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You know, in OUTLAWS OF THE MARSH , every character has a nickname. There's the Black Whirlwind, the Red-Haired Demon , the Dry-Land Cro...

In today's installment of Jerky the Li'l Jerk , Jerky meets Melville's immortal character (well, he dies in the story, but you...

"Li Kui, naked as an owl , angrily seized a broken pole and charged up the bank to continue the battle." I'm still reading OUT...

Last night, as I lay in bed reading THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANDY WARHOL , I was given reason to recall the time I tried to convince Sarah Lloyd ...

We went to visit my parents and Dr. Theresa was eating oysters, because that's what people do down there, and in an oyster she found a...

Following McNeil's example, I watched WILD IN THE COUNTRY. It's one of Elvis's more somber and serious roles, a fact which m...

Hey! On July 8 at 5:30, I'll be reading from my novel SWEET BANANAS at Off Square Books . You may "click" here for details , ...

In Episode 521 of DARK SHADOWS a new character pops up and he's basically the devil. Anyway, a few episodes later, he says "gazeb...

I had fun last night watching BARRY LYNDON with Tom Franklin. Yes, that's my idea of fun, so go to hell. Speaking of going to hell! Y...

Well, it was too hot to walk outside yesterday, so Dr. Theresa and I headed over to the gym. Afterward, we thought we'd grab our famous...

A character on DARK SHADOWS said "I find that cheese always helps me sleep." And, you know, DARK SHADOWS was a daily soap opera ,...

Here's a sentence from Charlton Heston's journals : "The pope's apparently terminal illness canceled a cocktail thing....

1. Dr. Theresa and I have been watching DARK SHADOWS , the original series. Yesterday, Angelique (pictured... photo taken directly from our...

The most important thing is that Sonny Rollins died. My hero! It's no exaggeration to call him my hero. At the bottom of this "pos...

As you may have noticed, there has been no SIZZLING CELEBRITY GOSSIP of any kind anywhere in the world since June 26, 2012! That's a lo...

1. "Poor ruffians, their lives vanished like a dream." - OUTLAWS OF THE MARSH 2. Okay, so when I got back from my travels , my sc...

1. McNeil dreamed - shortly before I left for Burbank on a bureaucratic mission that would stun and bore you - that I was transformed into...

Yesterday? Yesterday McNeil and I spent most of our time recasting IT STARTED IN NAPLES, a movie no one has thought about in 70 years. This...

Well, Gideon Bohak was right: I did learn something from Chapter 6 of ANCIENT JEWISH MAGIC! " Peeing between a palm tree and a wall...

I don't like it in an opera when a character lets out a sudden scream of horror. I don't mean a wail of despair that has been music...