60K Away
About an hour ago, I sent off the last batch of my contribution to Fireborn, which was an enormous relief. Par...
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The Grossest Polluter
I took my car to the dealership yesterday, where I paid them $120 to learn that there is nothing wrong with it...
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Gross Polluter
Here's something irritating: My Focus failed its smog check. While it only plain-vanilla fails at 15 mph, at 2...
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OPERATION: HILLSIDE HAIRCUT
Yesterday saw Stacey and I continue our ongoing project to bring our brush-covered hillside into compliance wi...
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"The Supremes"
After all the trash I talked about The West Wing in its post-Sorkin mode, I should let everyone know that Will...
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Marginal Revolution
Marginal Revolution (website)...
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I Am Twenty-nine
Today is my birthday; I am twenty-nine. Last night, Stacey and I stayed up until midnight so I could open my p...
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Eggo Syrup Update
I recently saw the new Eggo syrup about which I wrote several weeks ago at the local grocery store and purchas...
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Red Bull!
Grrrrrrr....
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Stockstock Film Festival
Sandy Sternshein, you have no excuse not to enter the Stockstock Film Festival, a contest where the organizers...
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Underworld in 25 Words or Less
The positives came unexpected, making this a pleasant surprise rather than an eye-rolling letdown. An instruct...
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Confused Terminology
The problem with writing RPG material and screenplays at the same time is that it becomes impossible to stop y...
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Instructions for the Care of a Laptop Sleeve
"We are sorry that our President is an idiot. We didn't vote for him."...
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Final Draft 7
Final Draft has just released version seven of their screenwriting software. I'm pretty happy with version six...
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American Splendor in 25 Words or Less
An unusual (and oddly fruitful) approach to biography, Splendor leaves one puzzled on several levels, but wond...
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Larry Hits It on the Head
"Part of what makes writers crazy is that sense of having chosen a profession in which you have homework for t...
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Brushes With Glory
In an "Amoeba" comment, Will writes:Regale us, Jeff, with stories of the famous people you yourself have seen ...
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
I recently finished reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, a novel by Michael Chabon about a pair ...
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Amoeba
Yesterday, I took Ben (Stacey's brother, who's been vacationin' and staying with us) to Amoeba Music on Sunset...
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Is Anybody Else Tired Today?
Because I'm beat, and I've got a sore neck....
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Hellboy in 25 Words or Less
Good, fun stuff. The stars blend, the story works (mostly), and everything's pretty — despite what the trailer...
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Memento in 25 Words or Less
Genius stuff; Guy Pearce brilliant. Strange, but you probably remember the trick and not the depth of tragedy ...
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Once Upon A Time in Mexico in 25 Words or Less
Neither good nor bad. Rodriguez definitely a better editor than director. Also, weirdly, an inventive — but at...
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Desperado in 25 Words or Less
Action as advertised — the best HK made in the US — but I eventually got bored of it. Rodriguez a better edito...
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MXC and Kabir
Item One: Those of you who reported that Most Extreme Elimination Challenge on Spike TV was about four times b...
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International Day of Reflection
April 2004 marks the tenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. The United Nations has designated to...
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The Library, Baby
Yesterday Stacey and I accidentally discovered that the Glendale Central Library is about one hundred feet fro...
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WGAw 2004 Negotiations
WGAw 2004 Negotiations (website)...
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And Then Baseball Fell From the Sky
I was just about to get into the writing I had planned for today (finish the [Undecided] Lake treatment, work ...
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Required Reading on Exburbia
John Tynes is often right, and today he exhorts our consumption of "Our Sprawling, Supersize Utopia," an artic...
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Top 100 April Fool's Day Trick of All Time
Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes Of All Time (website)...
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Ten Thousand Lakes
I have decided that the working title of the Ice Horror Project will be a geographical name — the name of the ...
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American Science & Surplus
American Science & Surplus (website)...
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