This; And also that

Hi, This one’s narrowcast to my fellow Bay Areans. Just wanted to share the fun fact that my daughter (aka Shonny Vortex) is making her big-time stage debut this very weekend in Virago Theatre Company’s staging of Candide, with music by Leonard “don’t call me Spock” Bernstein and lyrics by (among others) Dorothy Parker, Lillian … Read more

That’s what this lady at the table next to mine just asked her gentleman friend. “Yes! Dear lord yes!” I want to shout.

I’m drinking vanilla mighty leaf tonight. The most macho tea. Tough guys smell this brew they back down. They should back down. It makes me French with rage. Like some French Bruce Banner. “Petite l’hommes! Je crushez vous!”

A while back, my better half worked on a full-length independent science fiction feature called “Homeworld.” Well the movie’s now done and ready for it’s world premiere — this coming Sunday, January 13th. The tickets are free, and the theater is pretty huge, so we’re encouraging one and all to come and join us for … Read more

OK, time to wander out on that limb. At 8:58 am on Wednesday the 3rd, based on, well, very little, I’m calling Iowa for Obama (largely because I wish it so) and Romney (organization). Fortunately, I can edit this post tomorrow if I get it all wrong. Any other predictions out there?

I dreamt last night that I was throwing a party and someone brought Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel-themed Kraft Cheese Lunchables. Der Wikipedia tells us that Hegel (1770-1831) talked about “a relation between nature and freedom, immanence and transcendence, and the unification of these dualities without eliminating either pole or reducing it to the other.” I’m … Read more

the last thing I’m gonna do is check my email. You know — blinding chest pain, hit refresh. Hit refresh again. Pull down some spam. Reboot this mortal coil.

So I have this new idea for a movie. It’s the most completely original idea I’ve ever come up with. And tonight I’m giving it to the world because that’s how much I love the world. The movie’s called “Gnome Alone.” And the idea is, I’ve gone away for Christmas vacation and I’ve accidentally left … Read more

This hurts my brain: disclosure: I work for the publisher that distributes No Starch Press’ Forbidden Lego. more disclosure: Somebody should get the Nobel Book Titling prize for calling a book “Forbidden Lego.”

I’ve been thinking a lot about toast and how everyone takes it for granted. I mean, how many foods taste great uncooked and taste even greater after you’ve heated them up? 10? Maybe? Maybe 12? It’s not a lot. So I’ve started working on some new slogans that I hope will help turn things around. … Read more