me: official slacker, I guess

I’m in this book. I think. I mean, author Lisa Chamberlain interviewed me while she was in the process of writing Slackonomics: Generation X in the Age of Creative Destruction, and I was invited to the book launch party, so I’m figuring something of what I spoke to her about being an independent thirtysomething creative … more…

Russell Crowe as George Carlin?

Holy crap, Keith Olbermann just ran this little bumper promoting his upcoming story on the death of George Carlin, featuring some old footage of Carlin when he had to be in his 40s, maybe, and I swear to God, I thought he was Russell Crowe. Look: The biopic is inevitable… and how awesome would Crowe … more…

why, Colbert, why?

Another reason to hate The Love Guru: It makes Stephen Colbert look like a moron… and not in a good way: (Technorati tags: Stephen Colbert, Love Guru)

‘Doctor Who’ not-blogging: “Turn Left”

When I dream about traveling with the Doctor, this is what I dream about: alien marketplaces. (And if it’s an alien marketplace where it looks like you might run into Captain Mal Reynolds, so much the better.) When I have nightmares about traveling with the Doctor, well… they’re never as horrific as the events of … more…

‘The Two Coreys’ is a joke, right?

I’d vaguely heard about A&E’s “reality” series The Two Coreys last year, and if I thought about it at all, it was to be reminded of a bit from an old episode of The Simpsons, in which Homer brings home some teen magazines for a bedridden and bored Lisa, and he’s obviously been unable to … more…