Robert Altman died. The film historian David Thomson has some good words about his career here (that's his quote in the title above). I...

There's a lot of celebrity and movie-fandom blogging in cyber-landia, but who among us has paid homage to Willem Dafoe's hair? His l...

Well, Halloween is more than over, but here's a photo of Jackson as a garbage truck. He was SOOOOOOO HAPPY to be a garbage truck for Hal...

The year: 1956. The film: " Written on the Wind ," directed by melodramatist extraordinaire, Douglas Sirk . The premise: Mitch Way...

At the Stork Club, of course. Telegraph Avenue at 23rd Street in fabulous skid-row Oakland, Friday, September 22. Starts at 9 p.m. First up ...

Gallery of Demonic Tots and Deeply Disturbing Cuisine . The Zen of Costco .

Have you heard? Haiku is HOT! Well, maybe not HOT, but definitely long-term in usage. And easy to get through. Since we visited so many area...

We went on this crazy-ass vacation where we hit six towns of the Northwest in 9 days. We were just talking about it in the kitchen today, ma...

I’ve been thinking that it’s time I gathered a cartoon posse to either take over the world, or at least defend it from evil. Let superior dr...

Yay, it's summer. Have fun doing stuff: Fold some paper Expand your pop-culture knowledge-base Get rid of your crap. Get more crap for f...

Last Sunday was the Pride Parade in San Francisco. I didn't go but I used to live in the Castro where every day was pride day. I do miss...

...about myself! I may be getting older and more forgetful and spiritually confused, but at least I can dress myself modestly for my nationa...

I haven't blogged in a while because I've been too busy LIVING. Just kidding--I haven't been living that much. I had some facia...

Well, the Jolie-Pitt's have a new addition to the family, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, born May 27, 2006. It's going to be tough to buy...

These are heady times. Our country is fighting a war over weapons that don't exist. Our president is a sociopath without the ability to ...

I'm such an id'jit that I forgot to post that my old band, She Mob , was playing a live broadcast at KFJC last Saturday night. I to...

Thank you Stephen Colbert.

Every five years or so I re-read Edie - An American Biography by Jean Stein & George Plimpton. I don't know why--it's one of th...

We're still moving. We've actually moved into our new place but we had so much stuff in the old place that we're getting rid of ...

I have no idea how to live the clutter-free life. All my existence has been cluttered. Blame it on being a "creative type." Blame ...