Actual fortune found in my nephew's cookie today at his granma's birthday party: "You are faithful in the execution of any publ...

From the Independent (UK) Online , here's a short profile of the great Richard Schiff, formerly of The West Wing, where he played Toby....

Sherman's found a few kind words to say about her, which should not be forgotten considering they're probably the only ones anybody ...

Here's a tribute to Dick Cavett , written by critic and poet Clive James. As kind of a follow-up to my post last month about how most ta...

Here's the story. You don't want to know what I think.

Sorry, John Edwards is still a jackass. The fact that he spent even a day on a no-brainer like this lessens him in my eyes. And that his st...

"If you like Battlestar Galactica , you're probably a huge nerd." --Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report , February 7th, 2007.

Your Deadly Sins Lust : 40% Greed : 20% Pride : 20% Wrath : 20% Envy : 0% Gluttony : 0% Sloth : 0% Chance You'll Go to Hell : 14% You...

Believe me, I don't like saying that. There have been times in the not-too-distant past when I've thought an Edwards campaign might ...

From a biography of screenwriter Robert Bolt-he wrote Lawrence of Arabia, A Man for All Seasons (and the play on which it was based), Doct...

Remember that show they're doing which is supposed to be a conservative counter-balance to The Daily Show ? Well, guess who's guesti...

GLAAD has demanded Paris Hilton explain and apologize for use of N-word and F-word in "Paris Exposed" video: "The video, whi...

I was reminded by Sherman's review of the latest Lindsey Buckingham solo album how good I'd thought his performance on the Late Lat...

Author, musician and former candidate for governor of Texas Kinky Friedman speaks of Molly Ivins. He begins: A true maverick died in Texas l...

Sometimes mulitiple times in one. This makes 50. My old blog contained only 10. I guess I can say there's a lot more fuck-ing going on ...

24 : Or, "and you thought the Palmer family was cursed." It'll never happen because it goes against all 24 logic, but at the...

Things I've Found In Books: Just now, between pages 74 and 75 of the Seattle Public Library's copy of Peter O'Toole, A Biography...

One: NBC is pulling "Studio 60" from their schedule to make way for a new program they want to give the benefit of the "Her...

Bush is very unpopular. Bush is very, very, very, very, very unpopular . Check this out. On Tuesday, President Bush popped in for a surprise...

Although "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" has been cancelled, the boys are going out with a bang. Ned, here, never even knew what ...