Archive for November, 2009 (16 posts)

  1. I Wanna Be A Cowboy: Chicken versus Egg

    Nature versus Nurture. The gridiron might seem an improbable arena for resolving this age-old riddle, but the Dallas Cowboys‘ December may unscramble the chicken/egg-like conundrum. Statisticians, die-hards and certain head [...]

  2. I Wanna Be A Cowboy: Pollyana want a cracker?

    How ’bout dem Cowboys? Depending on the tone and inflection, this phrase is either a boastful taunt or confounded query. For fans, it is easy to waver between the two, [...]

  3. Three the hard way? A trio of under-appreciated movies

    I can accept the fact that some of the best movies will never be blockbusters, but I find it galling when they don’t get proper recognition either. This week, three [...]

  4. Preview: WHEN IN ROME

    Many thanks to the lovely Lindsay R! Rated PG-13 WHEN IN ROME official website Cast: Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Will Arnett, Alexis Dziena, Jon Heder, Dax Shepard, Kate Micucci, Bobby [...]

  5. Biznik Welcomes Dom Sagolla, Co-creator of Twitter

    [Seattle, November 18, 2009] – Dom Sagolla, a Co-creator of Twitter and author of the new book, 140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form (Wiley 2009), is the next [...]

  6. Continuing EDUCATION?

  7. The Ava Report: NATTY GANN, LITTLE MERMAID 2 & WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

    We all know that criticism is subjective. Thus, when reading reviews it is best to formulate opinions of the reviewers themselves. You needn’t agree on everything, just get a sense [...]

  8. Biznik Innovators Series w/ Dan Pink (DRIVE!)

    BIZNIK INNOVATORS SERIES Best Selling Author Dan Pink Shares the Truth About Motivation Special Event with author of Free Agent Nation, A Whole New Mind and Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates [...]

  9. STIFF Nights: REMARKABLE POWER

    Many thanks to the spectacular Spencer F! Director: Brandon Beckner Starring:  Kevin Nealon, Nora Zehetner, Tom Arnold, Kip Pardue, Dule Hill, Christopher Titus Watch the REMARKABLE POWER trailer! With the [...]

  10. Preview: EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES

    Many thanks to the dandy Danielle W! Rated PG for thematic material, language and a mild suggestive moment. In the tradition of great inspirational dramas like the Academy Award nominated [...]

  11. Do The Math(er): Calculating the value of Buckminster Fuller

    Urban developers and corporate bigwigs are, by nature, indifferent to historic preservation. Blithely, they invert the George Santayana warning: Those who cannot remember the past will repeat condemning it. In [...]

  12. Waxing Poetic?

    Some of you may only associate wax with Brazilians and ear candles, but within the visions of Steph Kese and Erin Pollock, parrafin is transfigured to ephemeral Art. Below, a [...]

  13. I Wanna Be A Cowboy: Keep Smiling

    “It’s not who we play. It’s how we play.” Indeed. Thank you, Bradie James. With their scrappy 20-16 victory Sunday night, the Cowboys demonstrated they would no longer rise and [...]

  14. Run to the BORDERS!

    It’s one thing to tackle the festival circuit, it’s quite another to hit it full force, push it back ten yards and drive it into the ground. But that’s just [...]

  15. Hold your horses! We’re all autistic.

    The causes and cures for Autism are as debatable as the credentials of many of those that chime in. However, if we can all agree that Autism traverses a spectrum, [...]

  16. The Warren Report: Davis Guggenheim – It Might Get Loud

    Warren chats with Davis Guggenheim (Director:An Inconvenient Truth) about his last doc, what it means to be an artist, and clueless security guards