Hear me out on this one...
Most of you are familiar with my loathe/hate relationship with Fux News. I think it'd be tough for anyone to support the notion, at this point, that Fox News is "fair and balanced". If you don't believe me, spend some time browsing
Media Matters for any number of examples to the contrary.
Before I go on, let me just state that I don't have much faith in any of the other corporate media outlets. I think you will find examples of bias in both directions and that the search for the truth loses out in many cases to the need to appear "balanced". However, in the case of Fox, the sins are so egregious and blatant that action is warranted.
What I propose is a mass refusal by all liberals, democrats, progressives, or even republicans that "get it", to appear on air on Fox News. I'm not talking about boycotting
watching Fox. I mean for people to stop going on their shows and answering their questions. Before you say it would never work, think about it:
- I don't think it would be too hard to illustrate to any left-leaning person that still thinks Fox is legitimate that it is, in fact, not. I think the people Fox refers to as the "far left" or "radical left" (or my group, the "loony left") are aware already and would support this.
- The smaller the group of liberal voices available to Fox News, the further they become isolated and the easier it will be to write them off. Currently they lead in ratings for the cable news stations. This has to change.
- Politicians from the left that continue to appear on Fox will eventually look like traitors and sell-outs. By appearing, they do nothing but feed the beast. Just think of how classic it would be to see a press conference where Dems say "I'm sorry, I don't take questions from Fox News."
You see, it's not about right or left. Well, it is, but it's more about responsible journalism. Fox News isn't responsible - not even close. Why would anyone continue to patronize a media outlet that operates in such a way? You might say "Well, these politicians want publicity any way they can get it." Really? They want to go on a show that, five minutes after they're off, will distort what they said and make fun of it? Seems dumb to me, but I'm not a politician. Plus, there are plenty of other places to have your voice heard these days besides Fox News.
It seems to me that the "starve the beast" strategy is the easiest and most effective way to neutralize Fox. Next you say, "Well, yeah, but without democrats on Fox, there won't be anyone to call them on their bullshit." My response would be "Fine by me." If all they ever had on were republicans, then they would quickly become obsolete and could be treated as such.
So I'm watching "Serpico" yesterday and towards the end of the movie when Frank is in the hospital and there are a bunch of cops milling around outside his room, there was one cop who looked suspiciously like Judd Hirsch. He had no lines. I waited until all the credits were done, but his name never came up.
There are way too many options, so I'm not sure I've settled on anything yet.
My girlfriend is going to be living with me in like a few weeks!
Michael Bay
I first noticed Albert Maysles name in an interview of Sarah Price, one of the producers of "American Movie". She cited him as one of her favorite documentarians. This was around the time I had signed up for Netflix and was on the lookout for interesting films. Since that time I've been working my way through his catalogue of films. Last night I started watching his series of films on Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the artists behind those grand environmental artworks like the Gates in Central Park or the Running Fence in California. I was reminded of what I love so much about his films. Not only is the photography stunning, but the action is all spontaneous and natural with minimal intrusion by Maysles. It's the way all of his films are. They are subdued and contemplative, but always real. One of the best lines that got captured was from an iron worker working on one of his installations that involved being suspended high from a cable. He said he was "as nervous as a whore in a peter patch." Most of the time, something like this would sound contrived, but it was so authentic it was priceless. I can't think of a filmmaker whose films I consistently love as much as his.
This is the grade school I went to. It's also where famed blogger, Grant Miller, went. It had a big blacktop area in the back where kids would gather before school and play. One of our favorite pastimes was to bring in an old tennis ball and play catch for a little while until someone would yell "Roof it!" The person with the ball would then try to throw the ball up on the roof as some sort of juvenile sacrifice. It was a sign of strength to be able to throw it that high and earned the thrower a certain degree of respect. 
I hope that one day we will devote as much effort to finding solutions to the current energy crisis as we do to developing a better toothbrush.
After checking IMDb.com, I realized that I'd only seen three things featuring Orson Welles: Citizen Kane, The Muppet Movie, and that Rikki-Tikki-Tavi animated feature he narrated that I remember from when I was little. I was excited to get to see him in a documentary and I wasn't disappointed. It's actually more of a hybrid documentary with some drama mixed in. I won't say too much about the content, other than that it is varied in pace and there are a lot of things to pay attention to. It's all about hoaxes and fakery. It's just the kind of strange film I like. Also, Mr. Welles is buttery-smooth in it.
Anyone who drives a car with custom graphics is a bad driver.
For the record, that's beer, not pee, but it looks like pee. 
Alright, fess up. Who else had "Freezy Freakies"? I didn't, but my brother did.
Hypercolor t-shirts.
Hear me out on this one...
Don't worry. This isn't a post about some big dump I took (although that gives me an idea...).
You'll often hear people described as characters. Usually it implies a certain eccentricity, quirkiness, and/or uniqueness. I've known many characters. One of them was Verner Johnson.
I couldn't very well leave for the weekend with a picture of Osammy at the top of my page, especially not THIS weekend. I wish all of you a happy three-day weekend. I'll be one-half to seven-eighths in the bag until my return on Tuesday. In the meantime, get your patriotism ON with THIS.
At today's press blowjob - I mean conference - the Dubster was asked yet again about the search for Osama. He gave his tired line about how he's hiding in a remote blah blah blah and that we are searching for him. As you can imagine, I'm skeptical.
Now there's another one.
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