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...
View ArticleIn 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...
View ArticlePolitically 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...
View ArticleB. 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleB. 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...
View ArticleB. 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...
View ArticleEver 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.
View ArticleBlogging 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...
View Article14/48 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...
View ArticleMichael 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...
View ArticlePlugging 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!
View ArticleNo, 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.
View ArticleTVDoaN: 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....
View ArticleEntering 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...
View ArticleReasons 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...
View ArticleB. 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...
View ArticleAll 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...
View ArticleIf 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticlePolitically 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...
View ArticleIf 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...
View ArticleB. 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...
View ArticleReview 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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