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Saturday, April 20, 2024

Random Stuff

Random Stuff

Saggy Pants Are Just the Start

Are you better off now than you were one year ago? If so, you can probably credit that vague sense of well-being to the...

Hey! It’s Our New Site!

Greetings, Weekly readers! By now, you've probably noticed that we have a newly redesigned website! It's got bigger type and a cleaner interface, and...

Amphibian at the Modern

For a different way to spend Monday night, check out Amphibian Productions’ staged reading of Jon Robin Baitz’s play Three Hotels at 7pm tonight...

‘American Idol’ Continues Decline

Last night’s 2010 debut of American Idol proved one thing – when Simon Cowell quits after this season AI is DOA. Cowell is the only...

Official “Boo!” Club Selections

I spent a childhood devouring almost everything Stephen King wrote. My enthusiasm was greatly helped, of course, when he sent me two autographed postcards...

Notes from the Women’s World Cup Group Stage

A few observations, now that the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals are set: USA’s women have made things a lot harder for themselves… It wasn’t just...

FW Weekly Movie Reviewer Is A Stinkin’ Liar

I was re-reading “No One Here Gets Out Alive” the other day and was amused by the recollection of how Doors singer Jim Morrison...

No Labels: The Politics of Wuss

Have you heard about the new national political organization called No Labels? It’s a ragtag collection of journalists, pundits, and politicians who claim they...

Off Asides on Dallas Cowboys

My colleague Peter Gorman erroneously predicted that the New York Giants would beat the Dallas Cowboys. Sorry, Peter, but the Giants didn’t do squat....

Rachel Maddow Refers To FW Weekly In Earthquake Report

MSNBC news anchor Rachel Maddow is about as subtle as an anvil, and she's in true form in this recent report about the growing...