As much as I applaud your imagination in your new commercials, showing a bunch of hipsters destroying a fragile estuary eco-system just to build Party Island is pretty freakin' stupid.

All I'm saying, ya know?

Love,
Don

( May Have Spoilers. Read At Your Own Risk. )

And I see they've already begun the submissions and weeding out process for next season. Good for them. It'll be interesting to see if they can top this season in terms of professionals, but I wonder if we'll have an international Top Chef competition sometime in the future. Last season was a good one with Fabio and D-bag...I mean, Stefan...and then season 4 had Mark from New Zealand. And yeah, this one had Mattin. But with the exception of Fabio or Stefan, it's hard to see a foreigner win the American Top Chef award. Maybe we're too focused on American style, and we need a lot more international exposure to keep it interesting.

I just now realized that I have a carton of eggs in my refrigerator that expired in July.

And I'm a couple days past Halloween.

Not that I have anyone I'd like to egg (okay, that's a lie, but the distance and effort isn't worth it), but I just hate to let these go to waste.

If I wasn't afraid of them breaking any time soon, I'd try to save them for Easter...

James Cameron's Avatar may look super freakin' awesome, but remember two things:

1. It's a social-political movie about a society using peace through superior firepower to obtain minerals (hello, Iraq comparisons!).

2. It's basically Fern Gully remade without Christian Slater.

Thank you.

Quit changing the name of movies and TV shows developed overseas to make them seem more "Americanized."

Case in point: Pirate Radio.

Also known as The The Boat That Rocked outside of America.

We're not total idiots here, guys. At least, not all of us.

The Boat That Rocked sounds a helluva lot better than Pirate Radio, in context.

You know the warnings that your muscles atrophy unless you exercise them?

Don't forget, but the heart is a muscle, too.

Do you know and understand what it is to be at war with yourself?

When you sit in a cafe chair wearing a tie and listen to your creative side berate you, do you argue from a logical, professional aspect that you are doing the best course? Or do you hear yourself and resent that logic, needing a creative outlet that moves freely without language or custom to hinder?

At what point do we realize the war is over, and these battles need not linger? At what point can we face ourselves at our basest element and say that we are truly content?

Sitting in a cafe chair, wearing a tie, I came to realize that honestly, I've given so much of myself that I'm no longer comfortable in either realm.

I look at myself, and I find a nomad.

And I'm strangely comfortable with this.

Despair is for the weak.

Hope is for suckers.

Will is for the strong.

Dedicated, determined, driven...

Game on!

Every time I read that Eli Manning has been diagnosed with "plantar fasciitis," I read it as "Face Planting."

And then I think, "Oh, well isn't that what you do to quarterbacks?"

Count Chocula, Frankenberry, and Boo Berry cereals are now available at Target for $2.00.

I realize they're generally available year round in MidWest SuperWallyWorlds and on Amazon.com, and usually on the East Coast, but here in Floriduh, we generally only get 'em on Halloween.

(And yeah, they're still as bad for you as all get out, but still really good. Too bad they won't bring back Fruit Brute or Fruity Yummy Mummy.)

I feel like a kid, when I'd ask my Dad when we could do something, and he'd say, "Someday."

And I'm still waiting for some things.

And I have to tell myself, "Someday."

Current Music: New Clear Sky - Serenity (Newer, Clearer...mix)

...means I love you, babe!

I have the bestest idea EVAH!

Mythbusters...

WITH SPECIAL GUEST STAR...

Mr Wizard Bill Nye!

If I can figure out how to patent this idea, I'll be ridiculously rich.



I seriously meant Bill Nye the first time. My brain does not function well at 2am.

If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love.
---Point Break

I think tonight was the first time I've ever been intimidated just watching Top Chef.

What's everyone currently grooving to?

Which artists, albums, singles?

I need some new music, and I'd greatly appreciate your input, no matter how obscure or unconventional.



Or even mainstream.

Now Is The Time To Be There.

No one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick."

If you agree, please post this as your status for the rest of the day.

...and I'm done.