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I'm Gettin' Nuttin' For Solstice

Nah, nothing that dramatic...Afact, a very mellow affair.Sibs are hilarious, Mom is a trip. Nothing new.Rosie Perez's Yo Soy Boricua... is an enjoyable little marvel. Not sure if I'll be around much...

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In Which The Blogger Pretends It Hasn't Been That Long

Right, so...Hello.Anyway, I've been spending time recently putting the finishing touches on an edit of the Noir piece mentioned over there on the right (I've been calling it the "no fat" edit, due to...

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Politically Linked

It has been a week...hell, a month, on so many fronts, that I am just going to talk about the one thing that vexes me the least. Which is not to say that the topic doesn't get me riled, but it's one...

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B. Jones: Bullshit

Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit.And just because the outcome was known two years ago, doesn't make it less bullshit, it only makes it predictable bullshit.So, we can add David Stern to the list of people...

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The Face of Armageddon

There I sat, unknowing, uncaring, inappropriately excited for the latest batch of Pixar generated heartness, as a cold dread snuck up on me. "Bah, 'tis merely the air conditioning," I thought, "at...

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This Tore My Heart Out

Thanks, Enjoy The Enjoyment, for sharing.

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B. Jones: Deal With It

Of all the chickenshit...---I was ten years old when I moved to the US, and already, I was a basketball freak.One day, my Uncle Jesus sat me down and said, "listen, you wanna be like an American? You...

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B. Jones: Schmall Star Game

I gotta say, of all the worthless sports related spectacles, the all star game of whatever sport has got to be the nadir.Occasionally you get a good game, but usually, not worth the time. The NFL at...

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Ever Have One Of Those Days...

...where you wonder "just how much of an asshole am I?"I mean, I know I'm an asshole, but am I a raging douchebag or a serious fucktwit?Tomorrow's another day.

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Blogging Re-Direct

Blogging productions here at the Missives will trickle down to a complete stop, making it entirely indistinguishable from what's going on here the rest of the time anyway. The reason for this...

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14/48 Event Blogging: 95% Complete

It was another exhausting weekend of 14/48, with plenty of madcap japery and harrowing misadventures to last me another six months.I feel pretty happy with the work I've done so far.If you want to take...

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Michael Atkinson, Member AARP

Crap like this really does chafe.I mean, someone get the guy some metamucil!SEVERAL bits of opinion and obvious grand standing that I, needless to say, disagree with. Not just beginning with the whole...

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Plugging Someone Else, For A Change

PalPatrick reports that he went to a couple of days of last weekend's San Diego Comic Con and was asked by the local PBS station to liveblog the event.Go check it out, comic book geeks!

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No, You're Not On Drugs

Yes, some advertising genius let a furry come up with this ad for Orangina.No, they will not foot any future therapy bills, and any nightmares you may have are entirely your own.

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TVDoaN: AVC, Hulu, Gina Torres, A Guilty Pleasure

So, I've been staying out a lot more lately, in a show (which closes this weekend), and have been spending most of my off time over at the AVClub. Of which I am a junkie, through and through....

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Entering The Polblog Fray

So, I know things can get kind of random on this blog (if not downright arid), what with a sports entry following a pop culture entry following some deeply personal story following a recommendation to...

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Reasons to Love Mad Men #30

From the AV Club recap to this week's episode:In 1958 a young Jim Henson created a series of short, weirdly violent commercials for the Washington D.C. coffeemakers Wilkins Coffee, concepts which he...

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B. Jones: THIS?!?

You're a fucking multi-billionaire with a hair up your ass to put your podunk hometown on the NBA map. In typical robber baron fashion, you spend just the right amount of time and money lying your ass...

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All About Fletch

I think it’d be fair to say that I was affected by Gregory McDonald, the man responsible giving the world Fletch, the barefoot reporter with cheek.Yes, the same Fletch that inspired that mid-80s Chevy...

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If You're Not Watching Rachel Maddow...

Look, I'm not going to force anything on you.All I'm saying is if you were to go to MSNBC.com, found the MS-NBC tab, clicked on "The Rachel Maddow Show", played the selections "Drill, Dems, Drill?" and...

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The Perils of a Deregulated Market - A Garish Reminder

It's been nearly a century since the last time class conflict reared its head in the US in a major way. As a nation, though we still feel the psychological repercussions of The Great Depression, most...

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Politically Appropriate Pop Detritus

- Season 1 of 24. The Plot: The nation's first black Presidential candidate gets stuck in some terrorist related hullaballoo, his life is threatened, his family life implodes. Through these cataclysmic...

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If Any Form Of Pleasure Is Exhibited

Report to me and it will be prohibited!I'll put my foot down! So shall it be!This is the land of the free!-- as sung by Groucho, during the opening musical number in Duck SoupI was working on an...

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B. Jones: Schadenfreude

No, I can't let it go.Mind you, I'm not as bitter as I was six months ago, but the animus I feel toward the OKC ownership group, and the commissioner of the NBA hasn't really let up. This, despite the...

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Review For A Walk in the Dark 2002

Note: I'm gearing up to finalize negotiations to remount my second solo show, El Hijo Prodigo, and my long term goals with the piece are to take it on the road. In preparation of that endeavor, I'm...

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