What I’ve Read: Eating the Dinosaur

My summer of Klosterman is coming to an end. I have only one of his books remaining, and Eating the Dinosaur was his most recent so the topics are a little fresher and his opinions and theories more refined.There are 13 essays in total in this book, and as is...

Friday Funnies

Today is Dan's birthday, and I've been thinking all week of movie clips that make him laugh, and dammit if I can't think of any. The guy just loves his damn French subtitled movies and shit shot in black and white and in the 14 years of knowing the guy...

Game On column

My recent column reviewing Child of Eden and NCAA Football 12. Thanks to the Seattle Times, Sauk Valley and Northern Jersey papers for publishing.

My Quarter Pig

I have been lucky in many ways, especially financially. I'm no Richy Rich, but I was lucky to have parents who made it their mission to pay for their kids' college education without taking out loans, which meant we all left school without debts to have to pay back. I...

Trailer Love

As most people know, I'm a huge fan of the documentary Darkon. And like the funny subplot of Role Models, here is a movie that looks to blend the realms of Darkon and the campy humor of Army of Darkness, which means it could hold promise of delivering laughs.

My Design

One of the great joys of being a mildly competent graphic designer is that you occasionally get to do something special for friends and family. Thus is the case when my good friend Leigh told me that she's getting married.As I've often done with others, I offered to do the...

Friday Funnies

A podcast I listen to frequently talks about movies and moviemaking and inside stories behind how movies were made and such (something I love listening to). One of the topics recently discussed were funny scenes that made it into mainstream movies that were oddly left in despite being just weird....

UPDATED: My Childhood, Bastardized

I watched the Linda Carter version of Wonder Woman when I was a kid, and have always been amazed that in 30 years no one has been able to figure out how to bring one of the Big Four of the Justice League (Superman, Batman, The Flash and Wonder Woman)...

Game On: Week of July 15

My recent column reviewing Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Duke Nukem Forever.

Friday Funnies

Nothing like sports being invented by opium-addicted Chinamen.But in real life, this dude probably isn't getting her phone number after the game.

My Birthday Drain

You know you are getting old when you are getting birthday gifts that aren't even things you can take with you when you move. This year, I got a drain. Yeah, fools, you read that right, a drain.The jackasses who built my house back in the Dark Ages thought it...

Game On: Week of July 8

My recent column reviewing Cars 2 and Shadows of the Damned. Thanks to the Sauk Valley in Sterling, Illinois, for publishing.