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I'm not one for summer blockbusters anymore. I'm old enough to see the cliches, the clunky plot expositions, the cookie-cutter charactors — all designed to show-off yet another gee-whiz battle sequence or demolition of another American city and/or landmark.  I think it was during "Independence Day" when I crossed over.  A fun movie, but really — outside of the SFX, … Read More

8 years, 8 months, and 16 days. Remember, he had to learn how to get good at throwing cards into a top hat, become an expert ice sculptor, play the piano expertly, etc.

Seems that Facebook did some little tweaks lately, so you're more like than before to get that ex (and his/her new beau) as a freind suggestion.

The editor of the Financial Times, Lionel Barber, has predicted that "almost all" news organizations will start invoking some pay-as-you-go scheme for reading their content.  Rupert Murdoch has declared that all News Corp newspapers will be charging online by the end of the year, but as yet no concrete moves seem to have been made. Others aren't as pessimistic. From a … Read More

Because Michael Jackson's death was premature, there exist a catalogue of unreleased new MJ songs.  Expect a steady stream of them. Here's the first "new" song.  I use the word "new" advisedly, because the song — “A Place Without No Name” — is clearly built on the America classic "A Horse With No Name". So far, only a snippet of "A Place with … Read More

15th Avenue Coffee and Tea, located in Seattle, isn't an independent neighborhood coffee shop.  It's a Starbucks. Be on the lookout….

I had seen a grainy photograph or two of the accident back in 1984 when Michael Jackson burnt his hair shooting a Pepsi commercial.  I guess I always wonder why, if they were filming, there was never actual video. Well, there is.  Us Weekly got a hold of it.  They've edited it and added some scary music, but you can … Read More

The 13 Types of Facebook Friends, as idientified by Mental Floss: A) The Overzealous Updater This is the friend who can’t go half a day without sharing What’s On His Mind. Honestly people. We really don’t need to know that you’ve just had your second shower of the day. For that matter, we didn’t need to hear about the first … Read More

Jenna Fischer gets engaged.

Is it April Fool's Day?  Is this article (which appears on Page 1 of the New York Times print edition) a joke? It's about adult film actresses complaining that porno movies don't contain plot and dialogue anymore. Rrrrrright.  You just don't see that high-minded Beckett-esque literary quality in adult films anymore — nothing comparable to that found in the classics of yesteryear like Veronica … Read More