July 2010
9 posts
Ghost
The bagless Eureka Optima 431F vacuum cleaner is smaller than your typical upright cleaning system, offering its users “optimal power and easy storage without the weight,” according to the Bloomington, Ill.-based company’s marketing materials.
The 431F’s original look and telescoping, Comfort-Grip(TM) looped handle - as round as a softball - is unique to vacuum cleaners,...
Movie Development Scene
We watched the Ben Stiller movie Greenberg last night. Whatever purpose the movie served, whatever its point was…it was all overshadowed by how absolutely boring it was. In fact - and while I do enjoy indie films - I might even say Greenberg was one of the most tedious flicks I’ve ever seen. There just comes a point in movies like this where the indie-ness gets lost because you find...
“The writer’s gift is partly natural and partly trained. It is composed of...”
– John Gardner, On Becoming a Novelist
Smart as this may make me sound, I’ve never read On Becoming a Novelist or even heard of Gardner. I just read and took a picture of this quote, which I saw on an ad for Redhook beer. Then I drank some of that beer. And it was good.
What?
Can I get a what-what? No? Okay then, what about a solo what? Like just a -what? Or you can just give the first part of that what-what, i.e. the what-. Still a no?
What about a who? A who-who? A how-do-you-do? A hey-how-how’s-it-going, what-do-you-do? A when-were-you-born? A who-is-your-daddy-and-what-does-he-do?
What about a hoozie-what’s-it? A whatchamacallit? A...
Waiting For The Elevator
“Please don’t say anything to embarrass us,” she tells me. She’s waiting for the elevator in the third floor of this hotel’s hallway, about to go get her hair done with the other bridesmaids.
My plans were different. I didn’t need to do my hair, but I did have a man-date to eat hot wings and drink some beers with a few of the guys at this wedding. I...
