My Christmas Dream
My Christmas dream this year is one of hope. My dream is a dream of peace and goodwill, with a choir of angels proclaiming good tidings from the sky. In my dream, the joy of Christmas pierces all the man-made …
Year: 2005
Nog Loaf
Ok, so it’s more of a pound cake than a loaf, but “Nog Loaf” is just a fun phrase to say.Here’s the recipe for this sumptuous treat. I wish I could say it was proprietary, some generations-old family secret, but …
Meeting
Thanks, Marcie, for reading the minutes. OK, folks, thanks for being here this morning. We’re gonna get started in a moment, but right now can I just ask that everyone check their cell phones? There are a lot of us in …
Cinema Craptastíque: Starship Troopers
The latest in a series of essays about classic, awful films. Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers (1997) holds a special place in my heart right next to those animatronic singing fish people hang over their mantles. Difference is, the plastic fish could serve a …
Son of the Squeaky Wheel
Mr. Way, Thank you for contacting Häagen-Dazs® customer service. Your comments are crucial to us as we work to serve you better. It seems you had a bad experience at our Nanuet Mall location, and if you’ll grant me the opportunity, …
Eleven-Year-Old Saves World From Loonatics
While the rest of us were whining about it, eleven-year-old Thomas Adams of Oklahoma took action to let Warner Brothers know that Looney Tunes fans weren’t happy about the slick new anime-influenced “Loonatics,” which were basically dark, violent versions of Bugs …
Crab Man
Drew this guy for a “creator workout” over at Blambot. The exercise was to draw a monster in the style of Nate Piekos’ Atland.
Thoughts on Prequel Yoda
Watching Attack of the Clones the other day because I hate myself, I got to thinking about Yoda in his prequel incarnation. In Episode II he’s leading the clone army and croaking orders such as “Around the survivors a perimeter create” and “To …
Gabe #1 Reviewed at SequentialTart.com
Sequential Tart is a webzine devoted to comics and culture. They review comics (print and web), movies, music, books, etc. Maureen Landers has written a review of Gabe #1 for the March issue. It’s a very positive review of this creator’s …
Scenes From a Test Screening of Son of the Mask
Good afternoon, folks, and thanks for joining us here at the Charles Nelson Reilly Theatre in the maintenance block behind the Warner Brothers studio lot. On behalf of New Line Cinema and director Lawrence Guterman, I welcome you to this …