Any landing you walk away from.
In our top story, Staring Contest, or The Enemy in Orange was finished and turned in last Friday. I rather like it. It probably won’t even make the first cut. … Continue reading
The Moops!
Yesterday, during a six-hour orgy of lounging around, I managed to play the new Trivial Pursuit “The Last 20 Years” edition. Three observations, and then no more mention of the … Continue reading
“Dreams are overrated/ but they’re often underestimated.”
Update: Last Friday, a man with a thick Hispanic accent called up asking for “Christina.” Today’s subject line is a source of slight disappointment to me–it comes from a misheard … Continue reading
Despite our protests, the bastard kept shaking the globe.
Snowing severely in Chicago for the third time this week [1], in what seems to be this winter’s almost Dubyaesque overcompensatory desire to prove that it’s Not At All Like … Continue reading
And you may ask yourself.
A few weeks back, I went to a theatrical showing, at a University of Chicago movie theater, of the Jonathan-Demme-directed, Talking Heads concert film “Stop Making Sense.” At the end … Continue reading
Appetite for destruction.
No callback, thereby not even a chance to vie for understudy role. Wish other candidates best of luck, but don’t know them, so at same time, wish all of them … Continue reading
Mystery Science Presidential Speech.
First of all, I need to apologize to Kenny Chesney. A few weeks back, in the midst of a rant, I sent a “memo” to him regarding the anti-American sentiment … Continue reading
Contextual harassment.
Last week, NBC forced me not once, but twice, to re-evaluate how often I listen to two songs. The first was Tori Amos’ cover of The Boomtown Rats’ “I Don’t … Continue reading
Falling on my head like a tragedy.
On Friday my workload was upgraded from “Manageable” to “Chainsaw Juggling.” As such, I’m working frantically to finish everything by their staggered deadlines, barely stopping to putz around on the … Continue reading
Locked away in a padded sellout.
While perusing http://www.scriptseeker.com–a website I found quite by accident, but which I am glad I did, it’s become an excellent resource on a national, not just regional, level–I discovered that … Continue reading
Creative Control 