Upon hearing that Charlton Heston passed away, Scott offered: "Well, I suppose now is the time to pry the gun out of his hand."

As I'm watching the speechification on CNN about the Iowa caucuses, I am suddenly awestruck by the sight of Chuck Norris hanging over Mike Huckabee's right shoulder. I think I've just figured out why Huckabee is going to be unstoppable in the coming primaries, and the subsequent general election. How can the rest of the Republican candidates ( Read more... )

As I was watching Transformers last night, I was rather put off by something. No, it wasn't the blatant jingoism, the flashy transformations, or the fact that Megatron was clearly the best actor in the film. I know I am exposing myself as a music snob, but I could not move beyond the fact that the main character, who is supposed to be some kind ( Read more... )

This is going to be the TV rant that I have resisted for some time. So, here is a basic list of television shows that I have come to love/hate-to-love/disdain.

In the love department, we will find How I Met Your Mother, The Office, Ugly Betty, and 30 Rock. There were pivotal junctures for each show, mostly revolving around dialogue ( Read more... )

Gentle readers, please indulge a moment of proud reflection. To be fair, I did very little of the actual work. No, that distinction belongs to David Ortiz, C.C. Sabathia, Justin Morneau, Brian McCann, Alex Rios, Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera, Dustin Pedroia, John Smoltz, Jhonny Peralta, Miguel Tejada, Rich Hill, Ben Sheets, Fransisco Cordero, ( Read more... )

Seem to have developed a strange cult following in Lower Manhattan. We threw a LM Town Hall this week, and I got all kinds of validation from lots of community folk. Got about 150 people to turn out in the freezing cold to vent about issues, and it was a lovefest for me and the man. Specifically, one person told me he was "so excited to meet you ( Read more... )

This post may seem a bit vain, even downright trivial, but it's time for an revelation. I have great hair. That is not to say that I take great care of it, or look great all the time. Far from it. Yet I know that I have great hair ( Read more... )

Tonight was wonderful because I could swear I saw a B-52 on the platform of the Broadway-Lafayette stop. The rocker, not the airplane. Though the latter would be rather impressive. Personally, I always thought the link between Brooklyn and Queens should be armored warcraft ( Read more... )

Sojourned north to the Capital Region for an extended weekend. There was a family reunion out by Seneca Lake. Grandma Cooley is a font of sagacity and hilarity, as the following quotes will no doubt demonstrate ( Read more... )

While biking past the Drummer's Grove on the Prospect Park Drive yesterday afternoon, I passed a man juggling on a unicycle ( Read more... )