A couple of weeks ago, I noticed a crude spray-paint job on Dino Rossi’s name on the large campaign sign in the yard of an insurance place near where I work. The McCain/Palin sign had a penis painted on it. Yesterday, I noticed that our neighbor’s Obama/Biden sign had beenContinue Reading

I have been informed that I am hosting a 24-hour comics day at my house on October 18. It will not be an entirely proper comics day, as it will go from 10 am on the 18th to 10 am on the 19th instead of from midnight to midnight. ButContinue Reading

Me: You know who has a hot wife? Dennis Kucinich. Paul: Really? Me: You didn’t know? You vote for him every primary. Paul: Him, not his wife. Me: Well, she’s totally gorgeous. The first time I saw a picture of them together I was like, “Who’s that movie star standingContinue Reading

I saw “Burn After Reading” and enjoyed it. I also saw a preview for a dreadful-looking farce by David “Scary Movie” Zucker called “An American Carol” which seems to have been constructed exclusively for purposes of allowing things like the real Bill O’Reilly to pop a Michael Moore impersonator inContinue Reading

Since this is LiveJournal, some of you might not know that I’m female. I also love the movie Fight Club. Love it a lot, actually. It’s on a short list of my favorites from the 1990s. I think of it as a generation-defining film, and it seems to me thatContinue Reading

Texas still leads nation in rate of uninsured residents… But the numbers are misleading, said John Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, a right-leaning Dallas-based think tank. Mr. Goodman, who helped craft Sen. John McCain’s health care policy, said anyone with access to an emergency room effectivelyContinue Reading

Finally saw The Dark Knight over the weekend. I was… disappointed. The film is so hugely popular, with an almost universally positive critical reaction, that I was expecting better. At two and a half hours the movie is waaaaaay toooo loooong and tends to be dull whenever the Joker isn’tContinue Reading