Archive for 'The Offical Record' Category
THE NEW FALL TV SEASON.
1 October 2002Is it just me, or is the new fall TV Season the least exciting one in at least the last 25 years? I’m starting to wonder if all these new TV networks, instead of providing more and better choices, are just spreading out the talent too thinly. I guess it’s a good new season if […]
MORE NOTICE FOR MY REVIEW OF SLANDER.
1 October 2002William Burton’s blog calls my review of Anne Coulter’s terrible book, Slander, “The definitive Anne Coulter book review,” and he quotes it extensively.
BOOK REVIEW: THE NATURAL * * * 1/2 (3 and a half stars out of 4).
1 October 2002The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton by Joe Klein, the Newsweek columnist who anonymously wrote Primary Colors takes an ambivalent view of the Clinton Presidency, as, I suppose, most all of us do. It takes the hardly controversial view that the Clinton presidency was characterized by policy triumphs and personal failures. But he […]
A NEW LOOK-LOOK SURVEY.
30 September 20021. Have you heard about Tony Hawk’s Boom Boom Huckjam, a traveling arena show consisting of vert skateboarding, BMX, motocross and punk bands? (Multiple choice.) I never heard of it, and I’m not interested I haven’t heard about it until now, but it sounds cool I’ve heard about it, but I’m not interested I’ve heard […]
MORE LINKS TO MY REVIEW OF “SLANDER”.
30 September 2002My review of Ann Coulter’s book, Slander, also has a difficult-to-spot link to it from Scoobie Davis Online. Apparently, my “succinct article” is “The Last Word on Ann Coulter.” Though, I think what he may mean by that is that linking to my article is the last word that he, Scoobie Davis is going to […]
MY REVIEW OF “SLANDER”.
30 September 2002My review of Ann Coulter’s horrible book, Slander, has several links to it from three different blogs by Dr. Rush Limerick, that I’ve just learned of. Liberally Lying About Liberals is a great collection of Web resources about the book, among which I’m quite honored to be included. My review is also cited in his […]
THEATER REVIEW: MR. SHOW LIVE– HOORAY FOR AMERICA TOUR * * * * (4 stars out of 4).
30 September 2002If you liked the too-short-lived HBO show “Mr. Show“, you’ll like the stage show every bit as much. If you aren’t familiar with the show, then definitely get the DVD, and also try to catch the live show in your area. I don’t want to give anything away, but the basic idea is that GloboChem […]
NYC RESTAURANT REVIEW: MAX * * * (3 stars out of 4).
30 September 2002This East Village Italian restaurant on Avenue B between 3rd and 4th Streets has the best pasta I’ve ever had, and is very cheap for Manhattan, with most pasta dishes costing only $8.95 for more food than I could comfortably have finished. Yet, my opinion of them is significantly lowered by the terrible service Manny […]
NYC RESTAURANT REVIEW: UNCLE NICKS * * * 1/2 (3 and a half stars out of 4).
30 September 2002I had dinner Sunday night at Uncle Nick’s with my Aunt Ellen, Uncle Phil, their daughter who is also my cousin Elizabeth, her husband Ron, and his cousin Andrea. It might very possibly have been the best Greek food I ever had, though I’m not a huge Greek food fan. Ron and Andrea are both […]
RESPONSE TO “AN ARM OR A LEG?”
30 September 2002Barry D. responds in his blog to the questions I raise in my very recent blog entry “An Arm or A Leg”, though he doesn’t actually answer the questions. He’s a little critical of some of my phallocentric answers, where by “phallocentric”, I mean “reluctant to amputate my phallus”. Actually, the word he uses is […]
SPARE A THUMB, MISTER?
28 September 2002Cheesbikini.com‘s Sean S. writes in to say (among other things: “you say ‘I won’t spare my thumbs,’ etc. etc. I think you mean the opposite: that you won’t -sacrifice- your thumbs, etc.” He’s referring to my last answer in my immediately previous blog entry. He is right, of course, that I would spare my thumbs […]
AN ARM OR A LEG?
27 September 2002Did you catch the season premiere of E.R. last night? That one scene– you know which one I’m talking about– completely took my breath away. I can’t stop thinking about how fragile we all are. Anyway, at one point two of the doctors started playing “This or That”, only with some real teeth to it. […]
THE FRIDAY FIVE — COMMUNICATION
23 September 20021. Would you say that you’re good at keeping in touch with people? Not as good as I used to be. I feel like I’m so busy lately. 2. Which communication method do you usually prefer/use: e-mail, telephone, snail mail, blog comments, or meeting in person? Why? Meeting in person is always my first choice, […]
THIS OR THAT — THE NAME’S THE SAME (SORT OF), PART 2
23 September 2002The name’s the same (sort of), part deux… 1. Portland, Maine or Portland, Oregon? I dunno. Maine? 2. New York or New Jersey? “A major theme of this blog is the love affair between the blogger and the city of New York.” 3. Van Gogh or Van Halen? Van Gogh. 4. Bill Clinton or Bill […]
THE MONDAY MISSION — CREATIVE WRITING
23 September 20021. Do you have a favorite piece of poetry or prose written by someone else? Care to share it? My favorite poem was always “Invictus” by W. E. Henley. So, I was very disappointed when Ted McVeigh (the guy that blew up the Oklahoma federal building) chose that poem as his final words. The most […]
RESTAURANT ROW.
22 September 2002Restaurant Row is the block of 46th Street between 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue in Manhattan. It includes, I have heard it said, 26 restaurants. I have been to perhaps half of them, and they have almost all been very good, and they have all been an excellent value for the price. I’m always surprised […]
NYC RESTAURANT REVIEW: BANGKOK * * 1/2 (2 and a half stars out of 4).
22 September 2002This newcomer to Restaurant Row (the block of 46th Street between 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue) was a little disappointing. The menu is great, and they have a fabulous weekday lunch special which will stuff you full of food for only $6.95, or stuff you more full of food and include a free soft drink […]
REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW.
22 September 2002Thanks, Blake, for the nice compliment of my review of Slander. I have to admit, though I normally write just for myself, I really did want people to read that particular post, and I know it was kind of long, and that’s sort of why I posted so little this week, so the half-dozen or […]
ABOUT THESE RESTAURANT REVIEWS.
19 September 2002I should probably have mentioned at some point that 100% of these restaurant reviews are for New York City restaurants. I think I’ll re-name the feature “New York Restaurant Reviews.”
BOOK REVIEW: SLANDER: LIBERAL LIES ABOUT THE AMERICAN RIGHT (2002) no stars (0 stars out of 4).
17 September 2002The deliberate misstatements in this this infuriating screed, which is actually the number one best-selling book on the New York Times bestseller list right now, are very well documented. I was shocked to learn there were so many provably false statements in the book, which the author, conservative pundit Ann Coulter, constantly boasts contains 35 […]
MOVIE REVIEW: TADPOLE (2002) * * * (3 stars out of 4).
17 September 2002This was a delightfully cute and funny movie about a very precocious 15-year-old boy named Oscar, but nicknamed “Tadpole” (Aaron Stanford) who falls in love, romantically, with his 40-year-old step-mother. There are some really funny scenes, and some very satisfyingly witty dialogue. The movie also stars Bebe Neuwirth (Lilith from Cheers), Sigourney Weaver as Oscar’s […]
THE FRIDAY FIVE — SCHOOL.
16 September 2002The new Friday Five. 1. What was/is your favorite subject in school? Why? In high school, it was definitely computer science. But in college, it lost it’s appeal. I became a philosophy major, and I loved it. 2. Who was your favorite teacher? Why? I think my all-time favorite was Professor Stone, my Torts professor […]
THIS OR THAT.
16 September 2002This week’s “theme”: potpourri. 1. Paper or plastic? Plastic. Because of my horrible hand injury, it’s a little hard for me to grip things for long without a handle. 2. Stripes or plaid? Stripes. 3. Baseball or football? Neither. I am not a fan of spectator sports, but I do like Duke basketball, and I […]
THE MONDAY MISSION.
16 September 20021. Where were you and what was happening in your life the moment when you first became aware of what was happening at the World Trade Center in New York City last September 11th? What was the first thing you did when you heard the news? I actually slept through it. The first thing I […]
AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: THE GUYS * * (2 stars out of 4).
16 September 2002This recording of a reading of the popular off-off Broadway play, “The Guys,” was very disappointing. The play is an ostensibly true story about the writer of the play (Anne Nelson), who also helped a fire chief write eulogies for some of his men. I’m a real fan of the genre of recorded plays on […]