A little while ago, my RSS reader went kablooey and zapped a bunch of posts and articles that I was saving for a year-end Unrequired Reading entry, like the one I put up last year. I realized that I could only remember two of them, and took that as a sign. I first read The [...]
Lost in the Supermarket: House Party edition
Dec 30, ’08
10:38 AM
There are too many great moments in House Party — the film debut of Kid & Play — to list. One of my favorites occurs when Sidney and Sharane are sitting outside Sharane’s home and her little brother calls out, “I’m making Kool Aid! You want Grape or Red?” She indignantly answers, “RED!” as though [...]
Well, it was SORTA like D-Day . . .
Dec 29, ’08
12:14 PM
This article covering the collapse of Lehman Bros. and the “death of Wall Street” isn’t as good as the multi-part extravaganza that the WSJ ran about Bear Stearns. There are way too many players involved, too small a space in which to tell the story, and so the death knell — Goldman and Morgan becoming [...]
What It Is: 12/29/08
Dec 29, ’08
8:22 AM
What I’m reading: Re-read The Great Gatsby on the flight down to New Orleans, then started Kurt Andersen‘s second novel, Heyday. It’s a fun novel, rolling across America in 1848-9, but it makes the exact same idiotic decision as Michael Clayton (and a bazillion other books and movies): Part 1 opens in April 1848, and [...]
Ru at work
Dec 26, ’08
8:44 PM
My coworker-pal Jason, who’s taking care of Rufus this week, just posted about taking Ru (and his 2 greys) into the office on Wednesday. Here’s my favorite pic from the post: To be fair, I look pretty scary when I yawn, too.
Heaux, heaux, heaux!
Dec 23, ’08
9:18 PM
This morning, I decided at the last minute not to bring my laptop along on this trip to Louisiana, so don’t expect any posts for the rest of this week! Have a great Christmas, my Christian readers!
Lost in the Supermarket: Milk of the Bizarros!
Dec 23, ’08
4:05 AM
Bizarro Superman #1 say, “Drink KLIM! If you am know what’s not good for you!” See the whole Lost in the Supermarket series
Monday Morning Montaigne: BREAK!
Dec 22, ’08
9:38 AM
Due to travel schedules, and my unwillingness to lug a 1,300-page hardcover around with me, Monday Morning Montaigne is off until January! Enjoy!
