Steve Schippert of Threatswatch, Matt of Blackfive, John of Op-For, and Ace (of Spades) and I have been chatting in email regarding the fallout of Secretary Shinseki's testimony before Congress that ignited the shite-storm that is spreading around.  Steve made a nice "wrap-it-all-up" ...

Things that made me happy this weekend Finding out that Obama lifted the funding restrictions on stem cell research Cuddling in bed with Jesse and the furbabies Gracie, my silent diva kitty, meowing loudly at me TWICE! Getting tickets to see the Angels play the Red Sox at Angel Stadium Working out o...

This week, Jimmy Fallon made it onto TV again, somehow. Jeffrey Toobin maybe impregnated Jeff Greenfield's daughter, which is quite a mess indeed! Jeremy Piven likes to get ladies drunk on sake which is sort of the least surprising news ever. Then Barbara Walters killed Twitter. For crossing her. So...

Well, it could have been worse. Watchmen is too long by a good hour and suffocated by its slavish recreation of panel after panel from the comics, but is at least watchable. It's hard to say whether the movie is helped or hindered by its obsessive faithfulness, since those occasions where the makers...

In the comments on this thread there was a request for more posts on BSG. I don’t really have a full post in my head, but I’ve got some bullet points from the last couple of episodes (here be spoilers for those who aren’t up to date): I’ve become really interested in Balthar as h...

I saw this on Feministe: CRESAPTOWN, Md. (AP) - You’ve heard of kosher salt? Now there’s a Christian variety. Retired barber Joe Godlewski says that when television chefs recommended kosher salt in recipes, he wondered, “What the heck’s the matter with Christian salt?” ...

Cinematical has just learned that Woody Allen's Whatever Works will open the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, marking Allen's return to New York (and New York filmmaking) since shooting his last few films in Europe (he last shot in NY back in 2004). On debuting his new movie in NYC, the always-brief Alle...

While trying again to purge, purge purge, in order to make more room in a house that is really a tad too small, I ran across a good 18+ notebooks/journals. I have kept, or used to keep, a pretty regular journal. Blogging has cut way back on that practice for better or worse, but in the meantime, I s...

No, really. Seriously. This is serious... Judge for yourself. ~~~ From: Philip Downey <pedlrd2@comcast.net> YOu are nothing more than an internet scammer trying to make money I really appreciate how you totally IGNORE my emails You asshole. 2 emails longer than a week Paleoman did nto live lon...

I am so excited about having a new Joss Whedon TV show (even though I haven’t been able to write anything else, because I’ve been planning this epic review. I may need to make the reviews a little less epic, if I’m going to ever blog about anything but Joss). Even though dollhouse ...