Or so the claim goes. Haven’t looked into who started this little viral exercise, but I’m curious. The drill is to x off films you’ve seen and add up the total. So here goes: [click to continue…]

Photos courtesy of the iPhones of Naylor and Rothee:

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“Oh, you need me to take the skizins off!”

Here’s a transcription to David Foster Wallace’s commencement speech to Kenyon college. He hits the proverbial nail so hard I won’t even bother to summarize. Listen up, kids: [click to continue…]

Just another absurdly beautiful sunrise. Shot from White Point in San Pedro this morning. There’s something about cold weather that adds to the whole thing. It’s been freezing down here this week; overnight lows have been somewhere around 40 degrees.

“Improvement makes straight roads, but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of genius.”
— William Blake

Gene and Roger discuss a little thing called “A Christmas Story”, wondering if it will ever catch on with the public. Gene seems skeptical yet hopeful, while Roger can go either way, suspecting that it could be huge.

Huge? Try cult classic.

Via Mashable, a handy list of tools for for online writers, with Comments open to facilitate further discussion.

Whether you’re new to the world of authorship or a veteran trying to make the most of Web services and applications, there are a number of online tools for writers of all types. From blogging platforms to networking hotbeds, and job boards to real-world gatherings, and more, the supply of utilities is comprehensive, to say the least.

But finding them all can be hard-going, so we’ve taken the liberty to make the discovery process easier by arranging our top finds here for your perusal. Here are 35 of the best social media tools for writers.

Included in this list are a few of my own favorite weapons including Twitter for microblogging, Facebook for social networking, and the platform that rocks both this site and Mashable itself, WordPress.

Vive got a text message this morning from his gal Ginger up in Burbank. Ain’t she cute? Once he’s done with his late breakfast we’ll be heading up there to hike with her through Griffith Park.