District 9 movie marketing- will the political/ cultural allegories resonate?*

I have many (mostly) male friends, nerdboys of the highest order.  Like me, they collect action figures, watch Star Wars on a regular basis, debating the merits of the chapters, characters, arc and colors of the light-sabres and generally revel in the outright fantasy without guilt or embarrassment.
And rightly so.  They are some of the [...]

who do we call at the OED to get “adult” updated?

For numerous reasons over numerous years, I have often stopped and thought:
“whoa.  i’m an adult.” 
Clearly anyone meeting me would wonder what it is causing me to wonder.  I’ve got a serious job and a serious title, have been taking care of myself since I was 15 (and had the honors of watching out for a [...]

so many questions, and ones to which i actually DON’T want answers.

Read in this week’s The Week:
A Tasmanian man has avoided jail after being caught with hard-core octopus pornography.
Rodney McLagan, 48, had a collection of some 31,000 images and video clips, most of which depicted humans engaging in sex acts with snakes, tigers, and octopi. The judge suspended his sentence, citing a psychologist’s finding that McLagan [...]

thank god for espn.com

just a little shout out for espn360.com.
with all the storms and freaky weather, cable here in NYC has been spotty at best- pixelated, intermittent, especially on HD channels.
they had the spain- italy quarter final streaming online for free.
thank you sports gods for saving me from missing even a second of the game.
oh, and vaya espana!!! [...]

the back-handed compliment vs. the behind-the-back insult

i got my first writing assignment this weekend when a friend of mine, genghis khannie, a fellow blogger, put up an entry on the butterface phenomenon.  she and i discussed the situation that caused her to write this post, and the fact that she had gone quite some time on this earth without ever hearing [...]

i can say i knew her when

maybe i’m a total doofus, but i just got really excited because one of my best friend’s improv groups is referenced in the NYTimes today.  And called nonsensical (the name, not the improv)!!!!
sileva is famous
also, when i got to my brand new office today and my brand new job, there was a ringwraith riding a [...]

yippee ki-YAY

i will add more, my friends, when i have time to do so.  but, the moral of this story is this: don’t believe it when people tell you it’s too hard, or you’re too old, or it’s normal to be unhappy. 
go out and get whatever it is that makes you smile when getting up in the morning.  [...]

nyc hs kids should get smartass credits

from one of my two saintly teaching fellow friends, tackling nyc teens with tough love and a sense of humor:
 The other day, one of my favorite hooligans shared with me his plan to get back at security officers on the last day of school.
Here is genius at work…
“Miss- You have to hear my plan.
On the [...]

how do you mourn the man who taught you to silence a gun with a potato?

oh no, you guys!  mr. wizard died today.  i’m so sad; he was awesome.  he’s probably the reason i love science so much. 
i do not want to hear from you kids who don’t remember when a cable box resembled a blender, except the buttons brought you to hbo, espn, cnn, a fuzzy porn channel and nickelodeon [...]

YES, I am totally one of those nerds (LOST theories)

I’m having yet another one of those HOLY SHIT moments about LOST, this one specifically relating to last night’s season finale.  So, if you’re not caught up, be warned, spoilers and ridiculous theories abound.
 1.  I think Jacob is in the coffin at the Haffs/ Drawlor* Funeral Home.  Jack would care because his life sucks after [...]