Sarah and I recently returned from cruising the Caribbean. That's right. Mr. Anti Disney/Dollywood/Cruise has now done all 3 (though the first 2 were GC-sponsored and funded) and lived (sort of) to tell about it ( Read more... )

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I'm including airport layovers in St. Louis and Chicago, but they don't really count.


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Exciting things are happening over at my movie blog:

http://isolatedmoviegoer.blogspot.com/

Swing on over there to find reviews of new and new-ish films, including praises of Inglourious Basterds and Away We Go, and absolute pans of Duplicity and Where The Wild Things AreVote for your favorite film of the year (so far) and, as always, feel free ( Read more... )

Apologies for being away for so long. Over the past month, many things have taken a backseat to finishing the first draft of a novel. With the draft completed and a self-imposed stay of writing while I await feedback from the first round of readers, I'm free to return to the important things in life: sufficient sleep, physical fitness and ( Read more... )

-The KFC in Andrews closed a few months ago and since then, the red-and-white striped plastic awnings and other roof pieces have been sitting by the restaurant's dumpsters. I've considered reappropriating them and fixing them onto our house, a la Kramer with the Merv Griffin Show furniture in his apartment. I'm already growing facial hair, to be ( Read more... )

So I, like, wanted to enjoy Inherent Vice a lot more? and it started off real funny and felt a lot like "The Big Lebowski" throughout, except Doc Sportello is a P.I. on purpose and The Dude accidentally falls into the role? But I dunno, man. These West Coast Pynchon books kind of make me freak out. First there was "The Crying of Lot 49," which I ( Read more... )

I feel like at some point I said that once Walter Cronkite passed away, a piece of myself and of American identity would be lost.

Do you feel it, too?

Deliverance ( Read more... )

My personal assistant has just handed me a new work week schedule. It would involve a move to a town with a racquet club (hello Asheville and Brevard!) but everything else sounds doable.

MWF7:00-8:00 Wake up, get clean & eat breakfast ( Read more... )