A few nights ago I attended the Women’s Guild meeting at church. It was my annual appearance to put on a “program� lasting around 45 minutes. There were about 20 women present and my guess would be that 18 of them were over the age of 70. With women of that age there is a “been there – don...

The Dominican Republic’s partisans in Washington Heights were shocked by their team’s loss in the World Baseball Classic to an opponent that calls the sport “honkbal.�...

I asked three members of the USC basketball program what it will take for them to win three games in three days at the Pac-10 Tournament — probably the only route to the NCAA Tournament for the barely-on-the-bubble Trojans. Taj Gibson’s response was far and away the best: “Maturity...

This Lily Allen song Absolutely Nothing is very hard to get out of your head. I couldn’t find a good video of it, so here’s one of The Fear instead: I found Lily Allen via my TingTings Pandora station....

When rock 'n' roll queen Chrissie Hynde asks, "Are you ready to rock?" you better be. Chrissie Hynde is one tough broad with ball-busting abilities who long ago graduated from the School of Hard Rock, then became one of its finest teachers. The Punk/New Wave Era's original high priestess is a da...

Here is more proof that Anne Heche's brain is living on another planet. The planet of ABSOLUTELYFUCKINGNUTS. Over the weekend, Celestia and the dude she cheated on her husband with, James Tupper, brought a baby boy into this world. The real world. According to UsWeekly, they already hate him because...

Here is more proof that Anne Heche's brain is living on another planet. The planet of ABSOLUTELYFUCKINGNUTS. Over the weekend, Celestia and the dude she cheated on her husband with, James Tupper, brought a baby boy into this world. The real world. According to UsWeekly, they already hate him because...

I've seen a lot of DIY recuts in my time - the various versions of Star Wars: Episode 1 the populated the internet claiming to remove anything offensive to hardcore fans of the series, the Martin Arnold experimental films that make music out of a handful of frames of To Kill a Mockingbird , etc. - b...

SxSW starts March 13th in Austin. This is my SEVENTH year and these are my helpful tips for the novice. I've tried to revise the info over the years as things change. ABC - Always Be Charging - If you bring a laptop, you need to be charging it every single chance you get. No battery lasts long enoug...

I normally don't comment on The Real Housewives of NYC, because they don't make my skin pucker the same way the bitches of Atlanta and OC do. But I just had to share with your asses Ramona's bizarre out-of-this world special ed dance moves from last night's episode. It's the kind of dancing you woul...