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Last Night at the Alamo Grindhouse (aka Watching Vintage Prints with director Quentin Tarantino) (2007)

Dressed in jeans and a black hoodie– and clutching a beer– film director Quentin Tarantino paced in the spotlight of the small stage of the Alamo Drafthouse theater in downtown Austin, Texas. He told...

Living with a build-your-own DVR

Back in elementary school, I remember entertaining myself by mentally recounting the complete prime time schedule. Tuning out tedious teaching, I finally recalled exactly what aired opposite Fantasy Island. Bored elementary kids certainly aren’t...

Meet Mr. Duke

Many men dream of going out with a supermodel. A long-legged, blond-haired, jaw-dropping, traffic-stopping, stare-inducing, beauty who won the genetic lottery. I go out with a 120 lb. supermodel everyday, and frankly sometimes it’s...

Working Out with Edward Albee.

 ***a poem from the mid- 90’s: Working Out with Edward Albee. It isn’t that I ever see him, It’s just comforting knowing he’s there. Weighting for the weights, Trudging on the treadmill, Running in...