I have never been as undecided in a primary election before as I was filling out the ovals today to elect who would be the Democrat to challenge Arnold Schwarzenegger for Governor of California. I stood for a full 10 minutes in the booth reviewing … [Read more...] about Why I voted for Steve Westly Today
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George Bush is to be forgiven Katrina. Not only in the long run by his Savior Jesus Christ and his other largest contributors but now, by us--for what we did to cause it, for our share of the blame...Are you terrified? Read more, or less, by going to … [Read more...] about Read my column in Rudolf’s Diner
Spanglish is Magnifico!
(:)(:)(:)(:) for Spanglish just reviewed on DVD. It's been a helluva month and I haven't prioritized the blog lately, but let me say I had NO idea how good a movie this was. I just thought it'd be decent hollywood fluff. Wrong. This movie is … [Read more...] about Spanglish is Magnifico!
Talk to Her
(:)(:)(:)(:) Four snouts up for Pedro Almodovar's Talk to Her -- a wonderful haunting film about two men involved with women in comas. I've been meaning to see it for years. I generally like Almodovar films. This one came like 2 weeks ago from … [Read more...] about Talk to Her
Bill on Hotel Rwanda snichols' kids got unexpected sleepovers tonight (a great perk for the middle-aged parents of middle-aged kids) so snichols and snicholsqueeze went out for Spanish food then to Hotel Rwanda. (:)(:)(:) for Restaurant Aioli Bodega … [Read more...] about
(:)(:)(: for A Very Long Engagement First, unrelated to the movie, a shout out to snichols' brother Evan and his blog. He's been blogging every day since January 1. And snichols has challenged herself to do the same. So first, 2 1/2 snouts up for … [Read more...] about
(:)(:)(:)(:) for Wifeswap
snichols returned from Cabo (with corn-rows, btw) only to find that Bill felt snichols had given the cohousing Wifeswap a bad review while Bill loved it and thought it was great tv. Let's be clear: snichols thought it was great tv too! It was … [Read more...] about (:)(:)(:)(:) for Wifeswap
Is Chuck D a Public Enemy? Successful writer Abe Opincar (top journalist for the San Diego Reader and author of a critically acclaimed book of essays called Fried Butter) responded to my Air America musings with a 15 year old piece from the LA Weekly … [Read more...] about
Origin of Snouts Up (:) Faithful reader David Allgood writes to ask where the snout concept comes from, so I answer: It comes from the fact that I used to be obsessed with pigs and a lot of my old friends know that. I wanted to do something other … [Read more...] about
4 Snouts Up for NYC I can attest that New York has still got it. While everyone else in the world was in Boston this week, Bill and I were in Manhattan. Among many other diversions, we saw two plays: Bug and Caroline, or Change. (:)(:)(:)(:) 4 … [Read more...] about