2008
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A friend of mine wrote this
His name is Michael Kaplan, and he wrote it for a friend of his who was trying to learn a 3D animation program.
tastes and preferences
Emptywheel is my favorite political blogger. Her name is Marcy Wheeler, she used to be a comp lit professor, and she specializes in close reading of text from trials, Congressional hearings, and redacted documents. I started reading her a few years ago, around the time Judy Miller emerged from jail, bony, girlish and incongruously triumphant. […]
Hill Street Blues versus Kung Fu
I’m honestly torn.
Lipstick Jungle versus Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues wins. I just want to show this isn’t completely rigged.
Cashmere Mafia versus Lipstick Jungle
Lipstick Jungle wins, and I’m not just saying that because I have a horse in this race. I honestly don’t have that much to do with how the show turns out. My job is to add a little comedy around the margins, and it can only support so much. But mainly I’m thinking there are […]
The Week in Fourth Grade
As I go through Isa’s fourth grade textbooks, I spot things that bother me. I understand the need for simplification, but at the expense of fact? Or am I being too picky?Here’s a lab to do at home from the science book: Cut up an apple and measure and record the mass of the fresh […]
Arrested Development: Season 1 vs. Season 3
Many have failed to pick up on the major qualitative distinctions between these seasons. In fairness, it was rarely clear when the show was even on, let alone what season it was. Michael Bluth: tenderhearted and ethical to a faultSeason 1: Bumbling courtship of Marta. Hilarious.Season 3: Finds out he is the father of Julia […]
For anyone who thought show business was sexy
I was copied on this email today, from Lipstick Jungle’s payroll company to NBC-Universal… This notification is to let you know that the following Document Type folder names have been changed as described: Script Clearance Report has been renamed: Script Research Report.Script Collated has been renamed: Script – First White.Script Revisions has been renamed: Script […]
Voting in Topanga Canyon
My old pot dealer’s wife checked me in. I said, “I’m John Levenstein, American.” She started laughing, then couldn’t stop laughing, and things bogged down for a while. The other woman running the polling place put a provisional ballot in the official ballot box by mistake, and then swore us all to secrecy.
Jack Silbert, curator