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Fun From The Spam Pile

Aug

23

2008

A few of the more entertaining subject lines from my spam box, all of which feature Paris Hilton since I think people will believe she has done any or all of the following: Paris Hilton denies screwing Ron Paul Paris Hilton Wins Pulitzer Prize [okay, this one may stretch the bounds of believability] Paris Hilton ...

Continued Adventures With Celebrities and Fast Food 1

Mar

16

2008

A few years ago, Martin Landau drove past me at the In-N-Out burger. Tonight, it was Cameron Diaz at the Roller Derby enjoying a Hot Dog on a Stick (they bring their catering truck to the games and make a mint off the hungry hungry hipsters). I have to admit, it was a bit strange. ...

Fiscal Responsibility Sucks Ass

Aug

7

2007

God DAMN it. I stopped by Best Buy tonight to continue my ongoing research into rigging a GPS into my car by actually looking at one in person. I wasn’t planning on buying anything (for reasons I will elaborate on later in the post), but then I saw two things: 1. Martin Starr, who played ...

Viewer Alerts

May

21

2007

Viewer Alert #1: We are not on tomorrow, our finale (which my boss directed) is on next Tuesdday (9/8 central!). Viewer Alert #2: A girl I went to high school with has won the current round of The Bachelor. Though we weren’t friends or anything, I certainly remember her as being very nice, albeit a ...

Ah, L.A.

May

18

2007

The next time someone asks me what it’s like to live in Los Angeles with all the celebrities you can see, I am going to direct them to this page. The writer has perfectly captured the grand “I don’t give a fuck about these morons anymore” feeling you get after about a year here. via ...

I Swear, Officer, It’s Just A Gun-Shaped Harmonica

Mar

7

2007

This story about John Popper getting popped for driving over 110 MPH, then having a subsequent search of his vehicle produce a massive cache of weapons and a small amount of weed raises several interesting questions: – Being the lead singer of freakin’ Blues Traveler, shouldn’t that be “a massive stash of weed and a ...

The Greatest Celebrity Encounter Ever

Dec

25

2006

Here in Sun Valley, you occasionally run into famous people. Usually, it’s just an L.A.-like part of the background noise, like Jamie Lee Curtis ending up behind my dad in line for lunch at the ski lodge, confirming for me that it was Christopher Guest I’d just seen. Sometimes, however, you actually get to meet ...