i'm starting to think
that chuck palahniuk lied to me. when i saw him speak in 2006 (i think, whenever he did that big tour where he read 'guts' every time), i asked him about katherine dunn when i got my book signed. it was the only thing i could think to ask him, and he mentions running into her working on…

Wycked Sceptre!
Dude, show me your weenus!

oh, and i've said it before and i'll say it again; this 'poor charlton heston' shit is bullshit. the man actively lobbies and funds for gun laws. whether you agree with what he lobbies for or not, he put himself in the game. he is therefore open to attack on his positions. you do not get to actively influence…

In much the same way that conservatives were able to turn 'liberal' into a dirty word so that most liberals get nervous about describing themselves as such, they were also able to somehow turn said liberals against moore after Fahrenheit 911. neat trick. i mean, seriously, i can't count the number of times i've…

I've never actually heard of this
but John Huston, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, and Brad Dourif? This is so getting added to the Queue.

I remember when
"It is, after all, a Wayans brothers (yuck) spoof"

i just finished it. holy fuck, that ending was so unbelievably god-awful that it made me retroactively hate the entire book. and i'm a pretty big palahniuk fan.

Beware
Participle titles. You're about to get a hacky life lesson.

The thoroughly adequate 2003 entry Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines.
really?

i have a picture on my phone that i took of a car i was behind that had a 'Bort' license plate.

nevermind. i just got to the part where he explains it.

For anyone else who's read the book
*minor spoilers*

Palahniuk and Dunn are friends. She's another Portland writer. You're right, he mentions her in the beginning of Freaks and Refugees.

Especially when Tommy Dolan arrives. He's totally Norval Sanderson. I always thought that the Carnivale folks must've been fans of this book.

i just re-watched ghost dog last night
still fucking great. yay jarmusch!

Yeah, Christa Miller got incredibly fucking weird looking as the show progressed. I caught a season 6-era episode right near a season 2-era episode and it was astounding how much work she'd had done. She practically can't even speak anymore.

Right…
"Uh… because it's by the most awesome writer-director who's ever made movies in the history of ever? Hell-loooo?"

A casual mis-reading instantly makes Funny People sound better
When a superstar stand-up comic played by Adam Sandler thinks death is imminent, he begins to re-examine his life and his relationship with an ex-flame (Leslie Mann). Seth Rogen

actually, as for the 'teenagers don't listen to them anymore' thing, you'd be really surprised. i was. i figured the same thing until the last two times i saw them. i was one of the oldest people there (i'm 30). those damn kids love that 'witha teetha' stuff.

maybe i'm wrong
but i always took "okie from muskogee" the way i take nick cave's "god is in the house", i.e, as satire. listening to it now, though, i'm not so sure.