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Poor, obscure, plain, and little. Writer, critic, comms & events at The Sidney Poitier New American Film School. Former books editor with too many bylines at USA TODAY and The Arizona Republic.
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I stayed up nights for years programming Waymos to feel pain but it was worth it

submitted 6 hours ago • 6 comments

Love the misogynistic framing on this. Oprah didn’t shame James Frey, he shamed *himself* by lying extravagantly for fame and profit. But a woman had the nerve to scold him on TV, so fuck it, literary bad boy it is.

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

Think about all the incredible writers you know who can’t get any publicity but James Fucking Frey gets the front page glow up in the Sunday NY Times, called a “literary outlaw” for making shit up in a book billed as non-fiction, and a whole paragraph devoted to him describing his orgasms.

submitted 20 hours ago • 36 comments

submitted 51 days ago • 3 comments

Been a real grab-bag of a week.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Guess my favorite tea cup was a little too accurate.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Shall I be plain? I wish the bastards dead

submitted 9 days ago • 140 comments

When Trump survived the assassination attempt and had to accept Elon’s direct help on the the campaign (literally, like sharing the stage with him and everything) I just thought about the baptism scene from THERE WILL BE BLOOD and it looks like we’re reaching the bowling alley scene now

submitted 3 days ago • 12 comments

Before he died, David Lynch told me why Patrick Stewart takes a pug into battle in DUNE.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Before he died, David Lynch told me why Eraserhead is his most spiritual movie.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

“You won’t be able to tell what was written by me and what was generated by AI” is one way to say you write like shit.

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

Broke my knee bounding down the stairs in a rush, now I cling to the bannisters for dear life.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

We're broke, my dude.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

This no-kill animal shelter is in desperate need of kitten food, kitten milk replacement, and other supplies. If you post a screenshot in my replies showing that you donated at least $10 (even as a Chewy gift card), I'll answer a style-related question for you. Donation info in their thread.

submitted 7 days ago • 354 comments

hey all. this shelter needs some help feeding its kittens. there's a Chewy wishlist and a donation link in the thread. help out if you can!

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

this is the most sociopathic thing ive ever seen and i wrote a whole book about neonazis

submitted 8 days ago • 243 comments

american dimsum (frozen whitecastle sliders cooked in a steam basket)

submitted 8 days ago • 70 comments

I watched this kid grow up alongside one of my dear friend’s daughters, since she was a small child. I’ve chaperoned her at birthday parties. Played board games with her. And now she’s been murdered, and it’s impossible to get your head around. Help out her poor mother, if you can.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

I watched this kid grow up alongside one of my dear friend’s daughters, since she was a small child. I’ve chaperoned her at birthday parties. Played board games with her. And now she’s been murdered, and it’s impossible to get your head around. Help out her poor mother, if you can.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Will cancel for sure if this happens. I'll just have to go somewhere else to watch shows launched to great fanfare that are killed off before the second season ever sees the light of day.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

My favorite line from his niece’s sweetly irreverent obit: “He hated Bill Maher for no good reason.” Oh hon, I assure you he had plenty of reasons to hate Bill Maher.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Milwaukee is actually full of attractive mature women

submitted 12 days ago • 84 comments

1. Notorious (by a wide margin) 2. Vertigo 3. Rear Window 4. Shadow of a Doubt 5. North by Northwest

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

“aujourd’hui” is a sick word, the french really knew what they were doing with that one

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

Let's hear it for my dad, who stuck with and cared for my mom through all 20 years of her progressively worsening neurodegenerative disorder. She couldn't work or drive, lost her motor skills and basic hygiene, and died a slow, miserable death - he stuck around for all of it and still misses her.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

the perfect rating doesn't exi...... 📽️

submitted 176 days ago • 53 comments

Can AI create better movies than Mother! and The Whale, because they both sucked shit

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments