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The I.R.S.
When I was a senior in high school, I drove over the hill three times a week to take calculus at UCLA. At Yale, I was an economics major, studying with a Nobel Prize winner, while simultaneously taking classes at the grad school. In my lean years as a writer, I worked for an old […]
Chasing That All-Important Youth Vote…
…Obama tries appealing to Juno‘s fan base.
Chauncey
I’m fairly convinced our dog, Chauncey, is even smarter than we give him credit for. I think this is true of all dogs. And it’s a brilliant tactic on their part. By maintaining enough of the illusion of inferior intellect, they reap big rewards. Free room, free board, treats, walks, limitless cuddling sessions, and just […]
Ringo-ing, going, gone!
Apparently Ringo Starr walked off the set of Regis and Kelly due to a dispute over the length of a song he was to perform on the show. Ringo wanted to do the 3 minute version while show producer Gelman insisted on a 2 minute version. This resulted in the best of all solutions… the […]
fourteen years ago today
I was lying in bed, when I felt a blast and saw a series of bright flashes. The bed shook violently, the dresser came crashing down–the oven literally split in two. As a second blast hit, and then another, I became aware of a loud announcement, emanating from the street: “You have violated a protected […]
my all-time favorite cereal
My wife and daughter are away in Mexico and I’ve had three bowls of Cocoa Pebbles so far today. It’s a fine cereal but it can’t hold a candle to Rice Krinkles, a cereal that was discontinued sometime in my late teens, I think. Both are Post products, seemingly made from similar “molds,” but Rice […]
Isaac Asimov’s Super Quiz
As of the new year, Isaac Asimov’s Super Quiz was dropped from the Albany newspaper, reducing the number of dead authors on the comics page by one. There have been daily letters to the editor ever since. Today’s begins:I read, with amused interest, the outcry over the pulling of the Super Quiz from the daily […]
Boredom Lands Me On Wonkette
So last night I was bored, and Amanda and the baby had already gone to bed. For whatever reason I decided to follow up on a notion I’d formulated a few days earlier: Ron Paul resembles Ian Mckellen. I took a still of Sir Ian as Gandalf in Lord Of The Rings and superimposed Ron […]
Everyone’s A Critic
I picked up the Hollywood Reporter last week (Jan. 4-6 weekend edition) and on the front was the usual “For Your Consideration” Oscar full page cover ad. This time it was for the foreign film “Bella” which I have yet to see. The lone review listed to bolster the case for Oscar worthiness was bizarre […]
Jack Silbert, curator