Everything sounds good when it rains. On the east coast, rain is a nuisance. On the west, it’s a novelty, kind of like snow in Hot Lanta, just a bit more frequent. But not this year. Sometime in January, after days in the 80s, you realize…it hasn’t rained! And unless you’re a skier, you believe […]

Tumblr is for porn. Facebook is for the wannabe famous. Instagram is for those who are too lazy to write. Texting is social currency. It doesn’t matter how many likes or friends or followers you’ve got, but how many people text you and how regularly, that’s how popularity is judged today. Pinterest is inexplicable to […]

Close Call (Thank you Kenny Weissberg for the link!)

He cowrote and starred in my favorite stupid movie of all time, “Stripes.” No “Private Benjamin,” the stars of “Stripes” were never co-opted, always maintained their humor and outsider perspective, and won in the end. In other words, the nerds inherited the earth. That’s what comedians once were. Before they all got sitcoms and made […]