Year: 2005

Didn’t I tell you that this would happen? Although it features an almost entirely Asian cast, Rob Marshall’s Memoirs of a Geisha has evoked anger and calls for a boycott among some of those who have seen advance screenings of…

We are, of course, all familiar with this classic epigram from The Simpsons: “It takes two to lie, Marge. One to lie and one to listen!”— Homer Simpson Indeed, this pithy aphorism has been quoted in such publications as the…

Today’s nominee for Dumbest. Idea. Ever: ‘A new reality TV show is aiming to pull off the biggest hoax in TV history – by persuading a group of Britons that they have been blasted into space… ‘Nine people will be…

I spent most of last night working on my NaNoWriMo novel, after also sneaking in a few mini-sessions during the day, and my word count is now up to 29,943– slightly ahead of schedule. Which is good, because I won’t…

What have I been saying, huh? The Television Revolution is at the Gates. Now, I admit that I drooled a little when the new video iPod hit the streets. But then I peeped the specs, and wasn’t so impressed. Half…

I just saw something that made me happy. It’ll probably annoy and offend some other people, but that’s their problem. I just watched the trailer for Memoirs of a Geisha. I remember hearing about the book when it came out,…

That’s right, I’m participating in National Novel Writing Month for the third time, and hoping it’s the charm. Been going well so far. I haven’t written every day, but I’m over 12,000 words now and I think I have a…

“No words… No words to describe it. Poetry. They should have sent a poet. So beautiful. So beautiful… I had no idea…”

Hey, this is fun. The Electronic Frontier Foundation‘s Action Center makes it easy to send a letter to my elected representatives by email or fax, or even to print out a hard copy. Here’s the letter I just submitted to…

I hate to sound callous, but after the headline Three die playing catch with grenade, Reuters actually says: “It was not clear why the grenade exploded.” Hello? Because it’s a fucking grenade. The more pertinent question is, why were two…