Spitball Army

Bond movie as art film. Visually sumptuous; character-rich. Craig, Dench, Bardem, Whishaw: A++…too bad only 2 will return.

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It’s not about planes, as much as it is about the anatomy and politics of substance abuse. Denzel is predictably fantastic.

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A busy, shiny wind-up toy with a two-hour battery, it twists the Santa Claus fable through a modern techno’ prism.

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Q: What do you call a mushroom who goes into a bar and buys everyone a drink? A: The fun guy.

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I just threw the phone across the room and it started ringing.

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Me: “…when I lived in Boston.” He: “Oh, in New York City!” Me: “Well no, Boston’s in Massachusetts.” He: “That’s outside Atlanta, isn’t it?”

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Next time: a safety monocle.

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7:30 AM appointment for truck service and tire rotation. I roll out of there at 8:17. My secret: one dozen Dunkin’ donuts.

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At work, I was asked to stop using words people can’t understand in my monthly meeting minutes. Words like “adjourned” and “respectively.” They should know better than to make requests like that of me. I will start writing the minutes using only words of five letters or less. Or I may compose an entire meeting’s […]

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At the fast-food drive-thru window, I am greeted with, “$5.27. How are you?” That is bass-ackwards, and I am not a number.

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