Film of the Year (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
I began the day sitting outside, enjoying the cool morning air and sharing a cup of coffee with a nearby Steller's Jay. Then I booted up the laptop and checked my e-mail only to discover that once again (maybe for the last time) I've been tagged to play along with...
Hell on Frisco Bay (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
I've been tagged with a meme. Thom Ryan, the mastermind behind one of my very favorite blogs Film of the Year , has selected me, along with four other bloggers (a distinguished group, I might add), to follow some simple instructions for a post on my site, and to pass on the instructions to five more bloggers. Like a chain letter, except without the curse of bad luck at the end if the recipient doesn't...
Invisible Cinema (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
My illustrious friend, Thom , has invited me to reveal what I am reading reading right now on the not so random page 123. So I'd like to share an excerpt from White Noise by Don DeLillo: "I turned off the radio, not to help me think but to keep me from thinking. Vehicles lurched and skidded. Someone threw a gum wrapper out a side window and Babette made an indignant speech about inconsiderate people...
The Evening Class (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Yes, I am a sick and twisted player. When tagged by Hell on Frisco Bay 's Brian Darr to participate in the internet's latest meme, I started to sing, "You charm the husk right off the corn, MEME…." (Boom. Ka-THUMP! Where's a kazoo when you need one?) I participate only for fear that—should I not—Brian will do something drastic. Ordinarily I hate this sort of thing. Unlike Brian—though initially intrigued...
