Reader, I am killing it with the oven-roasted brussels sprouts right now. My secret, which I will unsecret just for you: bacon fat. This is a better method than putting cooked bacon or pancetta in with the sprouts because the fat melts as they're cooking and just envelopes them in rich porky goodness. A little of this goes a long way--I use a few slugs of olive oil and then maybe a tablespoon of bacon fat doled out in pea-size dollops. Sprinkling of kosher salt, cook until browned and tender, with crispy bits and pieces. That's it. If you want to be fancy you can add shallots, garlic, sweet potatoes and carrots but just sprouts is great. So. Damn. Good.
I just did a key word search on my blog and discovered that I have written about some combination of brussels sprouts and pork products five times already! Which could lead you to conclude that I am either in the grips of early onset dementia or I know what I like and I like to tell you about it over and over. Okay, maybe a third revelation is possible--I continue to be amazed that a sprout, which I grew up eating steamed and therefore wanted to eat exactly NEVER, could be so delicious.
In an non-pork matter, I read today that Heather Armstrong of Dooce fame has separated from her husband. Both she and he wrote about it on their respective blogs. I was moved by his raw honesty of the sudden, harsh shift in his reality. Not that hers is so great either, chased by the dog of depression nipping at her heels, yet having the comfort and normalcy of her children, her animals, her home. There was something so painful in reading Jon Armstrong ask the internet to help him find a place to live, a place to work because of course, he can't work at their company, the one they built together, the one that is about them. Then through reading all of this, my unsettled feeling that their relationship or the unraveling of it is a private matter yet since they built their brand on chronicling the minutiae of their lives together, isn't private at all. The internet is weird.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Because I Take Your Procrastination Very, Very Seriously
Reader, if you don't know who Ron Swanson is, may I suggest catching up on Parks and Recreation on Netflix? In one of the funniest episodes, Season 3's "The Fight," the office go to the Snakehole Lounge, where Tom is a part owner. To show their support of Tom's enterprise (involving the ever-delightful Jean-Ralphio) they indulge in a beverage called "Snake Juice." Hijinks ensue, the best of which can be seen here.
In a surprisingly horrible ad campaign, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine have a bunch of utterly fatphobic billboards taking aim at cheese, of all things. They're apparently up in arms about childhood obesity and want schools to serve fewer dairy products. (Gets on soap box.) Really? We're sure that childhood obesity is caused by cheese, a whole food, and possibly the only whole food in a school lunch, and not by processed, frozen tater tots, pizza, corn dogs, and chicken nuggets? Or soda or food deserts or cuts to physical education? Are we sure it's the cheese? Really? Check out one irate parent's blog about the reality of school lunches.
Note: in the middle of this post, I paused for a cheese break--Gruyere and Havarti. Delicious!
Speaking of cheese, I guess you've all heard by now that Paula Deen was diagnosed with diabetes three years ago. Why is this news now, you ask? Great question! Because the woman who makes her livelihood shilling super fatty and insanely caloric food, who brought you the hamburger topped with bacon and a fried egg, nestled between two glazed donuts, disclosed her diabetes while announcing her new endorsement deal, shilling Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Victoza. Which btw, terrible drug name. Her health is her business for sure, but something about the timing of this stinks to high heaven. fyi Serious Eats has a whole article series called "Paula Deen is Trying to Kill Us." Here you can find the recipe for deep fried butter you've been searching for.
In a surprisingly horrible ad campaign, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine have a bunch of utterly fatphobic billboards taking aim at cheese, of all things. They're apparently up in arms about childhood obesity and want schools to serve fewer dairy products. (Gets on soap box.) Really? We're sure that childhood obesity is caused by cheese, a whole food, and possibly the only whole food in a school lunch, and not by processed, frozen tater tots, pizza, corn dogs, and chicken nuggets? Or soda or food deserts or cuts to physical education? Are we sure it's the cheese? Really? Check out one irate parent's blog about the reality of school lunches.
Note: in the middle of this post, I paused for a cheese break--Gruyere and Havarti. Delicious!
Speaking of cheese, I guess you've all heard by now that Paula Deen was diagnosed with diabetes three years ago. Why is this news now, you ask? Great question! Because the woman who makes her livelihood shilling super fatty and insanely caloric food, who brought you the hamburger topped with bacon and a fried egg, nestled between two glazed donuts, disclosed her diabetes while announcing her new endorsement deal, shilling Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Victoza. Which btw, terrible drug name. Her health is her business for sure, but something about the timing of this stinks to high heaven. fyi Serious Eats has a whole article series called "Paula Deen is Trying to Kill Us." Here you can find the recipe for deep fried butter you've been searching for.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
A Fondness for Football and Margaret Cho
What it is, reader. Tomorrow I am going on a silent meditation retreat which I am both happily anticipating and sort of dreading. I'm going to miss the Golden Globes and Downton, which means I'll have feelings of resentment and irritation to work with, in addition to overall technology/media withdrawal and potential overexposure to quinoa. Stay tuned for tales.
This weekend I am also going to miss all the football, le SOB. However, one of my favorite pieces of sports journalism this week has been Brian Moylan's coverage of this weekend's playoffs on Gawker. Be warned, it's pretty filthy but hilariously so. I would eagerly watch the Superbowl if Moylan was covering it. Someone please see to it.
Reader, do you like Margaret Cho? I think she's pretty righteous and boy howdy, is she pissed. She got a new tattoo and posted a picture of it on Twitter. When I first saw it I was concentrating on the artwork and didn't realize at first that it was her asscheek. So yeah, she posted a picture of her be-thonged butt on Twitter and as they do, the body-snarking trolls came out. Straw, meet the camel's back: she just let loose with an epic rage against the destructive power of body hatred directed toward girls and women. An excerpt:
Take a few minutes to read the whole post. Usually a "don't feed the trolls" attitude prevails online. Most times I'm inclined to agree but sometimes this is a fine option.
This weekend I am also going to miss all the football, le SOB. However, one of my favorite pieces of sports journalism this week has been Brian Moylan's coverage of this weekend's playoffs on Gawker. Be warned, it's pretty filthy but hilariously so. I would eagerly watch the Superbowl if Moylan was covering it. Someone please see to it.
Reader, do you like Margaret Cho? I think she's pretty righteous and boy howdy, is she pissed. She got a new tattoo and posted a picture of it on Twitter. When I first saw it I was concentrating on the artwork and didn't realize at first that it was her asscheek. So yeah, she posted a picture of her be-thonged butt on Twitter and as they do, the body-snarking trolls came out. Straw, meet the camel's back: she just let loose with an epic rage against the destructive power of body hatred directed toward girls and women. An excerpt:
Some outside facebook observer said that my “language” was too much and told me that I had “lost a fan” because she couldn’t condone my “language”. I am sorry for that, as I love my fans, and it sucks to lose one, but obviously she doesn’t understand that when you grow up the way that I did, with kids at school throwing rocks at my face because they hated it because it was so ugly to them and they wanted the blood from my wounds to cover it so it wouldn’t have to be seen and at summer camps stuffed dog shit in my sleeping bag because I was told time and again that I looked like shit – and that I had to empty myself in the dark forest and still sleep in smelling that shit all that night and for weeks after because my family was too poor to afford a new one, my “language” is on the strong side. I apologize for offending the former fan, but I am only myself. That is all I can be, and if I must apologize for that, I don’t mind. All I am trying to say is that no young girl should be told she is ugly. If she is, you kill her spirit, and she may grow up like me, and lose a fan.
Take a few minutes to read the whole post. Usually a "don't feed the trolls" attitude prevails online. Most times I'm inclined to agree but sometimes this is a fine option.
Monday, January 09, 2012
Downton, etc.
Reader, last night was the Season Two premier of Downton Abbey and was I ever excited. But also distracted by the awesome live tweeting of Patton Oswalt. What is wrong with me, checking Twitter while watching TV? Media oversaturation at its worst! But I couldn't stop myself because Patton Oswalt's live tweeting of Downton was a wonder to behold. Recommend.
Mary's (played by the wonderful Michelle Dockery) dresses last night were fantastic. You can tell there's a war on since she wore one of them twice. THE HORROR. Anyway, fabulous dress #1 can be seen here, third from the top. Not a great picture but you get the idea. Swoon! The gorgeous red number you catch right at the beginning of this clip. Love. It.
While scouring interwebs for Downton pics n clips I'm realizing there are a lot of Season 2 spoilers out there, since the whole thing already aired in England. Trying to avoid them, although earlier today I glimpsed something I didn't want to know and now I can't un-know. Damn you, first-world internet problems!
In other urgent television news, Paul Rudd is going to be on Parks and Recreation. Gods be good! And wow, that phrase totally comes from Game of Thrones. When I cracked open my Kindle to check the wording of that phrase, I turned right to this passage:
Pretty much sums up what I can't stand about wench/m'lady/heaving bosom books in one short paragraph. Feh.
Mary's (played by the wonderful Michelle Dockery) dresses last night were fantastic. You can tell there's a war on since she wore one of them twice. THE HORROR. Anyway, fabulous dress #1 can be seen here, third from the top. Not a great picture but you get the idea. Swoon! The gorgeous red number you catch right at the beginning of this clip. Love. It.
While scouring interwebs for Downton pics n clips I'm realizing there are a lot of Season 2 spoilers out there, since the whole thing already aired in England. Trying to avoid them, although earlier today I glimpsed something I didn't want to know and now I can't un-know. Damn you, first-world internet problems!
In other urgent television news, Paul Rudd is going to be on Parks and Recreation. Gods be good! And wow, that phrase totally comes from Game of Thrones. When I cracked open my Kindle to check the wording of that phrase, I turned right to this passage:
Her loins still ached from the urgency of his lovemaking. It was a good ache. She could feel his seed within her. She prayed that it might quicken there ... She was not too old. She could give him another son."
Pretty much sums up what I can't stand about wench/m'lady/heaving bosom books in one short paragraph. Feh.
Sunday, January 08, 2012
2012 All Bright and Shiny
What it is reader! It's a new year and I still kvetch endlessly and watch a lot of TV. And kvetch about TV. Season 2 of Downton Abbey starts tonight and I am bananas excited about it. Have you seen Season 1 yet? You MUST! Lay in some supplies and power through all seven episodes in a row on Netflix. You'll be so glad you did. Who knew a PBS show about the aristocracy in England would become so damn popular? Read Salon's Irin Carmon's take on it here and former SF Chronicle TV critic Tim Goodman's (now writing for The Hollywood Reporter) review here. I'm in good company with my love for Downton.
On the literature front, I now own a Kindle, which is possibly the best $79 I have ever spent. Yes, the version with ads. Which are connected to my location but somehow not to my buying history on Amazon. Hence, the omnipresent ads for Mercedes of Oakland and various local body waxing emporiums. Talk about ad click-throughs that will never, ever happen.
I finally understand the difference between The Hunger Games and Game of Thrones, which I had been confusing for months. So not the same thing, but both worth reading. Admittedly Game of Thrones is not so much up my alley due to my well-documented dislike of fantasy. I won't lie, I skipped a lot of it. There's only so much swordplay, wench this, m'lady that that Professional Critic can take. But since each volume is seventy million pages it seems like I'm still getting the main points. I look forward to seeing it and catching the movie version of The Hunger Games, even though the trailers don't look super promising. I'm not sure if I'm feeling Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss but we shall see.
The Golden Globes are pretty soon but I'm not sure I'll be able to bring myself to watch this increasingly irrelevant awards show. Yes, my beloved Downton got many well-deserved nods, but American Horror Story? Is ridiculous (though Jessica Lange's nod is well-deserved.) Glee is simply terrible. No Nick Offerman? PAH, I spit on you, Golden Globes. But who am I kidding, I'll probably watch. So much kvetching fodder!
On the literature front, I now own a Kindle, which is possibly the best $79 I have ever spent. Yes, the version with ads. Which are connected to my location but somehow not to my buying history on Amazon. Hence, the omnipresent ads for Mercedes of Oakland and various local body waxing emporiums. Talk about ad click-throughs that will never, ever happen.
I finally understand the difference between The Hunger Games and Game of Thrones, which I had been confusing for months. So not the same thing, but both worth reading. Admittedly Game of Thrones is not so much up my alley due to my well-documented dislike of fantasy. I won't lie, I skipped a lot of it. There's only so much swordplay, wench this, m'lady that that Professional Critic can take. But since each volume is seventy million pages it seems like I'm still getting the main points. I look forward to seeing it and catching the movie version of The Hunger Games, even though the trailers don't look super promising. I'm not sure if I'm feeling Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss but we shall see.
The Golden Globes are pretty soon but I'm not sure I'll be able to bring myself to watch this increasingly irrelevant awards show. Yes, my beloved Downton got many well-deserved nods, but American Horror Story? Is ridiculous (though Jessica Lange's nod is well-deserved.) Glee is simply terrible. No Nick Offerman? PAH, I spit on you, Golden Globes. But who am I kidding, I'll probably watch. So much kvetching fodder!
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Live Blogging the Emmys
And because the dresses are just as important as the awards, check out Emmy fashions here.
7:59 It's over! And it's raining gold confetti.
7:54 Best comedy, presented by Gwyneth Paltrow. Who isn't even funny. I hate what she's wearing. Hate. It. Parks and Recreation must win this. But no, Modern Family takes it. I like Modern Family but I don't think it reaches the daffy heights of P&R.
7:47 Maria Bello looking pretty and William Macy with shaggy hair and a scarf I can't even begin to comprehend. It's nominees for best drama and Mad Men takes it! Kiernan Shipka is adorable. Why does Christina Hendricks never look as good at events as she does on Mad Men? It mystifies me. I'm happy that MM won this but why didn't they win anything else? Odd.
7:45 Downton Abbey takes it for best miniseries/movie and I say SUPER. Watch it streaming here.
7:44 I despise every dress Jane Lynch has worn. Would it be so wrong for her to wear a suit? It would be so much better. Here's Don Cheadle, who rocks a suit like nobody's biz.
7:38 Kate Winslet wins some actress miniseries thing for Mildred Pierce. What's not to like about Kate Winslet? Plus, her boobs look fantastic, although I think the dress overall is a tad casual.
7:36 Claire Danes, I despise your shiny blue tinfoil dress. I just don't understand.
7:34 Okay, the guy was in Mildred Pierce and he's being a bit bawdy! Going on about inserting himself into Kate Winslet. She's laughing, didn't get a good look at her dress. She usually looks great.
7:32 Hm, another shiny forehead on whoever this lady is. It's Anna Torv. No idea who she is. This is supporting actor for miniseries and some guy with glasses whose name I didn't catch won for some show I didn't hear. I'm so informative. You're welcome!!!
7:30 Sweet Jesus, I am laughing so hard at commenter Kyle on Tim Goodman's blog:
"Every year, Leonard Cohen gets that much closer to finishing that time machine and unmaking that song." BWAHAHAHA. Second favorite part of the Emmys.
7:25 Tom Bosley died? Huh. Andy Whitfield, very sad.
7:22 Oy. This guy, the head of the Emmys, is awful. Time for the dead people montage.
Shit, it's Hallelujah by cheesy crooners. Who are they? I don't know or care. This is killing me. Put me in the montage.
7:18 Melissa McCarthy and Amy Poehler!! But bad dress on Amy. Not at all flattering. It's guys in miniseries. I only saw Luther and it was so-so despite the wonderful Idris Elba starring. The dude from the Kennedys won and I don't care.
Here comes directing for miniseries. Yikes, Melissa's dress is bad, too. What in the world happened in the styling world tonight? Downton Abbey takes it again. Can't wait for the second season!
7:17 Why do they still trot out the vote counting people? It's totally uninteresting.
7:11 I'm confused, we're still on miniseries/movies but now acting awards. Actress goes to Maggie Smith for Downton Abbey. Well-deserved--she was awesome. I'm kind of glad she wasn't there to collect her award from those Entourage dopes. Another weird pairing. Who makes these decisions? Some teenage intern who has never watched anything but Glee?
7:06 Miniseries/movie is always boring because I've never seen any of them. Oh wait! Downton Abbey was great! This will win, no doubt. Carlos I couldn't finish. SNAP! Jane Lynch disses on the cast of Entourage--citing them as the reason she's a lesbian. Priceless! Favorite part of the Emmys so far.
Downton Abbey takes it. This was fantastic, it's streaming on Netflix.
7:05 What the heck? This is unnecessary.
6:58 Best Actor in Drama. WOW, another Friday Night Lights Win. This is big. No Jon Hamm love? Hm. Kyle Chandler really was so good in that show. But Jon! I think he should have won but he'll have another chance. I guess that's the thinking.
6:57 Sweet Jesus, it's a Charlie's Angels line up. Cringey McCringerson. Though Minka Kelly really is something else.
6:55 Julianna Margulies takes best actress in drama. Her dress is weird and quite space-age ugly. What was her stylist thinking? Is that you Rachel Zoe? I do like Good Wife but Elizabeth Moss really needed to win this. Bummer.
6:54 Christ, where to start? Katie Holmes paired with Bryan Cranston? Why in the world would they put these two together? Why is she so shiny? None of her assistant Scientology flunkies had powder?
6:52 What is this fresh hell? These little bits are pointless. Going to feed the cats.
6:49 Getting excited for Breaking Bad tonight. Did BB get nominated for anything this year? For some reason I think no. Didn't do my homework today. Sorry reader.
6:43 Kerry Washington is so pretty and her dress is so hideous. This is my first good look at an Emmy dress and I am not happy. Ugh, this writing is the worst. How can a show celebrating television be written so poorly? Dear God.
Supporting Actor. Great choices here! John Slattery is great, both guys from Good Wife. Oh my goodness this is a tough race. I once saw Peter Dinklage in Whole Foods in NYC. And he wins! I may have to get over my hatred of fantasy elves unicorns etc to watch Game of Thrones. He thanks his dog walker! Love it.
6:42 Directing for a drama and I haven't seen any of these shows. Boardwalk Empire takes it. I have no feelings about that other than that something is not right about that Paz de la Huerta. I would watch any of these shows streaming on Netflix if they were available. You listening Netflix? Keep the good stuff coming.
6:40 Is that guy who got his arm chopped off by a helicopter on ER?
6:39 I watched seven minutes of the new Christina Applegate/Will Arnett show Up All Night. Unwatchable. So disappointed that Will still can't find the right show after last season's stinky Running Wilde.
6:37 I admit that I keep wanting to put an apostrophe in Emmys. Stopping myself, as it is wrong.
6:35 I'm on media overload. I'm watching the show, blogging and watching Tim Goodman's live blog--check it out here. He's the best.
6:32 Ashton, I don't like your hair one bit. Best Supporting Actress in Drama. Some good choices here...Oh, I do love Margo Martindale, but I don't like Justified. She was great in The Riches. Available on Netflix streaming, reader. As is Breaking Bad! This feels like an upset. But a good one, I think.
6:31 Maybe I do feel a little bad. Med Men is some seriously good writing. Hm.
6:29 Late to the party but just in time for the writing awards! Mad Men, wooHoo! Jane Lynch that is a BAD DRESS. Oh! Friday Night Lights takes it! This was a great show. I can't feel bad about it.
7:59 It's over! And it's raining gold confetti.
7:54 Best comedy, presented by Gwyneth Paltrow. Who isn't even funny. I hate what she's wearing. Hate. It. Parks and Recreation must win this. But no, Modern Family takes it. I like Modern Family but I don't think it reaches the daffy heights of P&R.
7:47 Maria Bello looking pretty and William Macy with shaggy hair and a scarf I can't even begin to comprehend. It's nominees for best drama and Mad Men takes it! Kiernan Shipka is adorable. Why does Christina Hendricks never look as good at events as she does on Mad Men? It mystifies me. I'm happy that MM won this but why didn't they win anything else? Odd.
7:45 Downton Abbey takes it for best miniseries/movie and I say SUPER. Watch it streaming here.
7:44 I despise every dress Jane Lynch has worn. Would it be so wrong for her to wear a suit? It would be so much better. Here's Don Cheadle, who rocks a suit like nobody's biz.
7:38 Kate Winslet wins some actress miniseries thing for Mildred Pierce. What's not to like about Kate Winslet? Plus, her boobs look fantastic, although I think the dress overall is a tad casual.
7:36 Claire Danes, I despise your shiny blue tinfoil dress. I just don't understand.
7:34 Okay, the guy was in Mildred Pierce and he's being a bit bawdy! Going on about inserting himself into Kate Winslet. She's laughing, didn't get a good look at her dress. She usually looks great.
7:32 Hm, another shiny forehead on whoever this lady is. It's Anna Torv. No idea who she is. This is supporting actor for miniseries and some guy with glasses whose name I didn't catch won for some show I didn't hear. I'm so informative. You're welcome!!!
7:30 Sweet Jesus, I am laughing so hard at commenter Kyle on Tim Goodman's blog:
"Every year, Leonard Cohen gets that much closer to finishing that time machine and unmaking that song." BWAHAHAHA. Second favorite part of the Emmys.
7:25 Tom Bosley died? Huh. Andy Whitfield, very sad.
7:22 Oy. This guy, the head of the Emmys, is awful. Time for the dead people montage.
Shit, it's Hallelujah by cheesy crooners. Who are they? I don't know or care. This is killing me. Put me in the montage.
7:18 Melissa McCarthy and Amy Poehler!! But bad dress on Amy. Not at all flattering. It's guys in miniseries. I only saw Luther and it was so-so despite the wonderful Idris Elba starring. The dude from the Kennedys won and I don't care.
Here comes directing for miniseries. Yikes, Melissa's dress is bad, too. What in the world happened in the styling world tonight? Downton Abbey takes it again. Can't wait for the second season!
7:17 Why do they still trot out the vote counting people? It's totally uninteresting.
7:11 I'm confused, we're still on miniseries/movies but now acting awards. Actress goes to Maggie Smith for Downton Abbey. Well-deserved--she was awesome. I'm kind of glad she wasn't there to collect her award from those Entourage dopes. Another weird pairing. Who makes these decisions? Some teenage intern who has never watched anything but Glee?
7:06 Miniseries/movie is always boring because I've never seen any of them. Oh wait! Downton Abbey was great! This will win, no doubt. Carlos I couldn't finish. SNAP! Jane Lynch disses on the cast of Entourage--citing them as the reason she's a lesbian. Priceless! Favorite part of the Emmys so far.
Downton Abbey takes it. This was fantastic, it's streaming on Netflix.
7:05 What the heck? This is unnecessary.
6:58 Best Actor in Drama. WOW, another Friday Night Lights Win. This is big. No Jon Hamm love? Hm. Kyle Chandler really was so good in that show. But Jon! I think he should have won but he'll have another chance. I guess that's the thinking.
6:57 Sweet Jesus, it's a Charlie's Angels line up. Cringey McCringerson. Though Minka Kelly really is something else.
6:55 Julianna Margulies takes best actress in drama. Her dress is weird and quite space-age ugly. What was her stylist thinking? Is that you Rachel Zoe? I do like Good Wife but Elizabeth Moss really needed to win this. Bummer.
6:54 Christ, where to start? Katie Holmes paired with Bryan Cranston? Why in the world would they put these two together? Why is she so shiny? None of her assistant Scientology flunkies had powder?
6:52 What is this fresh hell? These little bits are pointless. Going to feed the cats.
6:49 Getting excited for Breaking Bad tonight. Did BB get nominated for anything this year? For some reason I think no. Didn't do my homework today. Sorry reader.
6:43 Kerry Washington is so pretty and her dress is so hideous. This is my first good look at an Emmy dress and I am not happy. Ugh, this writing is the worst. How can a show celebrating television be written so poorly? Dear God.
Supporting Actor. Great choices here! John Slattery is great, both guys from Good Wife. Oh my goodness this is a tough race. I once saw Peter Dinklage in Whole Foods in NYC. And he wins! I may have to get over my hatred of fantasy elves unicorns etc to watch Game of Thrones. He thanks his dog walker! Love it.
6:42 Directing for a drama and I haven't seen any of these shows. Boardwalk Empire takes it. I have no feelings about that other than that something is not right about that Paz de la Huerta. I would watch any of these shows streaming on Netflix if they were available. You listening Netflix? Keep the good stuff coming.
6:40 Is that guy who got his arm chopped off by a helicopter on ER?
6:39 I watched seven minutes of the new Christina Applegate/Will Arnett show Up All Night. Unwatchable. So disappointed that Will still can't find the right show after last season's stinky Running Wilde.
6:37 I admit that I keep wanting to put an apostrophe in Emmys. Stopping myself, as it is wrong.
6:35 I'm on media overload. I'm watching the show, blogging and watching Tim Goodman's live blog--check it out here. He's the best.
6:32 Ashton, I don't like your hair one bit. Best Supporting Actress in Drama. Some good choices here...Oh, I do love Margo Martindale, but I don't like Justified. She was great in The Riches. Available on Netflix streaming, reader. As is Breaking Bad! This feels like an upset. But a good one, I think.
6:31 Maybe I do feel a little bad. Med Men is some seriously good writing. Hm.
6:29 Late to the party but just in time for the writing awards! Mad Men, wooHoo! Jane Lynch that is a BAD DRESS. Oh! Friday Night Lights takes it! This was a great show. I can't feel bad about it.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Breaking Bad, Apostrophes
[Spoiler alert!] Reader, it's getting harder to watch Breaking Bad. Not because of the increasingly ruthless chicken truck-jacking scenes (eating the dead driver's lunch while the guards suffocate, so brutal), but because of Walt's near-complete transformation from mild-mannered narcissist into delusional raging asshole. Mike is standing out as the show's anti-hero hero, and I wouldn't mind seeing a bit more of Saul. As Walt falls farther down the rabbit hole of wanna-be gangsterism, moments of levity are hard to come by.
Apparently I missed International Apostrophe Day, but no matter! In Professional Critic's book, every day is International Apostrophe day! In honor of the hallowed day, blogger Sam Tanner tweeted this: An apostrophe is the difference between a business that knows its shit and a business that knows it's shit
So full of win! Reader, I would like a poster of this. And even better, I just spent 15 minutes on this apostrophe tutorial and enjoyed myself thoroughly! Yes, I am a dork, thanks for asking.
Apparently I missed International Apostrophe Day, but no matter! In Professional Critic's book, every day is International Apostrophe day! In honor of the hallowed day, blogger Sam Tanner tweeted this: An apostrophe is the difference between a business that knows its shit and a business that knows it's shit
So full of win! Reader, I would like a poster of this. And even better, I just spent 15 minutes on this apostrophe tutorial and enjoyed myself thoroughly! Yes, I am a dork, thanks for asking.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
I Like TV As Much as the Next Gal, But C'mon
Like the other 23 million Netflix subscribers out there, I wasn't pleased to receive their recent email announcing a substantial rate hike without simultaneous improvement to the generally meh streaming library. However, I was taken aback by the intensity of the massive public outcry against what amounted to an additional five dollars a month. A slap in the face? A betrayal? Strong language for a modest bump in the entirely non-essential entertainment budget line. Only days before, the California State University system announced a 12% tuition hike that hardly received any coverage. Priorities? Yes, we have them and our future idiot workforce will be our proof.
Apropos of nothing, I am loving on Martha Plimpton so hard right now. She was just nominated for her role on the very funny Raising Hope and her Twitter feed is freaking fantastic. Yes to follow!
And here is Stephen Colbert, responding to a recent and thoroughly eye-rolly advertising campaign in the only sane way one can (probably NSFW):
Apropos of nothing, I am loving on Martha Plimpton so hard right now. She was just nominated for her role on the very funny Raising Hope and her Twitter feed is freaking fantastic. Yes to follow!
And here is Stephen Colbert, responding to a recent and thoroughly eye-rolly advertising campaign in the only sane way one can (probably NSFW):
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