Todd and I recently stayed up until 2:00 am one Sunday morning having our hearts ripped out by David Simon finishing The Wire. It was probably the best ending to a show ever (not because it was an especially happy ending, ‘cause it wasn’t, but because of the continuity and the way it made sense for this particular show), and it almost makes me want to say something bad about Lost, and how The Wire is proof that it’s possible to start stories in season 1 and bring them to logical and satisfying conclusions in the end. But I don’t speak badly of Lost so I won’t say anything like that.  

The Wire was about the modern American city and all its corrupt and crumbling institutions. It mostly used drug dealers and the cops who chase them to symbolize all that’s … Read More »

You may have already heard about Reykjavik’s new mayor, Jon Gnarr, but I feel I must blog about him in case there’s any of my 12 readers who haven’t heard of him yet. He’s an Icelandic comedian who decided to run for mayor after the collapse of Iceland’s economy. He formed a new party, the Best Party, and became mayor after winning 34.7% of the vote.

Some highlights from the New York Times article (which you should probably just go ahead and read for yourself):

Gnarr promised a classroom of kindergartners a Disneyland at the airport.
“No one has to be afraid of the Best Party because it is the best party. If it wasn’t, it would be called the Worst Party or the Bad Party. We would never work with a party like that.”
The Best Party won 6 out of 15 council … Read More »

“Lost” is over and my other shows are on their summer hiatus. You may say that this would be a good time for me to look into new hobbies, maybe exercise more, but I would tell you that that’s silly.

Here’s what’s going to be keeping me occupied this summer:

1.       Whale Wars: We found this show during a marathon over some holiday weekend and have eagerly anticipated the new season, which started this past weekend. The show follows a group called the Sea Shepherds as they try to thwart Japanese whalers hunting whales off the coast of Antarctica. I want to sympathize with the Shepherds as the whalers’ claims of scientific research are dubious, but they’re the biggest bunch of inept dorks ever, led by a captain who can’t seem to breathe with his mouth closed and always looks like he … Read More »