I love Lost, but sometimes it’s maddening. I think the ethos of the show is best summed up in these two lines of dialogue from tonight’s show: Charlie: Are you going to tell me? Eko: (pause) Not right now. The entire show is based around the idea that you will eventually find out what’s going ...
It’s no secret that people here in Los Angeles have no idea how to drive in the rain, and in fact seem freaked out by the very idea that liquid could be falling from the sky. But today, I saw (and felt) the most astounding display of L.A. driving stupidity I think I’ve yet witnessed. ...
I don’t think I can exaggerate the joy it brought me to find out that Animaniacs is finally officially coming out on DVD. I love cartoons, and Animaniacs is quite possibly my favorite cartoon show of all time. Yes, I love it more than the Simpsons, and a solid 5% of my statements are Simpsons ...
Because I learn about stupid shit like this. That’s right kids, the War on Christmas (tm Fox News) is now the War on Christians. The level of paranoia in that article from all sides (especially the lovely comments from a conservative Jew about “self-hating Hollywood Jews”) is pretty astounding. Particularly telling is the fact that ...
Guy-I-Vaguely-Knew-In-College Nathan Alderman wrote an article for TeeVee.com about how the television grind can take the most compelling writer and have them churning out shit like The Bedford Diaries in no time flat. Interesting theory, but he makes one statement I have to take issue with, and since TeeVee doesn’t do comments, figured I’d do ...
Okay, I fully support most efforts to prevent drunk driving, but this is a little ridiculous. Being in a bar does not exempt one from the state laws against public drunkenness, Beck said. The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go do something dangerous like drive a car. ...
I was having a bit of a frustrating day this morning, because I’m waiting on something and until I get approval, I can’t do anything, and I don’t know when I’m going to get approval. But as the day went on, I got to fight with progressively more advanced forms of technology, and I kept ...