Another political sex scandal for the media to ooze all over. Golden Gate-boy Gavin Newsom has questionable ethics when it comes to his pe...

I've kind of gone off the television deep end in order to watch Tatum O'Neal's new telenovela "Wicked, Wicked Games."...

Get thee over to Bedazzled for some vintage James Brown video (and other nice stuff; unfortunately no "Hot Pants" but you can...

What Christmas means to me: 1.) Very tight shoulders: shopping, wrapping, writing Christmas cards 'til my hand cramps. Fretting over who...

Yet another Death by Stork show this Thursday night, December 14th at the Stork Club (Telegraph at 23rd Street, Oakland). Show starts at 9 p...

It's almost the new year. I just got used to seeing "2006" in all my correspondence. Now I have to bump it up to '07. When...

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...