Petty Annoyances

(If you don't care at all about nitpicking through the Godfather Part 3, feel free to skip this one) I don't want to devote exces...

41. People ashing into slot machine change buckets 42. DVDs that claim bullshit standard items as "Special Features" 43. Abb...

It’s good that we have several cable channels dedicated to round the clock news. And even within the round-the-clock news business there are...

Before I rip into the Special Editions and tell you why they sucked, let me give credit where credit is due and mention the few things they ...

I'll come back to Star Wars in a minute. I can't stand these "future" dates on products. This is the phenominon where a...

I have so many angry complaints about Star Wars these days, where do I begin? I was a huge Star Wars fan as a kid of course. I'd have...

These are the dog days of summer, but it doesn't hurt to plan ahead - or in this case to whine ahead. For the fall is coming, and that m...

I played a lot of bridge on my recent beach trip, and let me tell you something. Bridge is an amazing game. Possibly the best game ever desi...

Hmm. Jessica Tandy wasn't actually in The Whales of August. I was convinced she was. I would say that I was really thinking of Bette Dav...

I wasn't planning to do a full entry for Blockbuster video, but my friend Aaron went off on them the other day, and frankly he has a poi...

There's nothing like a relaxing beach vacation to make you sit back, turn your thoughts inward, and start considering the big picture. L...

So my fourth and final flight on this trip was on the hip new airline, JetBlue. Ooooooohh... JetBlue! A new kind of airline! They do thin...

Aaaaah. I'm back. What a delightful vacation. Relaxed on the beach. Ate several lobsters. Read Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. (man that...

Well, I'm leaving on a vacation for ten days, so I probably won't be posting for a while. Now you may be wondering, how does an unem...

What do these books, all mainstays of high school English, have in common: Death of a Salesman – The Scarlet Letter – Animal Farm – Brave Ne...