Kristen Wiig is leaving Saturday Night Live, which I think is an unalloyed Good Thing. She was hilarious in Bridesmaids and funny even in MacGruber, but I have never been a fan of her SNL work. I watch SNL on my DVR Sunday mornings, which permits me the luxury of not suffering through interminable bad [...]
Tue, May 22 2012 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Darling, you know I love you and I’m one hundred percent committed to this relationship, but I just want to say that I feel a little bit – I don’t know – angsty about moving out of Eden. I mean, it seemed like we had a good thing going, and I guess I thought we [...]
Mon, May 21 2012 » Uncategorized » No Comments
I took a trip by commercial airliner this weekend, to visit my family in the hometown. Once again, I was reminded how much I hate flying. That is, I don’t hate the actual physical process whereby thrust is applied across a curved surface to produce lift etc. etc. etc. What I mean is, I hate [...]
Tue, May 15 2012 » Uncategorized » No Comments
For your next honeymoon, come to Hawaii to enjoy the aloha spirit in the world’s premier honeymoon destination. The Islands’ inviting water and warm breezes promise the perfect way to start your life together. Best of all, you will meet so many new and wonderful people you have never met. Here’s a sampling of just [...]
Mon, May 14 2012 » Uncategorized » No Comments
This has been a busy week — I just started a new part-time job in retail, while I try to get the rest of my career sorted out. It’s a fun gig but not a lot of money. Anyway… A couple stories that caught my eye: Dr. Jordan Grumet at Kevin, MD says that being [...]
Fri, May 11 2012 » Uncategorized » 3 Comments
Mom was in commercials before I was born, even one when she was pregnant, so that made me an extension of her career. As soon as we left the hospital, she enrolled us in Baby Method Acting classes. Babies don’t really get Stanislavski, they just respond to whatever their character’s parents are doing, but it [...]
Mon, May 7 2012 » Uncategorized » No Comments
A few stories this week that caught my eye: 1. Dr. Rob at More Musings (of a Distractible Kind) posts Ten Bad Assumptions Patients Can Make. This is a helpful post, but I have to say that many of his points are not strictly assumptions. An assumption is made without evidence or indication of its [...]
Wed, May 2 2012 » Uncategorized » No Comments
HardaRest Self-Hardening Mattress Pad $269 Amazing European foam technology mattress pad gets firmer each consecutive night of use – perfect for unwelcome guests! After two nights, they will awake with aching backs. After three nights, they sleep fitfully, if at all. After four nights, the mattress hardens into a cementitious plank. After five nights, guests [...]
Mon, April 30 2012 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Kevin, MD has a guest post titled On the day we cure cancer by one Dr. Salwitz, an oncologist. It is a tremendously obtuse exercise in daydreaming, as if cancer were the only disease that anybody ever gets. When I took down my blog last year, I went back and read through most of the [...]
Fri, April 27 2012 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Update: I emailed Dr. Brawley, and he responded to tell me that he does not know why the speech is private. He is going to look into it and get back to me. A few interesting posts out there this week: 1. You should definitely watch, if you can, Dr. Otis Brawley’s damning speech about [...]
Thu, April 26 2012 » Uncategorized » No Comments
