A couple of random Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy notes:

The costume designer did Zooey Deshchanel zero favors by putting her in that pale blue terrycloth jumpsuit jobbie. When she walked away from the camera in one shot, she looked decidedly pear-shaped. I also wish her Trillian had been written a little more genius-y.
Overall, I liked […]

Hey, workers of America — did you have an enjoyable Labor Day weekend? Do a little end-of-summer grilling? Hang with your family? Contemplate the plight of the overworked, the underemployed, and the economic disparities between the rich and the barely-getting-by?
Me, I kept humming the seasonally appropriate children’s chorus from Komar and Melamid and Dave […]

Usually, I don’t really care about Sporty Spice-type stuff, but if you live in Boston, it’s hard not to have a soft spot for those lovable losers, the Red Sox. I’m not one of those people who think that major league teams give a poo about “their” town. But this made me feel a little […]

Last night, I convinced D. to stay up past 1:00 a.m. watching Showgirls — he’d never experienced that particular glorious trainwreck, and I hadn’t seen it in forever. (For some reason, I thought I remembered a pillow fight between Showgirl and that seamstress, but I must be thinking of something else.) Not even halfway through, […]

I haven’t really felt like writing lately, so random bulletware it is:

An article about the possible Google IPO that I edited appeared in Newsweek International Edition a couple of weeks ago. (OK, it’s not as exciting as it’d have been had I actually written the thing, I admit.) They expect you to pony up some […]