November 30th, 2007

Writing sex is never easy–I’m finishing something now that really wrung it outta me– and when it goes off the tracks, it can be hilarious:
“Her vagina was all that, as they say in the urban media – a powerful ethnic muscle scented by bitter melon, the breezes of the local sea, and the sweaty needs of a tiny nation trying to breed itself into a future,”—Gary Shteyngart, Absurdistan
While the late great Norman Mailer picked up this year’s Bad Sex Writing Award posthumously, the link below takes you to a place where the other nominees’ work can be sampled.
bad sex writing award HERE
November 30th, 2007
The many, many comments that follow this report are pretty much spot-on

Pat Robertson Not Down With Yoga
November 30th, 2007
These can’t be real, can they?
The Heir:

The Spare:

November 29th, 2007
Foodie Alert

Padma talks about her scar…

…on Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style, Tonight On Bravo
November 28th, 2007
I’m polishing a script that’s set to start shooting in California next week, so posting will be light until I get out there and set up a production diary.
A tip of the hat to Mark Weigle for this one:

Interesting fact: – The still image of A Heap Of Trouble is currently banned from being posted within the 5 boroughs of New York
Heap Of Trouble HERE
November 28th, 2007
Rove: “Congress Pushed Bush to War in Iraq Prematurely”


Rove: “Congress Pushed Bush”