I have, of late, been contemplating several ridiculous aspects of life– specifically, my life. Being dangerously close to the big “3″ “0″, and having acquired no real means of financial or emotional autonomy, is nerve racking at best and suicidal at worst. Thus far, I have managed to escape the “worst”, but if you happen to notice words in … [continue]

Just when you thought it couldn’t be done, another super hero movie opens with a weekend gross of over 100 million Washingtons! With Iron Man’s entry into the movieherosphere, we can now breathe easy knowing that four out of the top ten box office opening weekend moneymakers of all time are cinematic masterpieces based on the lives of folks … [continue]

Have you been roped into buying books written by smooth talking hucksters promising everything from real estate wealth to easy weight loss? Have you been working at home on three internet get rich schemes while popping penis growth pills and just trying to save enough to give your family a few of Oprah’s favorite things? Do you think that positive … [continue]

For years, Justice Potter Stewart has taken crap for his famous quote about pornography: “I know it when I see it.” The more prudish members of the Court declined Justice Stewart’s offer to watch any borderline material so he could give his thumbs up or down, but legal scholars have long speculated that the rise in applications for clerkships … [continue]

If you are reading this and you live in America, you might be under the impression that The New York Times, the A.V. Club, and Whoever and Ebert are the arbiters of cinematic excellence and box office success. Perhaps you check Apple Trailers regularly to reassure yourself that Hollywood is working on at least nine super hero movies simultaneously and … [continue]

Receiving Me? held a staff meeting April 4, 2008. For those keeping track at home, that’s three fake staff meetings, one real staff meeting. However, similar to most of the fake meetings, this meeting was poorly attended: only founders Bernard Bygott and Leslie Fox showed up, and given his small brain size and penchant for lengthy staring competitions … [continue]

In Virginia Woolf’s essay “A Room of One’s Own” she argues that the primary barrier between a woman and literary success is opportunity. Given time, space, and license a woman of talent and inclination can create great work. It’s easy to further this postulate to include all people who have been deprived of any of these things, all … [continue]

Many people forget, or don’t even realize, that “sitcom” is derived from the Latin phrase “situatus comedus”, or “situation comedy” ($5.00 to the first person who bought my Latin). The idea being that the stuff that happens (within the stuff that is labeled as such) will be comedic, or funny. However, somewhere between episodes of The Honeymooners and … [continue]

Good day dimensional wanderer. It is not often that one of your kind aligns their time and space vectors with mine own and I am honored. Ah, but I know you did not come here by chance, for one such as you there is no such thing as serendipity. Come now; tell me your purpose here. If you … [continue]

You’ve been tearing it up, kicking ass, taking names, busting moves, and shaking that grove thing all week long. At long last the weekend has come, time to hang up your sword and doff your armor, you’ll not need such aggressive accoutrement where you’re headed.

The bright neon glow of the tavern calls to … [continue]