Sometimes, when people are feeling grim, or have just uncovered some historical horror like The Brazen Bull, they’ll make a comment like “There is no horror we can think up that we haven’t inflicted on one another.” And then you look at each other and nod, cynically. The other thing to remember though, is that […]
June 2, 2012
If You Prefer To Vote In The Middle of the Night, That’s Reasonable
You may want to stay up for several nights in a row in order to properly field test this: it’s time to vote for the best movie to watch when you have insomnia! Bear in mind, you’re not necessarily looking for the movie on the list you’d most like to watch, or your personal favorite […]
June 1, 2012
Ain’t Nothing Going To Get This Out Of Your Brain
In case you haven’t become acquainted with the latest meme to hit the world – the autotuned remix of a news interview with a woman named Sweet Brown after a fire hit her apartment building – let me just advise you of two things: 1. Once you hear it, it will be in your head, […]
May 31, 2012
Application For Employment: Psychological Profile
Part C: Psychological Profile Now that you’ve completed personal information the employment history, please answer the following questions honestly, in order to give us a clear sense of who you are, and how well you’d fit with the company dynamic. Don’t worry – there are no wrong answers, it’s just a way to help us […]
May 29, 2012
This Is Your Brain. This Is Your Brain On The Running Trail.
I’ve always been fascinated by the brain, and in particular the whole hemispheric thing – Left brain quantifies, measure and decodes, while the right brain intuits and creates and senses. And the left-brain dominant people think the creative/right side is basically wasted space, while right-brainers think the left-brains people Just Don’t Get It, Man. I bring […]
May 28, 2012
“Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting” by Kevin C. Powers
“Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting,” Kevin C. Powers, 2009 I tell her I love her like not killing or ten minutes of sleep beneath the low rooftop wall on which my rifle rests. I tell her in a letter that will stink, when she opens it, of bolt oil and burned […]
May 27, 2012
Tonight’s Feature Presentation Will Begin As Soon As You Accept That You’re Not Getting Any Sleep
So, there are the genres of movie we all know – the romcom, the horror film, et cetera. But movies go way beyond that, in terms of niche. Then there are the genres that are a bit more specified – genres you couldn’t really plan for. For example, some years ago one of my best […]
May 26, 2012
Bears, If You Are Unable To Use A Laptop, Please Vote Via Roar.
Oh, man, I may have to do this caption thing more often. The responses this week were just fantastic. I almost couldn’t bear to eliminate any of them, so bear with me if yours isn’t among the finalists! I also suspect you’ll have a bear of a time choosing from among them! Bear. But the […]
The Byronic Man 
June 3, 2012
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