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Clooney Is Everywhere

It was a Clooney-a-thon weekend, as I saw both Good Night, And Good Luck (which George Clooney directed and co-starred in) and Syriana (which Clooney starred in). Good Night, the story of CBS newsman Edward R Murrow’s tussle with communist-hunting senator Joe McCarthy in the 50s, served well as a character study, an historical [...]

If You Seed What I Seed

Pomegranates are all the rage these days. It’s true! This article says so. Gosh, I haven’t eaten these things since I was a teenager. I remember really liking them, but not getting them that often because of the time and cleanup commitment. They are messy, unforgivable fruits that require [...]

Overdosing On Happy Juice

Anyone see Sarah Jessica Parker last night on The Daily Show? What the heck was she on? Sheesh, slip that woman some ‘ludes – stat! Jon Stewart looked like he wanted to slap her to stop her inane giggling. If Matthew Broderick has to live with that 24/7, then [...]

It’s Thursday – Make Me Cry!

What if there were some sort of publishing model where anyone could write a daily / weekly / whatever entry, say whatever they wanted to say with no professional editing at all, and have it distributed to and read by a large group of people in their local (or global!) community? Well, let me [...]

So Not On That Fourth Pack Of Sudafed?

Got this coupon at Safeway the other day. But I guess I can’t use it on my weekly cocaine purchases there:

(For those who don’t get the reference in the title, it’s illegal in Colorado to buy more than three packs of over-the-counter medications containing pseudoephedrine, which is used to manufacture methamphetamines, at one time.)
Latre.

Under A Blood Red Camera Eye

Yes, there is one reality show I still watch, despite its present lackluster season. Last night was the finale of The Amazing Race: Family Edition (i.e. the Really Boring Edition Where Four-Person Teams Whose Individual Names/Faces You Never Really Get To Know Race Around The United States, With A Few Forays Into Nearby Foreign [...]

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