Sure It?s a Shorter TV Season

But I’m not complaining.
Thanks to hulu, I have just watched for the third time in 30 seconds the point in a recent 30 Rock episode where Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin at his best) introduces a character with the following line: “Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the bravest New Yorker since Bernie Goetz.”
Between the [...]

Hybrid Vehicles and the Next-gen Prius

With gas prices being at the crazy levels they are, I’ve been considering the purchase of a hybrid vehicle.  But of all the ones currently out there, I don’t really like any of them enough to give up my current car.  So when I read today that Toyota will be coming out with a redesigned [...]

Debbie Drechsler on Daddy?s Girl

In writing words of praise for Debbie Drechsler, I must concede I’m joining a bandwagon that started in 1995 when her work, Daddy’s Girl was first released. As detailed here by her publisher Fantagraphics, “Fantagraphics Books is proud to re-release one of the most powerful and moving books in its distinguished publishing history: Debbie Drechsler’s [...]

Weekend Box Office – 4/28/08

Rank    Title                                                         Weekend          Gross
1.   BABY MAMA                                               $18,271,000    $18,271,000
2.   HAROLD AND KUMAR                             $14,570,000    $14,570,000
3.    FORBIDDEN KINGDOM                           $11,230,000     $38,255,000
4.    FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL       $11,014,000     $35,077,000
5.    NIM’S ISLAND                                            $4,525,000      $38,954,000
6.    PROM NIGHT                                             $4,400,000      $38,115,000
7.    21                                           [...]

Playing Catchup II: RIP Humphrey Lyttelton

There are certain bloggers who possess an opinion I consistently trust, and the fellow behind Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun is one of those people.
So when Bully noted the passing of Humphrey Lyttelton, a fellow I had never heard of, I realized that this was an unfortunate gap in my wealth of international pop [...]