Irresistible

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Thomas Kinkade, Artist

“Thomas Kinkade: Painter of Light” is the title of a real show. It is on my television right now. It features America’s favorite nostalgia-dauber, Thomas Kinkade, with an overgrown soulpatch that ate most of his chin. He wears a green button-down shirt and a black blazer. His hair is highlighted and slicked back.
A young woman [...]

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Happy Halloween

A little lovesong for the most ghoulish holiday of all, here’s Dead Man’s Bones‘ “My Body’s a Zombie for You.” There is handclapping, there are children howling,  there is a teacher leading everybody in song in what sounds like a classic cafetorium (and I bet that teacher is really nice and gives everybody candy during [...]

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The Eyes Have It

Millicent,
I would like to say this is some kind of metaphor for marriage,  or an easy slight on bridezilla culture, but it’s too grand for analysis.  I cannot stop thinking about this picture:
I have tried to write about other things, but I am defeated.
Yours,
CF

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If On A Winter’s Night a Traveler

finds pages missing from his book, I have a theory:

Fondly,
M

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Three Men Walk Into a Bar. One says “I’m a member of a minority about which the stereotypes are indeed true. I am male.” The second one says, “I live with a monkey.” The third says, “Join my nation of men.”

Dear CF,
The main questions of the Polanski case seem cut-and-dried and I don’t have much to add while Hollywood dons its queen’s necklace and conservatives and feminists strike an extremely uneasy alliance.  It’s all interesting enough, and it’s been rewarding to watch the public try to adjudicate between principle and genius, but what interests me [...]

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Introducing the Female Flight of the Conchords: Garfunkel and Oates

Well, damn. Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci, how did I not know about y’all till now? They’re not Bret and Jemaine yet, but it’s just a matter of time before they do their own version of “Mermaids.”

When Parties Take a Turn for the Douche: A jewel complete with Axe body spray, Margaret Sanger and John [...]

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Heist!

Dearest,
Just when I am set on believing that life is the anti-novel, with no real arcs or perfectly synchronized spectacles, along come the thiefs of Sweden.  Today they broke into a cash depot in Stockholm by dropping a stolen helicopter on the building, smashing a glass pyramid, setting off explosives, and then using ropes and [...]

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Combo Combo

Happy Sunday!
First, the song:

And then, to living room recitals!

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The Spirit Animal Is Fruitful and Multiplies

Dearest CF,
I saw this at Thunder Valley Casino, property of the United Auburn Indian Community (note the bottom right-hand corner):

Fondly,
Millicent

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