I’ve been editing a book. I’ve been ghostwriting a novel. I’ve been working on my own novel. And I’ve had to assist a highly dangerous avian force in a rescue mission to retrieve their progeny from a group of swine with a mere slingshot at my disposal. It’s been a jam-packed year.
Archive for the ‘Columns’ Category
Yep, this is just another of my regular, like-clockwork posts, those things I do all the time here at my blog.
August 17, 2011
M*O*S*H
December 22, 2010
Grabbing a bottled water – hell, even a beer – and rinsing out the millions of bacteria Alex had just introduced to his grass-stained, 5-o’clock-shadowed, cannonball-sized gourd wouldn’t be the worst idea.
Rick is rejected by eHarmony — TWICE.
December 1, 2010
eHarmony had rejected me for a second time:
“Unfortunately, we are not able to make our profiles work for you. Our matching model could not accurately predict with whom you would be best matched.”
(Though we’re leaning toward serial killers.)
“We hope you understand, and we regret our inability to provide service for you at this time.”
(Never darken our door again.)
A few not-so-brief thoughts on Inception (SPOILERS)
August 9, 2010
Ellen Page’s oddly ageless, doll-like face constantly distracted me. Sorry, she looks like she’s 12. Even the very funny bit where Joseph Gordon-Levitt tricks her into a kiss seemed a touch off, because even though he’s only six years old than she is, he seems more like a creepy uncle.
Knight and Day Film Review
June 23, 2010
Knight and Day is the Taco Bell 5-layer burrito of the 2010 summer movie season. And that’s not really a good thing.
Rick’s first yoga class: A cautionary tale
June 6, 2010
This is why the front row is so wonderful. “Hey,” my posture said to my classmates, “say hello to my ass.” My quest for inner peace and physical health had turned into a Jim Carrey movie.
Brief thoughts on Lost series finale: Because someone had to do it
May 24, 2010
The brilliance of Lost always has been about reading between the lines and adding your own interpretations to the mix. Why should the finale be any different? If the writers handed us everything on a silver platter, wouldn’t that be the cop-out?
Note to (currently-but-not-infinitely-nonexistent) Readers
May 5, 2010
Okay, there aren’t any readers yet. I realize this. However, there will be. (I remain optimistic. Don’t crush the light in my soul. That’s what family is for.) So when readers finally get around to reading this, it is to explain that the posts that follow will include more than a little “repurposed” content. However, [...]
This is me. Well, the head part. 
Red Riding Hood, freedom of speech, and curious interpretations thereof
March 20, 2011
My pen pal advised me that “It’s people like you who make freedom of speech, or the freedom to blog or critique, a bad thing, but then I am in turn glad for the freedom of speech, so that I too can turn around and critique you, and let others know that what you are saying is a piece of crap.”
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