I haven't spent much time here lately... lotsa freelance work during election season is almost a given for someone who works in politics in a gummint town, but things have quieted down a little.
I turn 32 on Friday, but I don't have any plans. Any suggestions?
I've never listed any "favorite pics" on my page before, so a few days ago I got this bright idea to start gradually going through all the sets on the site and picking my favorite pic from each. Seventy sets later, I have 70 favorite pics.
Some of the pics were easy to pick out because I already knew them well. Like an image or... Read More
Those of you who get my screen name (at least a few of you do), and those of you who know how excited I get about economics (probably none of you do), might be able to guess that this article about the monetary economics of Gilligan's Island is almost like a wet dream for me...
Yes, it's just a dumb TV show, but in this... Read More
I just got back from an amazing extended weekend visiting friends out of town... maybe someday I can write about it...
Since I'm inherently an introvert, and very reserved when I'm around people I don't know well, I think my friends kept wondering whether I was having a good time at all. But it was a blast, in every way.
A few days ago I got back from St. Louis, where I spent almost a week hanging out with my best friend Justin for the holiday while his wife & kids were in California visiting relatives and doing the Disney thing. We almost went to Six Flags four days in a row, but there was a downpour every day -- complete with tornado warnings and... Read More
OK, so people keep telling me I need to update my journal. But hey -- it's only been 32 days! So lay off, already!
I recently went to stay with my sister & her family for a week and a half. In fact, all my immediate family and much of my extended family was in town, too... and we all got to see the new... Read More
Discussions of Tarantino's work usually reduce him to an obsessive movie fan. His films are an excuse to show off what he knows, the argument goes; at his best he merely reproduces the stylistic tics of his heroes. So for Denby, when Gordon Liu comes off as "a prancing little snit" it's... Read More
My mom's sister was on Adult Swim on Sunday night. How cool is that? If you watched that night, you probably noticed all the mothers' day photos -- pics of the moms of Adult Swim staffers. My aunt's photo came on right after The Ripping Friends ended...
lmao
But it was a blast, in every way. 
