True story. I was at a social thing one time recently where I was introduced to a new faculty member. He said his name is Ian. (When you are telling an anecdote in the past tense, would you say, he said his name was Ian, or is Ian? I get confused on this point, because …
I used to think that you had to be at least a tiny bit smart to be able write a movie, but clearly that is not the case. Judging from the crap I see on Netflix (my theme for this month), I am amazed that movie writers are able to feed themselves. When I say …
Television commercials are becoming increasingly and annoyingly abstract. We see cars driving along with strings on them advertising financial services, dogs running through the woods advertising car batteries, and sheep in a field advertising Old navy. The advertising agencies must think they are being clever in their obtuseness, but they continue to miss the point. …
Thanks to the miracle of Netflix, and the glut of ‘C’ movies that are available (Or, is it dearth? I often get those two words mixed up. I want the one that means there are so many of them that I cannot believe people took the time to write and produce so many horrible, horrible …
