Originally posted on The Red Pen of Doom:
It pains me to see folks place all their faith in the Series of Tubes, whether they’re trying to bust into Hollywood, sell books about Men in Kilts or make a living playing punk rock songs with only three chords. It’s no skin off my nose if they…

the michael jackson hair accident hoax

. reblogged – because it was from years ago, and you never saw it… . did michael jackson really burn his hair in that notorious pepsi commercial? i don’t think so. we’ve all seen the pictures of michael jackson on a stretcher with his head bandaged following what seemed like a horrible burn accident while filming a pepsi commercial…

Friday Fictioneers 5/11 – via Madison Woods

every wednesday madison woods posts a picture prompt to challenge writers to create a 100-word story or poem or anything that works for you. then post your work on your blog. additionally, on friday, you go back to her site and post a link to your blog entry in the comments on her friday fictioneers post. i’m going to…

non-smokers’ rights

another post that you never saw because it was from four years ago. ish. i don’t mind if people smoke. it’s a right that you have, and i would not do anything to take it away from anyone provided that they’re not in my home and they’re not in a place where i am unable to leave, like…

NY Times caption contest #333 – 5/7

So, like last time, you can put your caption here as a comment. But better yet is to click on the picture, go to the New Yorker magazine website, and enter your caption in their contest. And don’t forget to vote on entries from two weeks ago. See, there’s a two-week lag. Two weeks ago was the…

Kids Today

another in a series of re-posted blogs, because you haven’t seen them. this one is from about 3 1/2 years ago… As I drive to work each morning from 6:30 to 8, I pass various residential settings. Along Atlantic County Road 575 there is a pair of trailer parks with half a dozen kids standing…

Ebertfest 2012 – Take Shelter

There are several hot topics in American right now. One, because it’s an election year, is the up-coming election. Two, because she’s questionable, is Sarah Palin’s ability to do anything but look MILFy. Three, is global warming. Although it’s not inherently obvious or overtly stated, I believe the film Take Shelter is all about number…

Ebertfest 2012 – Patang (The Kite)

It took roughly seven years for Prashant Bhargava, a Chicago-born writer and director with Indian ancestry, to research, write, and film Patang (The Kite), a story that centers around an annual kite festival in the Indian city of Ahmedabad. And after all those years and all that work, he produced what amounts to the film…

Ebertfest 2012 – Higher Ground

“Faith must be the hardest thing to have faith in” – a brilliant statement for which I don’t wish to reveal who is responsible. According to a survey of three, equal to about 0.1875% of the audience, the most well-received film of this year’s Ebertfest was Higher Ground, an introspective part-time comedy about one woman’s…