Hey kids, check out this preview of the cutting edge of video games...25 years ago. Update: That was considered realism back then. Now go here and click on "Media" to see what Activision's been up to lately. … [Read more...] about Activision Promo
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House’s Weak-Ass Peeps
I'm a fan of the show House and I watch it pretty regularly, but the last few episodes have been driving me crazy. Drug police who think they know more about medicine than doctors are depressing enough in real life. I don't need them in my escapist fiction. Meanwhile, however, will sombody please tell House's staff to STOP TALKING TO THE DAMNED COP!!! Jeez. House should … [Read more...] about House’s Weak-Ass Peeps
Why I Probably Won’t See Borat
Andrew Tobias has a friend who appears in a scene in the movie. Basically, the location scouts lied to him and pretended to be making a documentary about something else. Then Borat walked in and behaved rudely: I’m in “Borat”...much to my embarrassment. Borat tried to check into The Adolphus, and I had security throw him out. He was making racial slurs, spouting profanity, … [Read more...] about Why I Probably Won’t See Borat
Shooting Your Fans in the Foot
Exhibit 1: The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are all over the internet, and Stephen Colbert talks about his YouTube popularity on the show. It's the internet buzz that everyone on television wants for their own show. Well...everyone except the folks who run the Comedy Central channel: I received a couple of emails from YouTube this afternoon (see below) notifying me … [Read more...] about Shooting Your Fans in the Foot
Disrobed
In the spirit of Jon Swift, I'm going to review Mark W. Smith's Disrobed: The New Battle Plan to Break the Left's Stranglehold on the Courts without reading it. In fact, I think all I have to read is this part of the description: America’s courts, legal culture, and law schools remain solidly in the Left’s camp. Decades of liberal legal precedents fill volumes of law tomes. … [Read more...] about Disrobed