Man Complains About Foofoo Whiskey, Proceeds to Use It to Create the Most Foofoo Cocktail Of All Time

Some people say “fru-fru” but in my college days, we all referred to “foofoo drinks”. I believe our standard for what constituted a foofoo drink was: Any cocktail named after a magazine Any cocktail that is pink Any cocktail containing liquer This was the 90’s, so you can probably guess what cocktail was specifically on… Read More Man Complains About Foofoo Whiskey, Proceeds to Use It to Create the Most Foofoo Cocktail Of All Time

7 Oct 20197 Oct 2019 Andrew1 Comment

A Smart Analysis of The Sixth Sense

Over at Ace of Spades. I did not realize that The Sixth Sense would have been the #1 film that year were it not for Star Wars. I haven’t seen it in forever, but I have a feeling I wouldn’t dislike it on rewatch (my favorite film from that year, however, remains Fight Club). And, here’s… Read More A Smart Analysis of The Sixth Sense

1 Jul 201930 Jun 2019 AndrewLeave a comment

Ace Of Spades Does “The Other Side of The Wind”

As part of a retrospective on Welles for its weekly movie post. His opinion matches my own. It’s an odd little movie, ambitious and self-referential, with an element of satire, both of Hollywood culture in the 70’s and of the art-house trends of that decade. The film within the film, which has the same title,… Read More Ace Of Spades Does “The Other Side of The Wind”

4 Dec 20184 Dec 2018 AndrewLeave a comment

Two Reruns: A Moving Tribute and a Glorious Hilarity

First, in honor of Pat Conroy’s passing, his own eulogy of his father, the Great Santini. The essence of it: We were raised by the men who made the United States of America the safest country on earth in the bloodiest century in all recorded history. Read the Whole Thing. Second, Ace of Spades reposts… Read More Two Reruns: A Moving Tribute and a Glorious Hilarity

8 Mar 20168 Mar 2016 AndrewLeave a comment

Why Celebrities Kill Themselves

It doesn’t take much to interpret Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s untimely death of what’s looking increasingly like a heroin overdose as an unconscious leap into the void. When I first read the accounts, I was struck by two facts: Hoffman had been clean, or so he said, for 23 years before last year. The brand of… Read More Why Celebrities Kill Themselves

4 Feb 2014 Andrew1 Comment

The Discreet Charms of the New Class

I first read Ayn Rand in college, and enjoyed her insofar as she expressed things I had previously pondered but never fully articulated. Her philosophy attempted to wed Aristotle with dialectical materialism, and I’m not entirely sure how well she pulled it off. But she did hit upon some under-spoken truths in her major works,… Read More The Discreet Charms of the New Class

30 Jan 2014 AndrewLeave a comment

Jonah Goldberg on The Vital Importance of Saying “I Told You So.”

Normally, when a piece of legislation is flawed, the spirit of bipartisanship demands a responsible effort to fix it. In this way, both critics and proponents can work together democratically to best benefit their constitutents. But not this time. This time, the Democrats can eat it. This time, they passed a law that every Republican… Read More Jonah Goldberg on The Vital Importance of Saying “I Told You So.”

14 Nov 201314 Nov 2013 AndrewLeave a comment

The New, Entirely Predictable Talking Point: Republicans Sabotaged ObamaCare By Not Supporting It

Ace has the details. Because all the stupid things in…mmmph…hehe Sorry. I was making a point…hee hee… oh, do excuse me. heheheheh… Ha! HA HA HA HA HA! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

1 Nov 2013 AndrewLeave a comment

Kermit Gosnell and the Holy of Holies

Abortion is not new. It did not spring fully-formed from the head of the Supreme Court in 1973. It is as old as civilization itself, and the controversy surrounding it is just as old: “Why sow where the ground makes it its care to destroy the fruit? Where there are many efforts at abortion? Where… Read More Kermit Gosnell and the Holy of Holies

13 Apr 2013 Andrew2 Comments