When it comes to coloring easter eggs, my skills are – comparatively – on par with my jack-o-lantern carving skills: somewhere between “just passable enough to get by” and “Heyyyyy, you keep at, little soldier!”.  If you give me several cups of colored vinegar and a dozen eggs, I can probably give you 5 eggs […]

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies; Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.  Popular entertainment is just chock full of mash-ups between classical imagery and the supernatural the last few years, isnt it?  Why?  Who knows. You got stuff, you might as well mash it up, I guess.  The problem is that these books and films have been… what’s […]

It’s time again to announce the winner of last week’s Weekly Question of the Week poll, and to vote on this week’s finalists! Last week’s finalists was like a mini Battle of the Bands, only without the need for earplugs.  Otherwise?  Exactly the same. And you were there, man.  You were in to these guys […]

*All My Simpsons is a feature in which I do two things: celebrate my undying and pure love of The Simpsons, and bore & alienate about 95% of my readership.* Today’s All My Simpsons is dedicated to one of my oldest friends, who I don’t get to see often enough.  He’s a jazz saxophone player […]

I think we can all agree that every single thing the human race has ever done has been just a huge disappointment.  Especially the future.  We were promised a lot of things by inventors, movies and crazy people, and what do we have to show for it besides the iPod?  Squat.  Teleporters?  No.  Laser guns?  […]

Strange-but-true fact:  Playboy Magazine founder Hugh Hefner is an avid scrap-booker. *** Hello everyone!  Thanks for coming.  Don’t forget to grab one of those lemon bars that Margie brought before they’re all scooped up… by me!  Ha ha!  I’m just kidding.  But they are terrific, even if my thighs don’t think so. I’m happy to […]

For Your (Re)Consideration is a feature in which I revisit some older work – one perhaps overlooked, perhaps familiar to the point of forgetting its content – and try to reconsider it with an unsullied perspective.  Here’s the strange thing about The Rolling Stones’ album Exile on Main St.: The Stones have never been an […]

Okay, so we’ve all heard about the Jetblue captain flipping out and telling passengers there was a bomb on board and they were all going to die.  And, perhaps because of that, you’ve probably heard about the flight attendant some weeks ago who told the passengers that the plane was going to crash.  Now, maybe […]