As y’all know, I’m a white liberal, so take that into account…

-The notion often phrased that “if what that guy said about white people were said about black people, it would be like what David Duke says” is fundamentally BULLSHIT. Unless and until white people are a victimized under-race in this country — and that [...]

I just got back from seeing FUNNY GAMES and felt like putting pen to paper, fingers to keys. It’s tough to write about without at least hinting in some way at the ending (I’ll try not to, but seriously, the whole thing is buildup to a specific result). I have avoided reading interviews with writer-director [...]

UPDATE: EMAIL SEEMS TO BE WORKING PROPERLY AGAIN

It has now come to my attention that I may be having email issues. Naturally this would happen during the time I have no phone.

Here’s the drill:

My lytrules-dot-com address is the one with the issues. Send me a message, and you may be told it didn’t go through. [...]

Be sure to read all of it.

It’s damn good.

For the first time in my adult life, I’m really proud of an American presidential politician.

A visual review of THE BANK JOB with special guest critic Matthew King

Some background: Matt and I used to go to screenings almost weekly, and as soon as the lights come up, he always has an unfiltered opinion that sometimes solidifies the more he talks it out, unpretentious and to the point. For years I [...]

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Thanks to the awesomeness that is bureaucracy, my new phone company canceled my old account a full two weeks before they plan on actually getting around to giving me their own service.

As I understand it, this means my home phone will be out of service for two weeks, and should resume at the same number [...]

Happy anniversary to me.

It is perhaps only fitting that year two begins in at least one way that mirrors the start of year one…endless hours of trying to schedule a visit from the phone company.