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What does it say about my taste that I kind of think the “Alvin and the Chipmunks” movie is kind of cute? The NY Times review seems to be the kindest review I could find: Andy Webster writes that it’s “a slick updating of the musical-cartoon franchise created by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. in 1958. Remodeled [...]

Something to get us through the week – a long, hopefully fun post! Last year, I watched the March of the Santas through Central Park. It wasn’t until later that I learned that this was Santacon, where lots and lots of people dress up in Santa suits or elves suits (plus, as I remembered it, [...]

As the writers’ strike continues, dare we want to enjoy more reality tv crap? They supposedly don’t need writers and they’re cheap to put on the air. But, there’s good crap and then there’s just crap, I’d say. I mean, come on – American Gladiators returns? I’d watch the old reruns of the old American [...]

This was pretty entertaining…

Not so much on the East Coast, but in Vegas and the Pacific Rim, the Filipino cover band is ubiquitous at hotel bars and other places where fine karaoke systems are installed. In a story that you can’t make up, the real power ballad band Journey was searching for a new lead singer. After an [...]

Thanks to FC and P for the birthday gift! The big 3-0 was spent very low-key. Birthday gift to myself – a few days away from the office. Have I actually cleaned anything up, done real reading, or gotten much (fiction) writing done? Not really. Got some art stuff out of the way. Relaxed. Spent [...]

Saw legendary travel writer Arthur Frommer live yesterday at an alumni hosted speaking appearance on Tuesday. Like the Zagats of restaurant rating fame, he retired from being a white shoe litigator to pursue his travel enterprises. We as a society have lost the skills for long form oratory. Frommer presented non-stop for a whole hour [...]

Check out this search engine – a way to search and raise money for your favorite charities: GoodSearch. Seems interesting. “Tin Man” on Sci Fi seems interesting. I’m a sucker for this kind of thing, obviously. And, the cast – Zooey Deschanel was amusing as Trillian on the “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” movie (really, [...]

Sorry that Triscribe was out most of the day Sunday, because I forgot to renew the domain name (whoops). Got it fixed in 10 minutes, and even snagged a coupon code. We’re good for 3 more years…. First snow this season – took P’s sister’s dogs out for a romp while she’s away in Belgium. [...]

Yeah! I surpassed the 50,000 words (and hence a NaNoWriMo winner) and came to An Actual End!!! The novel is… well, nothing spectacular, but it’s dark, grim, some parts funny, some parts actually good, and way much dialogue (along the lines of “You’re stupid”/”No, you’re stupid!”). As a murder mystery, it’s not that good (uh, [...]