I used to have a book that I kept in the bathroom called “The 100”, which made the case for the 100 most influential people in history. When people heard […]
Humor
Designated Survivor: Alternate Show Concepts
Some hastily-generated shows developed for sale to networks trying to duplicate the success of Designated Survivor with Kiefer Sutherland: Eminent Last Guy Second-to-Final Bro The Thirteenth Groomsman Governmental Spotter Just-In-Case Jim The […]
Commentary
Eating the Elephant – BJJ Year One
A number of years ago I watched an event called the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). By now there have been dozens if not hundreds of UFC matches. The brand is […]
Celebrities - Commentary - Humor - Politics
The Lisa Simpson Problem
The New York Times seems to have caught on to what I have been saying all along: that candidate Hillary Clinton has a Lisa Simpson problem. For those of us […]
Comics - Reviews - TV
Super Fly! Where Daredevil Went Wrong
I’m a longtime Daredevil fan. I liked the comic: “Daredevil: The Man Without Fear” in the 80’s and 90’s. It had ninja action, the ‘blind radar’ shtick, acrobatics, a dark, urban severity. […]
Comics - Commentary
The Hero We Deserve
Recently this piece in The Guardian caught my attention. In it, Alan Moore, notable author of Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and all-around high priest of counterculture and geekdom, is […]
Humor - Short
A Sample of Editorial Cuts Suggested By The Travel Channel’s Standards & Practices Dept. to the Producers of “Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern”
“My translator tells me that your grandparents referred to human meat as ‘Long Pig?’ What. He did.” (Papua New Guinea) “What effect would you say the depleted uranium has had […]
Celebrities - Commentary - Short
Who Speaks for Us?
It occurred to me some years ago that I didn’t know what neither Saddam Hussein nor Kim Kardashian’s voice sounded like. This led me to conclude that if you don’t […]
Commentary - Short
And Now A Brief Aside on Predicting The Future.
I wrote a blogging application sometime around 2004 or 2005. Prior to launching it on our Social Media site, my boss at the time asked me, what should we call […]
Commentary
Am I Racist: Trump Edition
Given the recent Trump phenomenon, the political-correctness backlash, and the counter-charge that liberals routinely and unfairly deploy the accusation that conservatives are racist, I wanted to take minute to grapple […]