Photo Credit: Denis Collete Now I’ll give just about any wine a go. And I often answer, “Surprise me” when bartenders ask me if I want a particular brand of scotch, whisky or bourbon. Well drinks? I ain’t hating! But there is one thing that I don’t truck with and that is bad beer. So [...]

Either you didn’t know or didn’t want to admit to knowing that yesterday’s lyric was from “Mandy” by Barry Manilow. Either way, I get the point, so yay! Onto Random Tuesday. This song is by my least favorite 90s band. Yes, I would even rank them below Hootie & The Blowfish, b/c at least Darius [...]

Have I mentioned that I love, love, I-mean-just-really-adore Etsy? This silver dollar coin ring (which retails from mobile-DJ-turned-youth-pastor, Spiritual Flyer for $74.50) looks so cool! Click on the pic for more info. [Source: Something To Say via Spiritual Flyer]

. a blogumn by Michael Kass 4 AM. Unable to sleep, I hoof it around the corner to Ghetto Ralphs, aka Silver Lake Ralphs. During daylight hours, the parking lot would be bustling with cars vying for a parking spot. The drivers would be a mix of the gentrifiers and the gentrifi-ees, those on the [...]

So the The Book of Eli seems to combine to things I love to death: Films set in an apocolyptic future + Denzel Washington. Watchoo say! Thanks to Tananarive Due for the heads up!

Anyone in the mood for a love story to start out the week? This story barely even belongs to me, but I’ll give it to you anyway.

So back when I was a starving artist with a day job, what annoyed me the most (especially when rent came due) was that I was so underpaid for the work I did the first three years that I lived in Los Angeles. I won’t go into specific detail, but when you add in what [...]

You know I could get used to this winning stuff! Amy from “Tall Drink of Nerd” guessed correctly that Friday’s lyric was from “Something About You,” but alas, no one guessed the artist, which was a little band called Level 42. Ah well, I win for the second week in a row, so yippee. But [...]