Monthly Archives: July 2005

Looking for a book to read? Here are five with the Muttrox seal of approval. The Alienist by Caleb Carr — Kind of a Sherlock Holmes Jack the Ripper kind of feel. Great book. Everyone in my family has read … Continue reading →

Media editorials are still lining up behind their own. Judith Miller went to jail (and Cooper almost did) to protect the confidentiality of her source in the Valerie Plame case, right? Nay, twas to protect the very fabric of journalism! … Continue reading →

I bought a pair of boxcutters yesterday. I had bought two before, and neither of them have worked. Fancy ones, with “blade replacement systems” and such. Hell, with it, I’m getting the same one my Dad had for his whole … Continue reading →

The ultimate sports fan. The Downing Street Memo. Just in case you want to see the actual document. Dr. Doom reviews The Fantastic Four movie. In character.

Today, during work, I started a sentence with the phrase, “Prudence dictates…” I immediately wanted to kill myself. Good god I get pretentious.

So, what has to actually happen before we can say this is Watergate II, or worse? Where’s the point at which it is acceptable in mainstream politics to point out how this administration operates? Do we actually have to catch … Continue reading →

Good pizza is hard to find. Not gourmet cusine pizza – just plain ol’ good pizza. I was inspired by this paragraph from the Sports Guy The well-done 14-inch cheese pizza at either the Larchmont Village Pizzeria (West Hollywood) or … Continue reading →

Child car seats are a strange industry. Can you think of another product, that is designed to save lives, that is required by law, that 80-98% of people can’t install correctly (depending what source you believe)? The government requires me … Continue reading →

Let’s agree on a few things up front. Judith Miller is not a journalist, she’s a “player”. Her history of drumming up support for the Iraq War is well-documented, and went well beyond the lines of journalism. She regularly distorted/invented … Continue reading →

Steven Leavitt’s Freakonomics is a popular coffee table book these days, in fact my book club just covered it. Here’s some of my thoughts on it, not in any particular order or coherence. The original article in the NYT magazine … Continue reading →