I agree with Tom Spurgeon's comments on the case of Gordon Lee, a comic book retailer who's in legal trouble over distributing a semi-naughty comic to a minor. Lee made a mistake, but these prosecutions always strike me as an example of our legal system going after people who cannot fight back. I'm glad to […]
GSN is four weeks into its new, 13-episode World Series of Blackjack. Each episode, five notable players of the game compete to advance to the final rounds where there will be serious cash awards. This is tournament play, which is somewhat different from playing the way you and I play in a casino. In tournament […]
Michael Kinsley teams up with Rob Reiner to explain why the Bush plan for private or personal accounts (whatever they're calling them, this week) cannot work. […]
After I posted a link to this article about his hardships, several of you wrote to ask what you could do to aid Bill Messner-Loebs. Well, one thing — and this might benefit you as much as it helps him — is to purchase a forthcoming book that he's working on. Aardwolf Publishing is issuing […]
Do you need to wear a jacket today? Find out here. [Link cribbed from Elayne Riggs, who got it from Lis Riba. Note that it defaults to Boston, where you always have to wear a jacket. But you can enter in the name of your city and find out if you should wear a jacket […]
Yeah, I know I'm not doing a very good job of not posting here for a while, but I am getting a lot done on that script. For those of you interested in the Ben-Stein-is-Deep-Throat theory, one reader of this site sent me this link to a long essay on the subject. It makes a […]
Cartoonist Garry Trudeau, maker of Doonesbury, broke his collarbone while skiing in Aspen on Thursday. Looks like us followers of his strip may be in for a month or two of reruns. Here's a bit more info. […]
Here is an excellent primer on the new TiVo to Go. I've yet to receive the software upgrade that contains it, but I have the feeling I'm not going to be using it very much, if at all. Much easier to just record shows on my Pioneer DVR with the built-in DVD burner. […]
I have to keep this brief and get back to work, but I wanted to mention the apparent outrage the other night on ABC's Primetime Live. We've already discussed how 60 Minutes Wednesday on CBS recently missed a big part of the story when they covered Stan Lee. On Thursday night, the ABC show devoted […]
Several folks have e-mailed me with more Deep Throat speculations, mainly that the man in the garage was Ben Stein. The main evidence for this seems to be that Stein, who was a Nixon speechwriter late in that administration, was a childhood friend of Carl Bernstein. Arguing against that is that (a) Deep Throat met […]
Tim Dickinson of Rolling Stone says that the military draft is coming back. […]
Is your computer screen dirty? Here…let a cute cat clean it for you. […]
Barring something unforeseen and time-sensitive (which probably means someone dying), I will not be posting much here for the next day or three. I'm devoting my attention to a deadline and all the things I must get done before next weekend's WonderCon in San Francisco. Which reminds me: It's about time I posted this banner […]
That's a car that my Uncle Aaron owned in the fifties. This is the same Uncle Aaron who I mentioned in this article. Throughout the fifties, he often shot 8mm movies on two subjects. One was his travels around the world, which were extensive. The other was his favorite nephew, which was me. When he […]
One interesting point to make about this whole scandal involving "Jeff Gannon" (or whatever his name is), the "reporter" who somehow obtained White House press credentials… All defenses of this situation start with the premise that the news website he represented, Talon News, was a major source of news with a wide readership. They claim […]