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why buy the cow?
or something ...
did y'all see this? low-fat yogurt as birth control? THAT must be why my mom's fed it to me every day since i was a kid: According to data gleaned from the Nurses Health Study at the Harvard School of Public Health and published earlier this year in the journal Human Reproduction, women who consume ice cream at least twice a ( Read more... ) -
disquisition
I just saw Glengarry Glen Ross for the first time and it confirmed for me a feeling I'd held since first reading American Buffalo lo these many years ago: I'm not crazy about Mamet. Like Scorcese, he certainly has something to say about masculinity in America, and, like Scorcese, his material brings out the best in his actors. But his plays don't ( Read more... ) -
Silly oscars
It only took until 9:39 for me to turn the sound off. The Will Ferrel / Jack Black / John C. Reilly musical number was actually funny, and the buzz I got from laughing is, I think, what got me through the subsequent forty minutes. That and watching Abigail Breslin. She's so cute! Do you think, since Alan Arkin snagged the Oscar from Eddie ( Read more... ) -
a few choice words about "Norbit"
ahrghhhhhhhhh can't this movie rot and die and go to hell where it can be stomped on by angry dead civil rights leaders for eternity wearing cleats and singing "la bamba" i fuckin hate eddie murphy you hear me eddie HATE
okay! that was fun.
i don't know why this movie has gotten under my skin the way it has. i'm not asian; nor am i a ( Read more... ) -
another reason to be happy
Some stranger stumbles on the Apple Valley Review, where a couple of my poems were recently published, and he likes me! Who'd have guessed ( Read more... ) -
biggest sigh of relief EVER
Did y'all see this? The press conference Bush WISHED he could give. Hee ( Read more... ) -
things to enjoy
Autumnal things that aren't all bad ( Read more... ) -
the boy ain't go no cultya
Fall pisses me off, generally. It's not consistent: today it's 78 degrees while on friday I was shivering in my winter coat and then listening to Ben complain about how much he hates my winter coat ( Read more... ) -
titles, part deux
The key takeaway from the last entry seemed to be, Title the book "the Kingmaker."
The problem with that? Voici. Hmm.
"Kingmaker" by itself seems to be better. Only a little, though ( Read more... ) -
i heart experts
This Lulu titlescorer is one of many tools the internet offers to let you pretend to glimpse into the heart of chaos and see order ( Read more... )