My grandfather passed away Saturday, January 28th.  The news was sudden, but his death wasn’t.  He was 85, and for the past few years, he had collected illnesses and maladies that led him to this point.  His condition had deteriorated steadily for at least three years.  It’s been a long time since I remember [...]

I begin a new segment on Stay on Fountain with a picture of Lisa Simpson, my official Corporate Watchdog logo (until I get a cease and desist letter from Fox Entertainment). I’m here to ruin your Amazon shopping experience today. You like those discounts, yes? Got a lot of Christmas presents this year from the [...]

Quick!  How much do you know about “I Love Lucy”?  Something I discovered the other night in WeHo was that no matter how much you think you know about Lucille Ball, there’s someone out there who knows more.  Marcus and I met up with his friends to truck it on over to newly opened Westside [...]

1: The Voice of the “Hulu” Guy President Obama may have a strong and assuring voice, but right now, I have to take a little break from it.  I choose instead to listen to the velvety dulcet tones of “The Hulu Guy” that greets you before the commercials at the top of every Hulu video.  [...]

Thanks for choosing Husband of the Month Club.  The man who is selected will be your husband for 30 days, so enjoy!  And for straight men and lesbians (or interested parties who simply don’t care for the man), you will still be sent the Husband, so feel free to buddy around with him.  The rule [...]

The Kate Winslet buoyed HBO miniseries “Mildred Pierce” just wrapped up it’s laborious five hours. She did her best, it had great production values (production designers! Is there any Hollywood workhorse that’s had more consistent results?), but in the end, the story did not justify it’s runtime. So, sadly, I don’t think I got much [...]

It’s in the low 70′s here in West Hollywood today, and it’s not even February. I walked Marty in the sun and listened to Patton Oswalt laugh with Adam Carolla. I watched “Grey Gardens” with Paul and laughed some more. I talked scripts with Becky over lunch and laughed again. I let myself in my [...]

The sun rose in Greenland, two days ahead of schedule, which of course, doesn’t usually happen.  What caused this phenomenon?  The scientists, as always, went to work on it.  Silly answers such as the 2012 Leap Year and shifting constellations couldn’t be debunked fast enough. Could it be a trick?  Thomas Posch of Austria’s Institute [...]

Our culture has progressed a great deal in the last few decades.  But with all this progression, one crucial element has been left for dead somewhere near Zzyzx Road: admitting fault. President Obama has come the closest to a modern public figure feeling sorry about a past action.  He has regretted taking certain actions and [...]

I have taken a major step, my first of many, into getting old.  I now have a pair of reading glasses, in addition to my maximum strength contact lenses (they do not make them any stronger without a special order).  And LASIK is out of the question, as I am not a candidate (because I’m [...]

How did Jon Stewart and the great “Daily Show” crew respond last night to the weekend’s Arizona-fueled horrors? Are you sitting down?  With dignity! Stewart spoke for ten minutes in a manner that had to have been off-script, about a need to raise the rhetoric, but also warned us to not be so quick to [...]

I feel like a child. I was putting together new IKEA furniture for my living room, catching up on Season 1 of “Breaking Bad” (which has been holding up my Netflix queue for months), and in general enjoying my day off of work and writing. I was enjoying myself so much that I left my [...]

John McCain, DADT Repeal’s toughest opponent, has now admitted defeat, three weeks after it would have mattered. He regretfully says he will do “everything he can to make sure Repeal is implemented as effectively and quickly as possible.” This is gravy us for us, but horrible news indeed for Hate Group Family Research Council’s Tony [...]

The big thing in 50′s pop cinema was 3-D.  It came back in the 80′s.  I’m no slave to the rule of threes, but thirty years later, we’re blabbing about 3-D again. Only this time, it looks like it’s here to stay.  I have no original complaints about 3-D so I’ll spare you them.  What [...]

It’s a cliche to say that the Holidays is a time for getting your drink on.  But I do so in a positive way, not a “I must dull the torture of all this singing and cheer and oppressive family gatherings” way. It’s the perfect time of year to throw on a buzz, blissful and [...]