Eric Arvin's Blog, page 194

Random Brain Vomit

...Shohreh Aghdashloo should be in an adaptation of something I write. I loff her!

...Cher would make a really interesting Auntie Mame.

...That pretentious ResidenSea program on the Travel Channel irritates me every time I skim past it.

...Kelly Osbourne looks surprisingly similar to a young Angela Lansbury. Seriously. Go watch Gaslight or The Picture of Dorian Gray and then look at some of the clips from that dancing show Osbourne was just on.

...Househunters makes me want.

...Re: the Clash of...

Parody: "If I Were in Porn"

Very cute:

Hot Shot: Amateur Buns

Monday's Song

On this day in 1974, "Lucy" (Australopithecus) was discovered in Ethiopia.

"The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" by Marianne Faithfull

A Short Rant About Illegal Downloads

I just got a notice from Google that my books are featured for free and illegal download on a certain site here on the net. This makes me angry and overwhelmed. The fact is, I could write and say, "Get your paws off my books!" But there are thousands of these sites. I can't write to them all.

There's something very viral about them. They are damaging not only to me (I'm not a wealthy man; I need every dollar I can get), but to my image of the readers who go to these sites looking for Subsurdit...

Hot Shot: God Bless Him! He's Trying...

Reminds me of some of the guys I went to college with...

Sunday's Song

Because this song a day thing is hard! There are some historical events that don't make sense with any music I like, not even a little.

"Harder" by David Gray

Hot Shot: Strapping

Saturday's Song

On this day in 1943, songwriter Randy Newman was born.

"Feels Like Home" by Chantal Kreviazuk (my fav Newman song)

Milk

Today is the 31st anniversary of Harvey Milk's assassination. This trailer for the Gus Van Sant film still gives me chills: