Doctor Atomic: A Rant and/or Review
Now being performed at the Metropolitan Opera through November 13th Modern opera isn’t for everyone. That has been made abundantly clear to me time and time again when I seem to be one of the few left standing after three
Pumpkin Is My Favorite Organic Material
Of all the Autumnal perks, I am going to boldly declare that my favorite part of Fall is the proliferation of pumpkins and pumpkin-derived goods. For one thing, pumpkins look freaking awesome. Even before you slice a visage into their
Cocktail Crashers Vol II: The History of Salads
This weekend on Cocktail Crashers, I’m giving you a powerful (and possibly insipid) little morsel to pass along to your dinner dates: the bizarre history of a few popular salads. I’ve already had a couple of people tell me they
Top Ten Political Websites
Yup – six days until we know who the next President of the United States will be. Whether you’re just tuning in now, or if you’ve been following this thing like a sports junky, I thought it might be helpful
One Week to Go – Top Ten Reasons to Vote Obama
One week from today we will know who the next President of the United States will be. (knock on wood) Holy shit. Seven days from now, we could be waking up to one of those newspapers you keep for your
Porn 2.0
In the words of esteemed thought leader L.L. Cool J, “Conventional methods of making love kind of bore me.” Amen, Cool James. Like so many of us, I was past puberty when the internet began blossoming. My first email address
Top Ten reasons why John McCain can’t and won’t be the next President of the United States.
10. John McCain. He is one major reason he is not being elected. No need to elaborate. 9. The North Vietnamese. Whatever his torturers did to make him move like Frankenstein ruined his TV presence for all future debates. 8.
On, The Road
So here’s the thing about Literature. Sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad. And sometimes the really good is bad, but only because it’s so goddamn good, you can barely tell it’s good. I mean, you know it’s good, but you
Top 10 Lonely Island! – A Retrospective on Humorous Guys
There are groups that will go down in history as perfect comic matchups. Broken Lizard… Tenacious D… The Kids in the Hall… Tim & Eric… the list goes on and on. One day I’ll make a top 10 for them
Animal Kingdom
According to Newsweek it looks like someone in the crowd gave her the scarf during an autograph signinging. Brilliant.