January 2009
72 posts
Does it get anymore British than “Nigel” and “Rucksack” ?
Chuck & Buck/School Of Rock screenwriter to run... →
Telephone Explosion: DIVORCE, STEVE MILLER STYLE →
VOODOO VILLAGE: HANGOVER'S GUIDE TO HANGOVERS (TV) →
Baker's swagger
Everyone has to exhibit swagger in order to survive in our rough and tumble world. My job is to listen and take notes.
This week’s installment: The Bakery
“I make a creme anglaise that tastes so good it makes English people speak French” “My cakes are so big they makes regular cakes look like cupcakes” “This ganache is so smooth it acts as a mirror and makes...
Did George Saunders just do a cameo on 30 Rock?
Shouts and Murmurs (ask me if you don't get the...
It started raining New Yorkers at my house. Soon I’ll be letting people know (in the fancy conversations that I’ll no doubt be asked to join) that Shipwrecked! An entertainment - The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougement (as told by himself) starts previews January 27 (59E59, at 59E. 59th St.). It’s true. He’s another prediction, this time next year I’ll be so...
If I could turn back the clock on my grandmother’s stair pushing
– Drederick Tatum when asked whether he would have done anything differently.
(this is an approximate transcription and memory of something I’m in the middle of watching)
e-your face
Warning. I’m going to mention: facebook, the word “creepy”. I might even mention mp3s but I’m still not decided on the that.
Why do people (myself very much included) feel they have to apologize in their facebook correspondences? Why is it that every time I send someone a message I have to preface it with some terrible “joke” about e-stalking, or say shit like...
Soon after, Mr. Piven dropped out of the show, saying his doctor had told him he...
– ‘Speed-the-Plow’ Files Grievance Against Jeremy Piven - NYTimes.com
Two The Wire actors on The Office and counting →
(via theclapper)
I’m gonna songsmith a rumba track that explains how pleased I am. Also, I can’t wait to see this expression again:
Just wondering...
Why can’t robots, people from the future, and magical female beings (faeries, pixies) use contractions when they speak? Who invented this convention?