I'm still battling that deadline so here are a few brief items and updates… Several folks have written to tell me of past, unsuccessful attempts to introduce White Castle to Los Angeles. I'm not sure if those were owned-and-operated stands or if White Castle tried farming out the business on a franchise deal. But apparently […]
Here's a profile of Aaron McGruder, who draws the syndicated strip, Boondocks. […]
Michael Chabon has a good article in the New York Times about escapism in entertainment. […]
When I was younger and first discovering the joy of pictures of beautiful women, my favorite photographer was a man named Peter Gowland. In this article, I tell an amazing (but true!) story of discovering not only his work but his studio. And today in the Los Angeles Times, there's this article about his job. […]
If you're going to the WonderCon in San Francisco at the end of this month (or thinking of going), you may want to take a look at the Programming Schedule. I'm hosting four panels which I'll be reminding you about here, ad nauseam. […]
My comment that I thought George W. Bush was being treated a bit unfairly brought an amazing amount of argumentative e-mail…and from all sides. Pro-Bush folks were upset that I was minimizing the injustice being perpetrated on their guy while anti-Bush folks were upset that I thought it was possible to treat Bush unfairly. And […]
It's over at Comic World News. Here's the link. […]
Lewis Black has a special that begins multiple runs today on Comedy Central. It's called Lewis Black: Taxed Beyond Belief and I haven't seen it yet. But as I've laughed at darn near everything Mr. Black has done, I thought I'd mention it. Also: "Smilin'" Stan Lee will be on the Home Shopping Network on […]
No one seems to know the cause of the massive power outage that hit the Bellagio Hotel early Sunday morning. Obviously, these people have not seen Ocean's Eleven. In other news: This is not a smart thing to do. Even though in this case, it turned out okay and will probably lead to a TV […]
The scary-looking gent above is another entry in our roster of "People I've Always Admired and Heard From Because of This Website." He's James Randi, and he's probably only scary if you claim to have psychic powers or to be able to heal sick people by pulling evil spirits out of them. Once upon a […]
George W. Bush could earn a chunk of respect from me if he would stop saying things like, "If we'd had specific knowledge of the terrorists' plans for 9/11, I would have moved mountains to prevent it." I'm almost as sick of that as I am of jokes about Donald Trump's hair. Is there anyone […]
As you may know (or be able to guess), I have a pretty good collection of comedy albums. I think I own all or almost all of the fifty named in this list of what one guy picks as the 50 "Most Influential" of all time. If I made up such a list, it would […]
I have no big reaction to the P.D.B. (President's Daily Briefing) that was released last night. Yeah, it does suggest that there was a bit of advance warning of the 9/11 plot but no, it doesn't convince me that anyone was negligent not to snap into action. I think Bush's foes have made a strong […]
A website that plays 20 Questions. I hate websites that are smarter than I am. […]
I've been getting a lot of spam from some company that wants to sell me vast quantities of pornography. The offers don't interest me but what's on the "Sender" line is usually kinda fun. Apparently, someone is using a program that takes a random word and makes it the first name. Then it inserts a […]