Every year there is a UFO festival in McMinnville, Oregon. McMinnville is the site of one of the only as yet non-debunked UFO photos (which makes it “bunked”?) taken by farmers Paul & Evelyn Trent in 1950, as well as being considered a cross-center for psychic activity… or something. So this year M and I […]
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Recently voted "The Best Humor Site in America That I, Personally, Write," The Byronic Man is sometimes fiction, but sometimes autobiography. And sometimes cultural criticism. Oh, and occasionally reviews. Okay, it's all those different things, but always humorous. Except on the occasions that it's not. Ah, geez. Look, it's a lot of things, okay? You might like it, is the point.Won’t Someone Please Think of the Super-Rich Schlock-Vendors For Once?
May 11, 2011
Is it possible that Hollywood is simply one giant cry for help? That the only reason many of the films that get made do so is because there’s an industry wide attempt to get us to stop them? You know, like a kid who announces that he’s going to go hit the side of the […]
Operation: Dessert Storm
April 26, 2011
It will be a great day when schools have all the funding they need, and the military has to hold a bake sale to buy a new bomber. – popular bumper sticker. Excuse me, sir? Sir? Would you be interested in some shortbread? Lemon bar? The lemon bars are fresh, sir; why, private Doorn here […]
Tonight At 11: Could Reading Blogs Give You Small Pox???
April 17, 2011
Some years ago when I was living in Portland, there was a series of storms that led to flooding and a lot of property damage. In fact, the ceiling of my apartment collapsed. (conversation between my landlord and I at 2:30am – “There’s water coming through the ceiling!” “Can’t you put a bucket under it […]
Maybe they’ll put product placement in it?
April 14, 2011
I saw, earlier, a preview for a documentary coming out entitled American: The Life of Bill Hicks. If you are familiar with Bill Hicks, I would you’re your head has exploded a little. Maybe there’s something to the title I don’t know – maybe on his death bed he looked up and said, “When you […]
The Correct Answer is, Apparently, Unwaxed – Unless Your Teeth Are Close Together.
March 29, 2011
Went to the dentist yesterday for a check up. No cavities! *ting!* Going to the dentist is always a mixed bag for me because – as I’ve talked about before – I’m just a skosh freaky about my teeth, but as a result I take good care of them. So there’s the standard dread, because… […]
Reflections on attending “80’s Video Dance Attack” At The Domino Room
March 22, 2011
How come people who “dress up 80’s” never look like anyone looked in the 80’s? “Safety Dance” may be the most joyous, happy-inducing song ever. Footloose is a movie about dancing, but the theme song is not very good to dance to. Ironic? Yes. People have bad taste. The VJ opened up to requests, and […]
Cool! Ouch.
March 9, 2011
So, from the “Sure, that’s pretty much how it goes” file… About a year ago I did this modeling job for Hewlitt-Packard (I know. I’m just so glamorous). They were working on a digital image library, and needed a broad range of shots for ads, catalogues, print tests, whatever. Just to have it all available. […]
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