Archive for October 2007

The monthlies.

• Blog Peeve of the Week

  My blog peeve of the week (similar to pet peeves, but focused on — you guessed it — blogs), is guest contributers. Not at Huffington Post or Swampland, but at personal blogs, a la kottke.org. That being said, I will be going on an extended leave starting tomorrow, but do not fret, my mom will [...]

• License To Drive

  Jake Tapper blogged today about the flak Hillary Clinton received in last night’s debate over her supposed support of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s plan to license all drivers in the state, including undocumented workers, and I commented… I think that driver’s licenses should be considered as licenses to drive. Does that make sense? I [...]

• Cars

  This movie is very enjoyable with many great characters. (Returned 11/14/06.) Rent with Netflix.

• 5.6

  I received a phone call from my wife in San Jose while I was walking the puppy around the neighborhood. She asked me if I was alright. I said yea. She then realized I had no idea why she asked me, that I did not feel the 5.6-magnitude earthquake. She concluded that the temblor must [...]

• Privatization

  Mitt Romney has the quote of the campaign so far… “You call it privatization, I call it a private account.“ He is discussing, of course, the privatization of Social Security, and I am glad to go on record that I am in favor of eliminating Social Security altogether, in the course of a phased withdrawal, [...]

• Rumor Has It

  This movie plays off the storyline of The Graduate and I wonder if the producers had to pay accordingly for the right to do so. (Returned 11/10/06.) Rent with Netflix.

• Resurgent Draft: The Gay-Bashing Washington Times

  This was originally written on April 3, 2005, and I do remember this post getting the axe, after publishing, by the unseen editor of this blog, my wife. It wasn’t the content of my editorial that upset my significant other, who at the time was my fiancee, but the image of the pope in the [...]

• Mission: Impossible III

  Although I hate to admit it, this is a fun movie to watch. It is painful to watch Cruise play that “cutesy” husband/boyfriend role in the beginning (the one he plays in almost every movie); it’s annoying and it’s getting old. (Returned 11/10/06.) Rent with Netflix.

• Blogging Live from the Apple Store

  Every few months, or in my case, once a year, it is time to do some shopping. And starting a new job always requires a new shirt or two. I am here with the wife in Emeryville, home of Pixar, and the greatest outdoor shopping experience in the East Bay. I’ll admit that I’m an [...]

• Resurgent Draft: The New Elian

  I wrote this on March 22, 2005, in the midst of the Terry Schiavo news-cycle, which to this day, would still continue if it were up to the religious right. I am not sure why I did not publish this, although it certainly wasn’t worth any more than all of the other commentary being written [...]

• Caption: Bush, Meet McBain.

  The president had the misfortune of speaking about the wildfires in front of the action-hero governor of California… Schwarzenegger (with the voice of McBain): I can squish you like a bug. Image: Saul Loeb / Agence France-Presse / Getty Images

• In the News… Friday.

  Maybe once a week. – Your tax dollars at work. FEMA is doing their own reporting. – The Senate and House are looking to extend a mindless moratorium on internet access taxes. People with high-speed connections are expected to rejoice, knowing they will not have to pay an additional dollar or two on their bill. [...]

• Alexander

  This movie is way too long. I think the story is too great to capture in film, and that is why it is too easy to lose interest. (Returned 11/07/06.) Rent with Netflix.

• Resurgent Drafts

  As I mentioned in my blogger manifesto (or my most recent manifesto, since I will probably end up writing more of them, hopefully none that end up as news on MSNBC), there are blogposts I write that die on the vine. I start them and either never finish them, forget to post them, make them [...]

• Morning Politoon

  John Sherffius on the state of California… Image: Daryl Cagle’s Professional Cartoonists Index

• The Brothers Grimm

  Besides from being minutely interesting in regards to the development of fairy tales (and I did Wikipedia the Grimms afterwards), this movie was too creepy to enjoy. (Returned 11/06/06.) Rent with Netflix.

• Coors Presents

  I will be rooting for the Colorado Rockies (and I hope you do too) in the World Series against the Boston Red Sox. I offer three reasons for consideration… (1) Let’s face it, the democrats have Massachusetts all sewn up. What the democrats need is Colorado’s electoral votes. Maybe a World Series win will change [...]

• Pee-wee Herman, Meet Stephen Colbert

  Stephen Colbert — the actor, not the character portrayed by Stephen Colbert, the actor — is on the verge of Pee-wee Herman status. As in the case of Pee-wee Herman, a talented actor (in Pee-wee’s case, Paul Reubens) is stuck with the perpetual role of one character, playing that role on his own television show, [...]

• Caption Contest

  Bush and Cheney met with officials today to discuss the devastating Southern California wildfires, but the vice president had other thoughts on his mind… Cheney: Couldn’t we just talk about bombing Iran? Image: Doug Mills / The New York Times

• Caddyshack

  I have finally seen the original, and maybe all the hype left me thinking this film would blow me away, but it didn’t. The Bill Murray golf scene was good but the way pop culture portrays the scene, you’d think it would last longer than 60 seconds. (Returned 10/30/06.) Rent with Netflix.

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