I saw Brokeback Mountain the other night. I was looking forward to it since the reviews have been so good and I’ve always like Ang Lee. It’s funny that a lot of people of my generation are into this “revisionist” history thing when me and my friends growing up (once I got friends, [...]
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Monthly Archives January 2006
“Police could not have done more”
This Hajj disaster is really getting under my skin. Despite the fact that at least 362 people have died, at 11:45 this morning the New York Times didn’t even have it listed on its homepage, and CNN had a headline listed next to other important news such as “Best man toasts groom, then his [...]
Why is this still happening?
How is it that the authorities in Saudi Arabia can continue to let this happen? This is the second time in two weeks that a large group of people have died during haj. The West continually lets that country slide for it’s insane human rights abuses and neglect of common peoples’s lives. And [...]
Brangelina take another step toward reality
I usually don’t care about celebrity relationships unless I know that celebrity (and I don’t know any celebrities), but as I’ve said before, I kind of like the Pitt/Jolie affair. So I’m glad to see that they are expecting a baby. It’s kind of like the new Woody Allen and Mia Farrow power [...]
Montauk continues to inspire me
My identity as a documentarian is complete; I own a super 8 and I’ve mastered the one-viewing-eye squint.
Tags: Montauk, Super8, documentary
Will Ethiopians always have distended bellies?
Rosanne, who once took over for this fine, if rarely updated, blog while I was busy getting married and honeymooning yet for some reason wouldn’t join hands with me in my quest to search for things that are really happening, is continuing to [...]
Pink eye and those poor miners
I went to Boston two days ago to help with a film about blogging and social media. It was great fun; we interviewed Christopher Lydon and Brendan Greeley from the Open Source radio show and they reaffirmed my love of blogging and my faith that it will continue to be a powerful force for [...]
Horse Heads
We spent the weekend in Montauk and it was beautiful. I love beaches in the winter. They’re so calm and deserted. And the waves were amazing. Someone told me that they’re supposed to look like horse heads and manes as they sweep across [...]
