Archives for January 2008
Smash your head on the cock rock
I wanted to know Philip Roth. Or, more accurately, I didn’t want to not know Philip Roth. People talk him up like he’s Mr. Important–ofttimes people who are smart.
A shameful percentage of my delvings-into-things begin with the same impulse: not curiosity, but fear of humiliation. What if the world finds out that I have never […]
RIP, dude.
Here at Meta-Mirror, Inc. we do not usually concern ourselves with celebrity news, at least not publicly. I mean, sure, if Lefty and I bump into one another at the watercooler we might chat about Amy Winehouse’s latest hijinx–we’re only human!–but we are always sure to punctuate those convos with something like:
-Who IS Amy Winehouse, […]
What Kind of Asshole?
At the Donald Barthelme tribute last night, reads the LAST CHAPTER of The Dead Father, a book I’ve been wanting to read for a really long time (and not reading, but that’s a separate issue of self-denial and has nothing to do with this)???
This man: [redacted]. Thanks for ruining the book, you pompous moron!
On the […]
Left Hook’s Guide to the Presidential Primaries
Welcome to Election ’08. Now, I’m not “political.” I don’t read the newspaper, not really. But I do have a TV! So I watched part of the Iowa debates, not because there was nothing else on–no! I was riveted by the democratic process. So unpredictable! So genuine! Clear, pure, commanding voices, lifted above the babble, […]
Read this entry >>Don’t watch this.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck, yesterday’s Times article about Bindi Irwin.
I only looked at it because it was on the Most Emailed list. And because I feel sorry for exploited children. F’realz.
I did not know it would involve a video, and that that video would infect my brain with this song.
It’s hard to think of a less likely child […]
Read this entry >>Low-tone kids
For a long time I was a nursery school teacher, and every Monday we had a staff meeting during which anti-lulz reached dangerous levels except once this bouncy insane occupational therapist came and jumped around and sprayed scented mists into the air, which was sooooo refreshing and made me feel ready to learn, or at […]
Read this entry >>Still alive, still an asshole.
In case you were wondering.
Hmm. So, for Christmas, a generous somebody got me three-fifths of the Library of America’s Complete Stories of Henry James. Them are some handsome books: compact little hardcovers with cute patterned flyleaves, place-marking ribbons, and they have that slippery onionskin paper that signifies THIS IS A SERIOUS ENDEAVOR. Mommy likes!
Henry James […]
Read this entry >>Vindicated!
Remember when I called bullshit on Michael Clayton? Nice to finally have someone else acknowledge (and a dude at that!), amid all the rave reviews, what seemed so obvious to me and the Inspector.
The Leonard Lopate Show: Most Overrated Movies of 2007
“Strangely misogynistic” at 13:50.
And speaking of overrated movies of 2007, here’s my mini list:
1) […]
Fish ‘n’ Tits
When I saw the commercial for “Disney on Ice: Finding Nemo” last night I thought I must be dreaming!!!
We combine digital projection, choreography and the most unbelievable costumes ever seen, and the result is a visual masterpiece that will truly transform the ice surface and take audiences through the ocean and into the aquarium.
What? I […]