February 2006
This is a list of posts published in February 2006.
24 – Day 5 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Who consulted with VH1’s I Love Me Some 80’s (or whatever the hell their calling their fifth trip to that barren well) when casting this season’s supporting rolls.
Thus far, CTU is being led by Sean Astin (“Goonies, Never Say Die!”) against the terrorist threat perpetrated by the Warlock (Julian Sands). Fortunately, we have a Lost Boy in Jack Bauer – who I am just aching to see bust out his vampire bad self on that loathsome Rudy.
Lest we forget, President Nixon is married to a genuine Designing Woman in Jean Smart. And last night, we were visited by Buckaroo Banzai/Robocop (Peter Weller). Next week, Twin Peaks’ Leland Palmer joins the fray followed by an appearance by the Poltergeist mom (JoBeth Williams) as Robocop’s wife.
Note to Ted McGinley. Clear your calendar!
1. If there was a central theme prevalent in last ... Continue reading »
Old School
As mentioned in prior Blogs, from time to time I’ll rerun a post from my former cyber digs – Biggerboat.net. My cousin Jason is still skipper of that fine vessel and I urge y’all to check him out.
In the meantime, here is a blast from my past that should seem new to the lot of you. The first paragraph dates the piece a bit, but once you chew through that, you’ll find the sweet creamy middle. (End Disclaimer)
This past weekend I attended my friend Justin’s 30th Birthday. As is customary for the occasion, I draped myself in black, set to mimic my mood – like that rainy day’s tempestuous sky – the color of television tuned to a dead channel (a bonus prize awaits the person who can e-mail me the source of that reference.) It was all for show anyway, as I’ve been 30 since June and although on cold mornings one can often spy me... Continue reading »New Look
As promised, we are continuing to enhance the site – playing around with different layouts until we achieve just the right identity. The prior template was lifted off another site (all purely legit) while this new layout is designed by Sean O’Brien. A couple things of note:
1. Parts of the sidebar you are used to (highlighting recent comments and entries) have been shifted to the bottom of the page. On all other pages besides the Home page, you’ll see the old sidebar on the right.
2. This opens up space on the right for two new Home page features – Flickr photo album and Asides.
3. The Flickr photo album allows you to view select shots and leave comments. It’s the same site where Joe found those Lego pics. I’ll be changing these often, so keep an eye out and click on them to see my full photostream. Many people have written me looking for new shots of Andi and the kids. Here’s where you’ll find that stuff – as... Continue reading »
Catch of the Day
I’ll be relatively brief with this update. Some pics just need to be shared – specifically those that could swim back around in the inevitable legal proceedings. Pictured here are my two beautiful children, Colin (2) and Aria (8 months). Oh and that big galoot – that’s my close friend Joe, who I’ve known since our UMASS days.
We chose Joe as Colin’s godfather two years ago. Thus Joe takes it upon himself to shake Colin down for lunch money every time he sees him.
I have half-a-mind to contact our 5′ 8″ pal Rich, who works for the Department of Social Services in Western Mass – however I’m a bit apprehensive as Rich runs an online bookstore on the side and the popular theory to how he manages to package so many orders is that he leverages his powers as DSS lackey to liberate children... Continue reading »
Cyber Spaced
There is no limit to the level of craziness one can find on the Internet. Sure, the Web is often on the business end of criticism – leveled at the unbridled flow of smut and salaciousness that spreads it’s viral tendrils throughout – but if this pic and the others at this guy’s Flickr site prove anything – the ‘net can be a great paeon to impressive strokes of creativity. I mean, Lego Duck Hunt. Why didn’t I think of that.
There’s a humorous story behind this. I like to kid our pal Jen Pope – or JPo (let it be forever known that it was I who gave her that lifelong nickname). Anyway, I bust on her for her uncanny ability to locate the strangest of the strange in cyberspace – and her unbridled passion to not only find such oddities, but to insure they get forwarded along and sea... Continue reading »
24 – Day 5 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
I said it before it and I’ll say it again, this season is firing on all cylinders. Why some people can see fit to designate How I Met Your Mother as appointment viewing – while neglecting the well choreographed chaos that 24 delivers weekly – is truly beyond me. We’re 9 hours in and all ready I am poised to declare this as ‘BEST SEASON… EV-ERRRR!!!’ (to be read in your best Simpson’s Comic Book Store Guy accent.)
All right. That’s enough Sean-baiting for now (I don’t need this site suffering strange catastrophic ‘breach of bandwidth’ errors). On with the show.
1. Great way to begin an ep and introduce the Big Bad. Within the course of the opening 4 minutes, we get a montage of hits being carried out on all those connected with former White House mole Walt Cummings (I say former because the only place he’s tunneling is six f... Continue reading »
Reel Life
1993 Adventures in Wey-land Director/Co-Producer
1994 DWG: Dumb White Guy Writer/Director 1995 Dumbguy Forever Writer/Director
1995 Pirates on the Edge Concept
1996 Twister Flying Cow
1999 Two Roads Diverged Writer/Director/Actor
1999 Gay Will Hunting Key Grip
1999 Shakespeare in Love Best Actress
2000 Two Roads Diverged Redux Writer/Director/Actor
2000 Mookiefish: The Musical Director/Choreographer
2006 Wife Swap Executive Producer
Recognize those titles. If you call yourself a cineast you would. If you call yourself a cynicist, you may also!!! Sure, a quick scan will uncover just as many false positives ... Continue reading »
Lost – ‘One of Them’
Sorry this post is a little late – but Lost has a one-week layoff ahead (next new ep is Weds March 1st) so I figured I could dilly-dally. (…and it is with the use of the word dilly-dally, that any hope I would ever be renamed Testosterone Prime was lost forever.)
Anyway, the Olympics have thrown a wrench in the typical February Sweeps month. Sweeps months, for you non-industry types, are the key months in the year that the networks use to set advertising rates. Essentially, the ratings in those months are used to forecast future audience levels. November, February and May are the Big Three. During those months, networks usually avoid reruns and air their A-caliber eps, special events, and guest-star stints in a bid to draw our peepers.
With the Olympics airing on NBC, the other nets played a little loose with sweeps, realizing that des... Continue reading »
Kissing Cousins
Every family has its skeletons, right. Well – seeing as how this Blog is really starting to roll – I figured I ought to get this story out in the open before one of my… (now, gotta’ be delicate here) … loathsome, halfwit, inbred mofo cousins – springs this story in the Comment section.
*And that my friends – is a little reminder that we encourage y’all to comment – and not just those with a proclivity towards cyberstalking the site chief, Sean. All right, on with the show.
It’s the same stupid story, told repeatedly, ad-nauseum at each family gathering I go to. I have two cousins, well technically I have several, but let’s just say that these two in question may be of the kissing variety. Anyway, they have this tale, this whimsical bon mot, that stretches way back to those sunny, innocent days of the 1970’s... Continue reading »
We’re Sorry Mario, But Your Princess Is In Another Castle… Again!!!
I’m a man of many identies. Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m no Sybil. But over the course of my life, I’ve been on the receiving end of my fair share of nicknames. Some of these, I have detailed in prior Blogs so if your an Ed-completist, Happy Hunting. Others have been shrouded by the veil of time (Pauses for dramatic effect – Checks watch -
Contemplates nuking a Hot Pocket) … ’til NOW!!!
When I was a young scamp, I was Vacation Man. I literally hunted down the recreation schedules of an entire bloodline (aunts, uncles, illegitemate offspring) and stealthily vaulted the proverbial velvet rope, inserting myself within the confines of the ancestral itinerary. You’re no doubt familiar with the Home Alone formula, where a slapdash journey to destinations unknown results... Continue reading »
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