The Schrug

I finally finished compiling the photos from our trip to Zion, Bryce Canyon, and Grand Canyon National Parks in June. Here it is – a 12+ minute show. (I’ve embedded it here for convenience, but it looks like the resolution is better, especially in full-screen mode, if you go directly to the Vimeo site. Click [...]

Some people go down the cereal aisle with determination. They’re in and out within seconds. Others stare at the columns and rows of boxes, endlessly comparing nutritional content, varieties, and unit prices. I fall into the latter category. And while I’m generally happy with my cereal in the morning, this kind of indecision can be [...]

I’ve decided I want to make movies. I can’t remember what the germ of this idea was or what pushed it from crazy pipedream to something I’m willing to spend time and money on, but I’m at that point now. I’m not about to start making feature films, but I think that a couple sketches [...]

OK, now I’m a little (??) obsessed with this viral video thing, even to the point of creating a new video in response to my first one. The “other version” of the Hitler-Coakley-Brown video has now received well over a million views. But not only on DrRonPaul2012’s page. The same video has been uploaded to [...]

I had a brilliant idea last night as the gloom of the Martha Coakley debacle set in. I was trying to imagine how President Obama must have been feeling as the returns were announced, and I thought of that scene from Downfall that has been endlessly parodied on YouTube. (Quick side note: I had to [...]

Don’t get me wrong. I enjoyed District 9. But at the same time I couldn’t stop noticing all the bits of this film that reminded me of other films. The ones that occurred to me were: 28 Weeks Later The Fugitive Black Hawk Down E.T. Alien Iron Man The Fly Minority Report Saving Private Ryan [...]

I don’t know how long this will be the case, but there is a still photo from “The Flaming of the Shrew” as part of the photo gallery at the International Cringefest ‘09 web site right now. (The photo is the one that includes a crown and a sword. You can’t miss it.) “Shrew” opened [...]

I am loving the debate about my alleged traffic violation. I’ve been picked up by UniversalHub and even “the papers.” Most blog posters seem to think I’m in the wrong, but I think the law is clearly on my side when it comes to making a left turn across a double solid yellow line. The [...]

I arrived a few minutes before 9:00 AM at the Waltham District Court and got the last parking space behind the building. I passed through the metal detector and promised to keep my cell phone turned off. I had forgotten to bring the instructions they had mailed me, so I wasn’t sure at first where [...]

The eleventh Boston Theater Marathon was held on May 17, 2009. The BTM consists of 50 ten-minute plays, performed almost without interruption over a ten-hour period. (There is a ten-minute break after every fifth play.) I saw 49 of them. (Sorry, Susan Kosoff. I just couldn’t finish my dinner quick enough to get back for [...]