"When I do not want to say things in real life I often say them here." — Mimi Smartypants
Now that televisions look like panels, will we continue calling them “boxes”? Probably. I’ve decided to quit watching Keith Olbermann’s Countdown. The commercial-to-content ratio is ridiculous; there can’t be more than 30 minutes of content in this 60-minute show . . . the pain far outweighs the gain. Plus he’s a pompous ass with an […]
The paint up under our eaves and patio roof started flaking, so the guy who repainted our house three years ago is redoing the job. All our outdoor stuff is out in the middle of the yard, and there are paint chips everywhere. But that’s not all: our pool has sprung a leak and the […]
Jesus, this burg. Back in November we picked up a flyer at a local bicyclist hangout. It announced the imminent construction of a bicycle trailhead in our neighborhood, right beside Catalina Highway, a route to and from Mount Lemmon popular with local bicyclists. The trailhead was to be a memorial to Brad Gorman, a bicyclist […]
Forever, by Judy Blume. Prominent on any list of banned and challenged books is Judy Blume’s Forever. It’s a great title, but Judy Blume could just as well have named it My First Fuck. Considering that Blume’s audience is made up of pre-teen and early-teen girls, it’s easy to understand why so many parents have […]
“The world breaks us all. Afterward, some are stronger at the broken places.” Ernest Hemingway, Farewell To Arms The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson A Swedish journalist delivers three manuscripts to a publisher. He then dies. The manuscripts are published posthumously, one by one. No, this isn’t some high-concept movie pitch, it’s […]
“Hey, don’t knock masturbation. It’s sex with someone I love.” — Woody Allen (as Alvy Singer), Annie Hall (1977) S. Darko (2009) I liked Donnie Darko, but I didn’t see much point in S. Darko, unless the point was to cash in on the the success of Donnie Darko. Movie producers don’t do that, do […]
Wow, what an extraordinarily beautiful morning to wake up to! We have an east-facing sliding glass door in our bedroom. It has vertical blinds but we never close them at night, because we like to wake up to the dawn. I knew right away this morning was special — the light was different. When I […]
Yesterday morning I mentioned to Donna that our charcoal-lighting chimney had rusted out. That afternoon I got this email: “Amazon.com recommends Weber 87886 Chimney Starter.” At the coffee shop earlier today our friend Darrell mentioned actor Tom Hanks, and I commented that he and I both went to Sacramento State College. A few minutes ago […]