Category: Blog

  • Dammit!

    I was trying to find video of Jean Smart accepting her Emmy for Best Supporting Actress, and I got Rick-Rolled. But anyway: Yay, Jean!

  • “…usually someone named Josh…”

    Rob Long discusses the many ways a tv writer gets paid to be a tv writer, and how (almost) all of them have one thing in common: You have to write.

  • Bad Ass.

    We’re thrilled to announce that in just three short days, you’ve rallied together and propelled us beyond our $40,000 fundraising goal. In fact, by the time we looked up from our computers, you’d already donated $46,000! On top of that, you’ve spread the word far and wide, and offered powerful and inspiring words of support.…

  • pounding the speakers:

    Santogold: Santogold My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges Winter Gloves: Let Me Drive EP Valery Gore

  • reading right now

    Nick Hornby: Housekeeping Vs. The Dirt Sandeep Jauhar: Intern: A Doctor’s Initiation Brian Wood, Becky Cloonan: Demo

  • Help Save Bitch Magazine

    Send a little cash, or order a subscription. (Maybe as a gift for the youngest feminist in your life?) Bitch Magazine needs $40,000 by October 15th. And we need this magazine to help keep the world a little less Sarah Palin-y. Thanks. (And thanks, Audra, for the link.)

  • With Katrina, images of the floating, rolling, angry fire ant balls haunted me.

    With Ike, it’s the tiger. Please don’t forget to give to the Red Cross National Disaster Relief Fund. (Oh, man. The fire ant balls! It still makes me so unhappy.)

  • Why it’s hard to work at home.

    Why it’s hard to work at home.

    Sometimes you’re just trying to send some email, and this happens.

  • Dear Oprah,

    Please stop Skyping. I don’t watch your show to meet Jennifer from Oahu on her webcam. Once I’m done judging her home (.000023 seconds), I’ve got nothing left to do but judge her clothes, haircut and webcam quality. And if her husband’s sitting next to her, then I have to think about their relationship, and…

  • ack!

    In my defense, my lack of updates is not due to wanting to ignore you, but rather that life has made it difficult to update lately. Case in point: Moveable Type. Hates my work computer, for some reason. Hates the new Mac operating system, I think, because it doesn’t matter if it’s Firefox or Safari,…