The Useless Critic 2.0

I am not this cool.  If you know me, and I don't expect you know me all that well, you would realize one of my longtime dreams is to travel across America a la Jack Kerouac. Well, I did that. Recently. In a Greyhound. (Not quite the dream, per se).  I traveled to Phoenix from Erie, PA in a two-day journey we could only call "hellish." Originally it would have been roundtrip, but a work emergency caused me to miss my first bus. I flew home, but not without somehow losing my glasses in the progress. (Luck? What's that?) I'm about to describe to you this journey in the only way I know how:  vaguely passive-aggressive blogging. Chapter 1: Yelling At Old Women And Fixing Some Lady's Blackberry I left Erie on a cold and brisk Friday afternoon. I was sick to begin with- the weather took a toll on my now warm-weather-acclimated system, so I didn't even have much of a "vacation" to begin with. Plus, I had romanticized my whole trip home. Y...

Song of the Day THEY'RE COMING TO AMERICA! Happy July 4th, patriots!

Some big films have come out this weekend: The Social Network Let Me In Some Film in Which Renee Zellweger Is Terrorized do you plan on seeing any of these? TSN is getting rave reviews, remarkably. I don't know why I'm surprised- David Fincher is a fine director, one of my favorites ("what's in the boxxxxxxxx !") but I just thought it was TOO SOON (and kind of trite) for a Facebook movie. I guess it makes sense- it really did shake things up. and Mark Zuckerberg , what a guy. I can't stand Jesse Eisenberg . if I want to watch Michael Cera , I will go find Michael Cera . all in all though, it looks to be interesting. are you going to see it? Let Me In is a remake of the Swedish ( hai ) film Let the Right One In which didn't come out that long ago. there's American cinema for you. I like the title; that's the extent of it. I'm biased on the Swedish issue, as you probably well know. Renee Zellweger is in a horror movie. love you, Renee! ... a...

Are you celebrating by reading the Constitution at your neighborhood tea party? hmmmmmmmm.... food for thought: for this Independence Day, should we deport M. Night? DID YOU GO SEE ECLIPSE ? I HEAR IT DOESN'T SUCK SO MUCH