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The Eisenberg Principle
Sunday, July 10th, 2011Two weeks ago, having a glass of wine with a friend I seldom see, I found myself summarizing the past year of my life in one of those oversimplifying thumbnail sketches that make you feel like a bad Hollywood pitchman for yourself. As I compared and contrasted my various writing gigs, trying to keep it [...]
Look At Me: Vive le Juicebomb!
Saturday, June 5th, 2010As I mentioned in last week’s discussion of octopus-chomping, I’ve always prided myself on an ability to withstand strong or shocking imagery in movies. I once ruined a perfectly good first date by insisting that the hapless guy, a French kid named Patrick, watch In the Realm of the Senses with me — his first [...]