PLOT SYNOPSIS: “Employee of the Month” eschews plot for a series of unrelated vignettes following various members of the ‘82 Mets through a single, uneventful day (March 13th, 1998). The film’s action takes place entirely in the mind of a middle-aged steel worker decapitated by a forklift, during the 5.3 seconds before his [...]
Entries from September 2007
September 30
REVIEW: “Employee of the Month”
September 27
IF…THEN: The Logic of Auto Workers
Sweet bennies.
General Motors just negotiated a new agreement with its United Auto Workers employees and managed to shed $55 billion of debt through some ingenious and boring maneuver that loaded the financial burden of health care benefits onto employees via something called a Voluntary Employee Benefit Associaion. Bored yet? STAY WITH ME:
IF:
“U.A.W. [...]
September 24
EXCUSES: The Fall Lineup!
Super excited for “News Hour” season 32! I hear Jim might die in this one.
OK, so I know I’ve been slacking with the blogging lately. But I have a great excuse: Television! Everyone has been talking about this new golden age of TV, so I thought I would check it out. [...]
September 20
MY LIFE: In Class
While in statistics class today, I learned that the most important things in life don’t have help files:
September 19
A THING: Dialogue
Man 1: I just got an email saying my family doesn’t care about me.
Man 2: That’s horrible! What did it say?
Man 1: “Fwd: Mom Died”
September 18
WRITING LIFE: Love Portland but hate pants? Try Second Life!
Portland: Just like Second Life, only annoyingly bright sometimes
Today I tackled the almost impossible task of making fun of an online world that is just like the real world only with unicorns and shit. Second Life. Check it out on Willamette Week’s website here.
September 17
MY LIFE: Phamily Photos
Taken this summer in Ashland, OR. I am the dumb one.
“HANGING OUT”
“I CAN FLY”
“I AM AN ELEGANT GYMNAST”
“ALRIGHT”
“I JUST FARTED”
“MY LEFT SIDE IS MY SEXY SIDE”
“WOAH”
“NUCLEAR FAMILY”
September 17
ADRIAN’S DAD: Welcome Back, Adrian
Adrian’s Dad here. Do you all remember when my wife had this portentous dream? Well…
Please join me in welcoming Adrian back from the demon world.
September 16
GUEST BLOGGER: Dean Karnazes, Ultramarathoner
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature ~Socrates
Today was a banner day. In the morning, my wife cooked breakfast for the whole family. I ate all of it. Then I went for a 55-mile run. Good night.
September 14
GUEST BLOGGER: Dean Karnazes
All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking – Neitzsche
Hello, let me introduce myself. My name is Dean Karnazes, I am an ultramarathon runner. I have run 135 miles through Death Valley. I have run further in my life than a lot of people have driven. I have 5% body [...]
