Launch Week

By John Gilstrap Okay, I’ll start with the apology.  When my editor told me that last week was the launch of the front-of-store displays for...

MATRIXIDE, PART 2: EX MACHINA

The conventional wisdom is that The Matrix Revolutions , the last of its trilogy, is weaker than its immediate forebear, The Matrix Reloaded...

Modern Land Art on Google Maps

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) is currently holding an exhibition on Land art, "capturing the simultaneous impulse emergent in...

Do you ever get freaked out at night?

We've talked about living alone and seeing movies alone , but what about sleeping alone... Read More >

Wes Anderson movies

Our friends saw Wes Anderson's new movie Moonrise Kingdom this week and said it was wonderful. (It has also been getting rave reviews.)...

MATRIXIDE, PART 1: A STEAMING LOAD

My thanks to everyone who voted in my recent "Fill In My Blockbuster Gaps" poll . Because nature and my OCD abhor a vacuum, before...

Introducing Google World Wonders

World Wonders is a new project from Google that allows you to take a virtual trip around 132 of the World's most famous historical and...

Brazillian Real-Estate on Google Maps

These days I rarely get excited by real-estate maps but I do love Epungo . This Brazilian real-estate map truly is a thing of beauty. The m...

hellos, hair curls and oh what a hurry!

Today started so beautifully – sunshine! It feels like such a long time since I woke up to bright sunlight, but it's probably only been ...

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (1978) TV Guide Art by Byrd

Look what I found! It's a scan of the original art for the September 16, 1978 edition of TV Guide magazine, painted by David Edward Byr...

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (1978) TV Guide Art by Byrd

Look what I found! It's a scan of the original art for the September 16, 1978 edition of TV Guide magazine, painted by David Edward Byr...

STARSHIP INVASIONS (1977) International Theatrical Posters

Starship Invasions is another Space: 1970 oddball favorite - a Canadian tax shelter sci-fi mash-up of Star Wars space opera and Close Enc...

STARSHIP INVASIONS (1977) International Theatrical Posters

Starship Invasions is another Space: 1970 oddball favorite - a Canadian tax shelter sci-fi mash-up of Star Wars space opera and Close Enc...

An Indie Author’s Checklist – A Look Behind the Curtain of OZ (Post #1)

This is post #1 in a blog post series that I hope you will find interesting—things that I have learned on my indie author journey. Since I’v...

UKRAIN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT

You don't get to be a horror fan without developing a strong defense against crappy filmmaking, but holy hell, Chernobyl Diaries is abs...

Top Ten Fantasy Football Busts To Avoid In 2012

My top ten busts to avoid for the 2012 fantasy football season. Why am I writing about fantasy football in May? That's my own business, ...

Crazy Cockburn is a sexist as well

Patrick Cockburn has one of his crackpot ravings past off as an article .  It's interesting how, until the end, he's trying to be fa...