The Humor Columnist Interview with Author Anthony Miller
I was one of the judges in the Shirley You Jest book contest, and as such I get to interview the winners. This week I’ve interviewed Anthony Miller, whose book What Would Satan Do? won second place in...
View ArticleThe Humor Columnist interviews Charley Memminger, author of ‘Aloha, Lady Blue’
Charley Memminger is an award-winning humor columnist, screenwriter and author in Hawaii who just published his first novel, “Aloha, Lady Blue.” The premise: Stryker McBride is a former crime reporter...
View ArticleOuttakes From the Jen Kirkman Interview
I know Jen Kirkman. A little. She appeared on my podcast twice and was a fantastic guest both times. Kirkman has written a book entitled “I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life...
View ArticleMailing List for My Untitled Humor Book Set at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio
So the thing with books these days is that you have to start marketing them before they’re finished, which is probably something that, say, Victor Hugo never had to deal with. Other things Hugo never...
View ArticleInsane Wedding
Dave Barry is responsible for the only truly interesting rehearsal dinner in wedding history. And for that alone “Insane City” deserves praise. “Insane City” is a book about a wedding in Miami gone...
View ArticleThe Humor Columnist Interview with Jeff Kramer
Back when newspapers had humor columnists, the Orange County Register had a good one. From 1994-2003 Jeff Kramer covered life behind the Orange Curtain, first as a military reporter then as a humor...
View ArticleIs it Good? Tart Restaurant
I get invited to events because I’m married to one of Los Angeles’s top food, travel and lifestyle writers. I’ve also been a lifestyle writer myself. I go to so many restaurants and bars and...
View ArticleIs it Good? iPic Theater
Well, that’s it. All other movie theaters are ruined for me forever. (SETS ARCLIGHT MEMBERSHIP CARD ON FIRE.) I’ll never go to another one without comparing it to the iPic. Thank you, iPic. Damn you,...
View ArticleIs It Good? Blaze Pizza
Blaze Pizza solves the biggest problem in the pizza business: how long it takes to make a pizza. Making a pizza takes forever. By the time you drive to a pizza joint, wait for the waiter to take your...
View ArticleIs it Good? Saint Martha
I never get excited about brisket. It is a source of perpetual disappointment. Sometimes I order it at restaurants. And sometimes it gets trotted out during a press dinner. I bite in hopeful. I...
View ArticleIs it Good? Sir Hare
The metrosexual minute, which somehow dovetailed into this hipster era through which we all must endure, has produced its fair share of grooming products for the well-coiffed. But it has created...
View ArticleI am in this Video, and I Still Don’t Know What True Detective Season 2 is about
Last year HBO premiered True Detective, which immediately became a hit with an intriguing mystery, incredible performances and a script that was smart and original. True Detective Season 2 has...
View ArticleEntourage … Oof
Watched the Entourage movie. Has the writer ever met an actual woman before? Every female in that movie, with maybe one tiny exception, was only there to sleep with, complicate, forgive or ruin a...
View ArticleStraight Outta Compton
If you were into NWA the way this white suburban kid was in high school, or you want to see a pretty entertaining and actually quite relevant flick, I give Straight Outta Compton a rating of, “Damn,...
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