The Literary Nightmare That Is Chris Bachelder’s Bear V. Shark
OnCover of Bear v. Shark I read a lot. I enjoy reading, and I tend to find myself in situations where reading is about the best way to spend time. Since I read a lot, it should follow that I must also…
Book Review: And Here’s The Kicker
On[Purchase Book] Comedy is wonderful. More importantly, comedy is funny. It can be difficult to do right, too — there’s lots of room for books on humor analysis and how something can be funny, when it works, when it doesn’t, and whether…
Stupid Ideas I Haven't Done: Eno Busking
OnImage via Wikipedia Like everyone, I tend to come up with a lot of ideas that I never get around to doing. Sometimes it’s out of laziness, sometimes it’s just because I can’t figure out how to make it work, and sometimes,…
Book Review: Portable Grindhouse
On[Purchase Book] I’m much more of a fan of DVD as a format than I was of VHS. VHS never really looked as clean, it’d degrade over time, and there’s the whole pan-and-scan thing with letterboxed tapes being much more rare. …
A Meditation On Three 1960s Disney B-Pictures
OnCover of The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes Recently, I’ve actually sat down and watched more of the Disney Live-Action Comedies From The 1960s Or Thereabouts (The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes and The Gnome-mobile) than most…
A Story That Contains Some True Statements, and the Statements Therein.
OnImage via Wikipedia Coming home from work this morning was very strange. As I neared my house, a seagull started squawking at me. Really loud, like a siren. The day before, there were two such seagulls, so it sounded like a car…
Torture Playlist
OnThe Torture Playlist – Mother Jones Magazine released a list of songs used in American military prisons and on bases to induce sleep deprivation, “prolong capture shock,” disorient detainees during interrogations—and also drown out screams. The compiled list of 24 playable songs…