I’m off to ...