Ken Levine, well-known Hollywood director, writer, and producer (M.A.S.H., Cheers), penned a very funny and sarcastic piece on How to Interview a Celebrity. He gives young entertainment journalists advice such as:
“Never EVER talk about yourself or bring up any topic other than her. She will stare at you in disbelief like you just killed her puppy.”
and
“Once [...]
We’ve all done dumb things, but usually not in a row and while an attractive stranger is watching us. Unfortunately for the author of the blog, No Puns Allowed, that is exactly what happened to her. Here’s an excerpt:
“There is nothing seasonally appropriate about a 4 inch heel in a sleet storm. There is no [...]
I find the coolest things on Dionne Galace’s blog. The latest cool thing I found is Ember, an online novel in progress at Bettie Sharpe’s site. (Remember that name — you’ll probably be hearing a lot of it in the future, especially if you like romance novels with a bit of action and a bit [...]
Found a great blog called Pretty Good on Paper. There’s a plethora of random yet interesting information here including how to keep your password safe and keep a list of passwords that nobody else will be able to decipher, how to fold a piece of paper into the shape of a terrier, and a post on [...]
Found THE most awesome site called Review in Haiku featuring movie reviews in 17 syllables. Here’s an example of a review for the movie, Mr. Brooks:
The voice in your head
Costner’s in a good movie?
He makes a killing.
And another for Hannibal Rising:
Gruesome as ever
The fifth film about Lecter
That’s three too many.
Love this site. You really should [...]
Jeremy Zawodny has a post in his blog archives that will be of interest to anyone into blogs. It’s called The 10 Habits of Highly Annoying Bloggers. (I fit at least 4 of the habits!) One of the things Jeremy is annoyed by:
“Bloggers who post excuses for not posting. I don’t care if you’re busy today. If [...]
Was reading the blog, Fumbling Towards Myself, and came across this post which features 7 strange facts about the author, the first 2 being:
One. the only thing that makes me vomit (other than too much drink) is spit. The sight of it. The idea of it. Even speaking about it. If I think of it [...]
The longest bout of sneezing recorded was by Donna Griffith. It began in January 13, 1981, and continued until September 16, 1983, and lasted for 978 days.
In 1631, two London bible printers accidentally left the word “not” out of the seventh commandment, which then read, “Thou shalt commit adultery.” This legendary book is now known [...]
“If you drop a buttered piece of bread, it will fall on the floor butter-side down. If a cat is dropped from a window or other high and towering place, it will land on it’s feet. But what if you attach a buttered piece of bread, butter-side up to a cat’s back and toss them [...]
As regular readers know (or maybe don’t), I now run a fashion blog over at justaformality.com. In searching for content for that blog, I came across a couple of articles that would be interesting for this blog, even for people who don’t give a crap about fashion. The first one is a farcical interview between fashion journalist, Steven Heller, and [...]
