It’s finished!  It’s finally finished!  Okay, I know that mid-February of the new decade isn’t the ideal time to put together a ‘Top Ten of the Previous Decade’ list, but there were some mitigating circumstances that kept me from getting it out in late December/… Read full post »

Dear Open Salon,  

As you no doubt already know, the sixth and final season of LOST will start next month, which means it's time for me to prepare for my weekly post episode phone calls with my dear friend Jane (not her real name, of course).  Jane is extremely consistent… Read full post »

Not. One. Not one.  And people, I’ve been good.  I swear it.  Every year it’s the same story.  I traipse down the stairs all bright eyed, apple cheeked, and sugar plummed on Christmas morning and… zilch. Nada.  Didily. Squat.

It’s a tough economy for… Read full post »

As a Halloween surprise, someone left a bag of candy corn on my front porch.  I can only assume it was the devil himself, who's no doubt been reading my blog.

 Well har-de-har Red.  You must be feeling very proud of yourself.  Happy frickin' Halloween to you too.

 Next time… Read full post »

…and with fists raised to the air, I vowed then and there to never again let the abomination pass through my lips! 

That was October 2008.  Flash forward to present day, October 2009, and I’m sitting at my desk with my tongue lolling out of my mouth like a maniac/… Read full post »

As you’re aware, this is the final season of Monk.  USA has promised that over the course of this season, the series biggest mystery will be answered.  I’ve prepared this definitive list of my personal theories.  I’ve ranked them by the level of satisfaction they woul/… Read full post »

There’s an Eyelash in my eye.  It’s been there for two days.  This is a personal record. 

The eyelash entered my eye at approximately 5:03 Monday afternoon while I walked home.  At the time, I assumed that if I employed the standard practice of furious blinking and ti/… Read full post »

Don’t you hate it when someone gives you bad news first thing in the morning?  Today’s bad news came courtesy of NPR with Ben Calhoun’s excellent story about the cancelation of Reading Rainbow.  (Full text and audio can be found here:  http://www.npr.org/templates/sto… Read full post »

I’m a responsible iPod owner.  I don’t drop it or toss it around, I charge it every night, I almost never use its shiny silver back as a makeup mirror, I keep it in a cozy pleather carrier and when I take it with me on the train I tie it/… Read full post »

 "Your next assignment is the 70's, recognizing a clear distinction between the first and second halves of the decade."

 You know, it's funny.  It turns out I know a lot less about 1970's television then I do about 1960's television. I guess it's because there are fewer reruns of… Read full post »

I know top ten lists don’t usually require a lot of exposition, but here’s a quick background.  I recently got into a little trouble with a friend of mine for mocking his favorite genre of anything ever, 1960’s television.   I think I was justified in comparing the La/… Read full post »