I was in Atlantic City last summer and, looking at the two Trump-branded casinos there - one of them completely shuttered, the other reportedly on the verge of closing - I felt like I was seeing a window into a bygone generation of American idealism; like, I thought that there was a time when many Americans would've…

As long as we're on the subject of Mike Tyson's rape conviction, I'd like to plug one of my all-time favorite essays: "Requiem for the Champ" by June Jordan. Doesn't seem to be available online, though…

I still don't get the tallness thing (if it's a joke then I'm not in on it) - lots of ladies love tallness. For example, a foxy female friend of mine says she rarely dates guys under 6'3".

Aha, now I get it - they didn't hire the photographers because there were no photographers; they hired YOU!!!

I'm genuinely kinda confused by your wording here; lots of girls would be into a tall guy who can cook, no?

They used to call me 'scissorhands,' but now they call me.. well… I'd rather not say what they call me…

Serious question: is it possible that they were on assignment from the restaurant, or a magazine, or a food blog, or some other entity that was paying them to take pictures of these particular burgers? (Though that said, it would be kind of weird to hire two people to photograph a burger at the same time.)

Well, it all depends what you think of as 'superior' technology. I'd say that in general, projected film looks better than digital video (though of course that's not true 100% of the time). But what I'm saying is that film has a different feel to it than video - more vibrant, more organic, etc. etc. - and this…

Um, no, I was saying the exact opposite of that.

OK I'm just gonna go ahead and be that guy, and say this: I think that the industry may eventually regret moving away from film (that is, the physical medium) and towards digital. A movie screened on 70mm or 35mm (or even 16mm) is a unique sensory experience that can only be had in a theater; meanwhile, a 4K digital…

I came down here to recommend Fred Clark's analysis/takedown, too (I haven't read it in book form, but I've read his blog posts on the first 'Left Behind' novel - I'm assuming his book is more-or-less a compilation of those). Clark comes from a distinctly underrepresented position: that of a liberal intellectual who's…

But can chemtrails melt steel beams??

I love dogs, I've always loved dogs.

When I say "violence" you say "violence!"

A Clump of Corgis

Just wanted to note that 'Rape: A Love Story' is well worth-reading: it's brief but potent; you get the feeling that Oates didn't waste a single word.

This world is only gonna break your heart.

I genuinely do love how the internet is already dissecting this thing frame-by-frame. It's like, I don't even have to work at being a nerd - the internet does it all for me!

Seriously? These fuckin' talented people man, I swear…

So… did she make it to Broadway?