Thursday, December 16, 2004THE BEST AND THE WORST...
...of TV in 2004, in my Pop Culture Guy column.
posted @ 11:01 pm
Friday, December 10, 2004
AND THEY WERE NICE ENOUGH TO PUT A PICTURE OF ME ON THE COVER!
You can find my piece of advice in the new issue (January 2005) of Esquire. I'm part of their "Damn Good Advice" feature, lessons learned by a bunch of writers, along with people like George Clooney, Al Sharpton, Jimmy Carter, Pamela Anderson, Regis Philbin, and many others.
Robin Williams is going to hate me.
posted @ 1:12 pm
Thursday, December 9, 2004
IN OTHER WORDS, WE ADVISE YOU TO JUST SIT AROUND YOUR APARTMENT IN THE CLOTHES YOU WORE YESTERDAY, WITH INCREDIBLE BO AND BREATH THAT WOULD PEEL WALLPAPER OFF YOUR WALLS
Even though the water is back on in my city, officials have issued a health advisory:
Boil all water for at least a minute before using.
This includes food preparation, hand washing, and teeth brushing.
Also, please use paper plates and not your dishes, unless you have a dishwasher that has a water temp above 180 degrees.
Please do all of this until further notice.
I wish I had known all this before I brushed my teeth yesterday afternoon, used a plate last night to eat dinner, and washed my hands and showered today. I have a feeling that I'm going to be like one of the alien victims in The X-Files, those black microbes crawling beneath my skin until they reach my brain and take over my body.
But at least the local media has their priorities straight. One of the headlines on today's front page: "No Water Meant No Coffee For Much Of City."
posted @ 3:10 pm
Wednesday, December 8, 2004
THE NEW EXCITING ADVENTURES OF BLOGGERMANN
Did you know Keith Olbermann has a blog?
(In a related note, my interview with Olbermann from last year.)
posted @ 3:56 pm
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE...AND THEN, NOT SO MUCH
WTF?
For the past five days I have been dealing with one of the most horrendous leaks I've ever had to deal with, in my bathroom (OK, OK, make your "bathroom leak" joke, get it out of your system). The entire roof of my bathroom was leaking water, from the corner shelves to the doorway, even coming out of the light fixture in the ceiling. If you walked out of the shower, you'd be hit with water from above. If you sat on the toilet, the same deal. We couldn't figure out what it was. It had rained a lot the day or so before, but it had stopped for 24 hours, and a quick inspection of the roof/deck above showed no puddles or runoff. An nspection of the apartment above us also showed no signs of a leak.
And then the mystery was solved: it was the neighbors above. They had a huge leak in one of the pipes below one of their sinks and didn't, um, notice it.
So, you ask yourself, what could be worse than having too much water? How about NONE AT ALL? Yesterday afternoon I went to use the kitchen sink and noticed that the water was coming out at a speed usually seen at international snail races (do they even have international snail races?). To the bathroom sink Robin! Same thing. Toilet? No pressure.
Fantastic.
Turns out there was a break in the main water line (second in 5 yrs), causing most of the city to be without water. Schools closed for the day, businesses closed. When Dunkin Donuts locks its doors, you know its serious. And when your roommate goes to the bathroom early in the morning, before he realizes that there is no water...well, let's not go there.
It's fixed now, thankfully. So I can do my laundry and have tea and go to the bathroom. Ah, the simple things in life.
Oh, did I tell you that the power went out in the neighborhood the other day? Now I'm just waiting for the locusts.
posted @ 11:56 am
Tuesday, December 7, 2004
A VERY SCALZI CHRISTMAS
My friend John Scalzi has an extremely clever, funny piece up at the National Lampoon site (who knew they had a site?), The Ten Least Successful Holiday Specials Of All Time.
While you're at it, go to his site and buy his new book, why dontcha?
posted @ 12:58 pm
Monday, December 6, 2004
YES, THERE ARE OTHER WEB SITES BESIDES THIS ONE
New issue of PBJ is up. I asked several web citizens for their "5 Favorite Web Sites."
I'm sure some people will read the lists and say "why did they pick Amazon and Google and ebay? Everyone knows about those!" But that's the point, really. If we go to these sites all the time (and I certainly do), then they have to be among our favorites, right? The good news is that there are also a bunch of picks that you've probably never heard of, so check 'em out.
And for those of you who read my list and didn't know I was such a food geek...well, I bet a lot of people don't know that.
posted @ 1:42 pm
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