Last night I wrote on my notepad “YOU MUST WRITE TODAY. A LOT.” And I left it on top of my phone on my bedside table, so it would be the first thing I saw when I woke up today.
The other side of the math coin
“Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (22 February 1796 – 17 February 1874) was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist.” — Wikipedia Quetelet is elsewhere referred to as a polymath – a common catchall for ancient geniuses who worked across disciplines
A problem I was not expecting
I don’t think I could sell a book called Math Can Help You Lose Weight, but the fact remains that my use of math in planning the pursuit of this goal has been essential. I know that one pound of
R.I.P.
If you ever want the experience of having a movie hit you between the eyes with a lightning bolt, watch A Place in the Sun and pay attention to the first moment where Montgomery Clift meets Elizabeth Taylor. This was
WWE: No, you’re not Awesome yet, but you’re on your way
Maybe this is a premature post-mortem on The Miz’s first WWE championship reign, but even if he should retain the belt at Wrestlemania XXVII, the build we’re seeing right now can be taken as pretty representative of his peak as
From the Archive – MOVIE REVIEW – Constantine
Originally published 2/19/2005 Constantine Director: Francis Lawrence Writers: Story by Kevin Brodbin, Screenplay by Kevin Brodbin and Frank Cappello, based on the DC/Vertigo comic book Hellblazer Producers: Benjamin Melniker, Lauren Shuler Donner, Erwin Stoff, Michael E. Uslan, Lorenzo DiBonaventura, Akiva
From the Archive – MOVIE REVIEW – Elektra
Originally published 2/7/2005 Elektra Director: Rob Bowman Writers: Zak Penn and Stu Zicherman & Raven Metzner, based on the comic book character created by Frank Miller and the movie character created by Mark Steven Johnson Producers: Arnon Milchan, Gary Foster,
From the Archive – MOVIE REVIEW – Alone in the Dark
Originally published 2/3/2005 Alone in the Dark Director: Uwe Boll Writers: Elan Mastai, Michael Roesch, Peter Scheerer Producers: Shawn Williamson Stars: Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff, Frank C. Turner, Mathew Walker I’m going to blow the lid off a
From the Archive – MOVIE REVIEW – Assault on Precinct 13
Originally published 1/24/2005 Assault on Precinct 13 Director: Jean-Francois Richet Writer: James DeMonaco, based on the film written by John Carpenter Producers: Pascal Caucheteux, Jeffrey Silver, Stephane Sperry Stars: Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Byrne, Brian Dennehy, Drea DeMatteo, John
Everyone needs reminding once in awhile
Tonight I was brainstorming new short story ideas, when suddenly I wrote on my legal pad in all-capital letters: “STOP LOOKING FOR A GIMMICK OR A ONE-LINER, TELL A GODDAMN STORY ALREADY”. Nice to know that will still come kicking