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Revenge of the Wingnuts

I’ve been keeping up with Jeff Jarvis over at buzzmachine and his research into complaints about television programming, FCC censorship, and the like. What’s interested me about it is just how few crazies it takes to freak out networks, sponsers, and get television shows slapped with FCC fines. Just how few does it take? In […]

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Writing & the Word

John Rickards, “making a shameless bid for linkage again” posted some thoughts on why writers write. Being someone who makes a living writing crime novels, he went straight for the jugular: To quote ‘Fight Club’, “You’re not your job”. And that, when it comes down to it, is what writing professionally is. It’s a job.

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A Lady in the House

I was channel surfing last night and saw a familiar-looking room getting decorated for the holidays. I paused and realized where it was — First Lady Laura Bush appeared on screen looking perfectly coiffed and dainty, hands folded demurely in her lap. Ah. Yes. The Lady’s House. I had found HGTV’s special on the decorating

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All I Want For Christmas…

Is a damn non-stick wok. There’s enough chicken satay on the bottom of this thing to feed a small midwestern town. Anyway. My photo page is up. Proof of my life-long debauchery. I’ll be ranting about Laura Bush & Yuletide cheer tomorrow. Stay tuned. In the meantime, here’s my very late build-your-own-superhero: Perfect.

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Movies, Movies

[Spoilers] Million Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood is an old, cynical man. Don’t expect this to be a happy movie. And if you walk in wanting this to be about the fighter, you’ll likely be disappointed. Swank does a great job, but this is definately about the old guys and their issues. The first 3/4 are

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Movin’ On Up

So, before the holiday party, Blaine took me aside in his office and closed the door, which I knew meant that we were going to talk about the restructuring of my role in the office. “You’ve heard we’re going to be getting a lot of work?” he said. “Yea,” I said. “Mosh already talked to

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I Hate These Things

CNN tells us how many calories the “average” man and woman should be consuming over the holidays. It’s so great that they’re so inclusive!: First, some basics. Health experts say women and older adults should eat about 1,600 calories a day. Children and men should add 400 calories to that, while teenage boys and very

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The Wives of Stepford

Yea. I put off watching this movie as long as possible. When I saw they were making a remake of “The Stepford Wives” that was supposed to be funny, I thought “backlash.” But Jenn had seen it, and kept wanting my opinion on it, so I gave in. The original Stepford Wives is fucking creepy.

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