24 Dec
Merry Christmas, everyone! (We open our gifts on Christmas Eve, so today is more like Christmas to me than tomorrow will be.) On this festive day, please enjoy Mickey’s Christmas Carol, which is one of my favourite parts of the season. Some lovely person has put it up on YouTube. It’s 26 minutes of awesomeness. Enjoy and have a great holiday!
17 Nov
Donuts. The other day I was wondering how long I could go eating nothing but donuts before I got tired of them.
This, my friends, is Michael Stuhlbarg. He is an actor of immense awesomeness. The picture on the left is Stuhlbarg as Arnold Rothstein on Boardwalk Empire (he’s never in the show enough!) and the photo on the right is him as the lead in the Coen brothers’ A Serious Man (which is hilarious!). He’s everything an actor should be.
The “Subway/Pamela” episode of Louie. This might be the best 3o minutes of television ever. It’s certainly up there with the best of the best.
Mashed potatoes. ‘Nuff said.
14 Nov
Well, look at that. It’s yours truly making a silly face over on UncommonGoods. They were kind enough to feature some guest editorial I put together on behalf of Kaboodle. If you’re so inclined, check out my 20 favourite holiday gifts available on UncommonGoods.com.
11 Nov
Some genius out there decided 11/11/11 should be Nigel Tufnel Day. I can’t help but get on board with that, especially with the accompanying picture. So, folks, bust out your copy of This is Spinal Tap this evening and revel in its genius.
10 Nov
Chronicle Books (a lovely local SF company where a former co-worker now works) is running its Happy Haulidays giveaway again this season. To enter to win, simply post a blog with a list of up to $500 worth of Chronicle Books titles you’d love to win. Best of all, if you do win, you’ll also be able to give your charity of choice $500 to pick out books too. And, if I win, one lucky commenter on this post will also win the books I selected! Pretty sweet deal all around. So, here are the books I’d love to win…
If you’ve any interest in a chance to win these books too, be sure to leave a comment. Happy Haulidays!
8 Nov
With age comes the destruction all basically all your illusions about life. I don’t mean that to sound dramatic, but it’s just how it goes as you get older. Like, when you’re a teenager, you think you’ll grow up and sit around drinking wine and having intelligent discussions with your sophisticated friends in your glamorous apartment. Or something like that. But, what happens is you find you’re 33 and still laughing at the same fartknocker jokes you were in high school. Anyway, my point is that there’s not a whole lot for us to hang on to after a certain point.
The one thing I can think of that still anchors me to my innocent and carefree years is the Muppets riding bicycles in The Great Muppet Caper (aka the best Muppet movie). I don’t know how they made the Muppets ride bikes. And I never, ever want to find out. Apparently there’s a special feature somewhere that shows you how they did it. I swear, if someone ever tells me or I accidentally stumble across the answer… That would be it for me. There’d be nothing left for me to believe in.
7 Nov
You know how I’m always talking about Joe Henry and how awesome he is? Well, something tells me you’re not reading my blog and then rushing out to listen to him. And that’s a mistake. So, I thought I’d make it super-easy for you by embedding this interview and live performance from KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic right here! You don’t need to do anything but click “play” to enjoy the wit and wisdom and awesomeness of Joe Henry! Aren’t I a great blogger to do that for you?!
