The conversation started so innocently, “You’re baby looks like Hitler.”

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News out of the Nation's Capitol is that the maligned missile defense program has finally been perfected and completed. Rather than the failing grond-based missile-to-missile defense system1, George Bush has ordered that defensive anti-missile-missiles be fitted to the Death Star ( Read more... )

Leading up to the inauguration -- and even during the inauguration speech -- talk was wafting from the administration that further Iraq-type conflicts would be forthcoming. Soon, it was said, the Middle Eastern neighbors of Iraq, Iran and Syria, would be undergoing Iraqification procedures. Freedom was expected to sweep through the region, like ( Read more... )

I was watching this movie, Chaos, which is about a prostitute who experiences all sorts of plot-related happenings in setting-related places. It is very good. But it got me to thinking; it seems as though many of the great movies involve prostitution in one form or the other. All the great movies, in fact, depending on your level of misogyny. ( Read more... )

I have decided to hate department stores. There seems to be a distinct lack of selection ( Read more... )

So I've been reflecting on the whole Minnie Mouse / Disney World Thing in the previous post and I'm thinking that maybe I am a furry, except that I never knew I was a furry. For example, I am fairly well convinced that I had unhealthy obsession with Minnie Mouse ( Read more... )

I just discovered that Galaxie 500 has been added to the Rhapsody Music Service. Hoo-Ray!!! Upon listensing to Blue Thunder, however, I recollected -- perhaps rediscovered? -- one more root of the strange grab-bag of neuroses that is my personality. I remember that Galaxie 500 created a music video for the song. Or, maybe whatever label owned ( Read more... )

I have a plan. It is a brand new plan. It is a plan so nefarious, so sneaky, that it offers to make merry the usual hash of the holidays. It is a gluttonous plan ( Read more... )

Has there ever been a movie reviewer so bold -- or a movie so bad -- as to say something to the effect of: "If you liked this film you are a fuckwit. Your appreciation of this film is proof that you are undeserving of breathing, watching quality audio-visual productions, or reading my newspaper movie review column. In fact, you have shown ( Read more... )

I had an interview on Tuesday. It was really a great firm. Intellectual Property Practice, Laid Back Atmosphere, Bling-Bling; the whole bit. I was very enthused; so much so that I immediately ran home, after working at my temporary job for eleven hours, - immediate is what you make of it - and wrote thank you notes. To show my enthusiasm for ( Read more... )