January 2009
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Overheard at Du-par’s
The other morning I ate breakfast within earshot of an interview with the woman who created the T.V. show Saving Grace. She had some interesting advice for anyone who wants to learn everything there is to know about acting. “Watch the first season of Saving Grace.”
Blooming Trees in January?
Found: Northridge, California, Jan. 28. Isn’t it early? I wouldn’t know, I’m from the East Coast.
I Went to a Christening
It was a lovely ceremony—except for all the screaming babies. I’d been invited to a christening, and, as a godless Jew, had very little idea what to expect. I anticipated only my friends’ child taking the Nestea plunge, but no, there were seven local infants making an especially holy racket. And what was a christening, […]
Primitive Biathlon
I’ve finally identified a sport that may be lower on the pecking order than rogaining.
Mini-Series Title Math
The Last Temptation of Christ + The Last Emperor ____________________ ?
Joke I Would’ve Submitted Today Were I on the Letterman Staff
“In Anaheim, Mayor Curt Pringle announced that the city is dropping its legal challenges to the name of the Angels baseball team. However, the mayor said he would not be dropping legal challenges against his parents for giving him the name Curt Pringle.”
Today was a good day
Both Francis Boscoe and Boscoe Francis were nominated for the International Who’s Who of Professionals.
This Guy Can’t Win
It’s bad enough that he’s the long-suffering, inferior-product-offering cable guy in the Verizon FIOS commercials…. But now, apparently, he’s dropping a pancake on the kitchen floor in an Egg McMuffin ad. Sigh.
Jack Silbert, curator