tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63625452011-09-01T07:44:31.335-05:00Two Words: Jeff EllisYes, it's yet another homepage for writer, actor, politician, chain-smoker, and all-around crank Jeff EllisJeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.comBlogger2271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1141706442106704032006-03-06T22:28:00.000-06:002006-03-06T22:40:42.116-06:00The Texas state primaries are tomorrow and my phone has been ringing off the hook all day today. My answering machine currently holds 33 recorded messages from various candidates and their supporters, asking me for my vote in tomorrow's Republican primary (which should be a big snooze anyway now that Strayhorn is running for Governor as an independent). The sound of my phone ringing has now Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1141607059401997162006-03-05T18:56:00.000-06:002006-03-05T19:04:19.426-06:00Well, the Oscars will be starting in about four minutes and I'm about to sit back and watch 'em. However, before things gets started, I'm going to post my own personal choices for the top awards. After the show ends, I can go back and see just how much I disagree with the Academy.Best Picture: CapoteBest Director: Bennett Miller for CapoteBest Actor: Phillip Seymour Hoffman for CapoteBest Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1138147675878092572006-01-24T17:59:00.000-06:002006-01-24T18:07:55.896-06:00Hello and a happy belated new year to everyone!(A very belated new year but oh well...)Where have I been? I've been offline! This is, seriously, the first time I've been online since the start of 2006. Yep, a three-week break from the internet. It was actually quite liberating and I suggest it to anyone and everyone.But, on a far more important note--Yesterday, I finished the first draft of Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1134706200502197532005-12-15T22:08:00.000-06:002005-12-15T22:10:00.513-06:00I just finished watching the season finale of The Apprentice (the Donald Trump version and not the anemic Martha Stewart version).All I can say is this:Wow, Randal sure turned out to be an asshole, didn't he?Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1133927849684670872005-12-06T21:43:00.000-06:002005-12-06T21:57:56.420-06:00There's a lyric from an old INXS song called The Devil Inside that goes something like, "Look at the faces/listen to the bells/it's hard to believe/we need a place called Hell..."I think that probably sums up the way many Texas Democrats probably felt about the prospect of nominating Chris Bell to run for Governor in 2006. Bell, of course, is the almost laughably transparent one-term CongressmanJeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1133660068837458012005-12-03T19:33:00.000-06:002005-12-03T19:34:28.846-06:00Well, I am now 32 years old. Have been for a week and one day now. It’s strange. I still have a difficult time thinking of myself as an adult. I now I’ve grown up a lot in the past few years but in so many ways, I still feel like a kid. Believe it or not, that’s not meant to be any sort of indication of a negative frame of mind on my part. As opposed to last year, this last birthday was Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1132717075006142492005-11-22T21:35:00.000-06:002005-11-22T21:37:55.023-06:00Friday, November 25th, 2005 -- Mark that date! On that historic day, I will be turning 32. 32 years -- wow, that's an awful long time spent accomplishing precious little! :)(Yeah, sometimes I give in to the need to use smiley faces...)Jason M. -- if you're reading this, I'll try to drop you an e-mail on that date. Austin's looking mighty good to me right now.Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1132445925961276112005-11-19T18:07:00.000-06:002005-11-19T18:18:45.980-06:00This just out of California --Robert Blake, acquitted of murdering Bonnie Blakely, has been found liable for her death in a civil trial and has been ordered to pay 30 million dollars in damages. This is the latest example of what should be known as "The O.J. Simpson Loophole;" i.e., a way to punish former and current celebrities that have committed terrible crimes but who still inspire enough Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1132389204211982612005-11-19T02:25:00.000-06:002005-11-19T02:33:24.213-06:00Just visited Reva Renz's blog (there's a link over to the side and she left a really cool note in my guestbook) and was reminded that I forgot to mention Veteran's Day and shame on me for the oversight.So, allow me offer a belated HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY and a belated thank you to our armed forces. Admitedly, I am anti-war but I will never be anti-military. The fact of the matter is that it's Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1132388603409435672005-11-19T01:50:00.000-06:002005-11-19T02:23:23.460-06:00I've been sick for the past two weeks or so with a pretty bad cold and therefore, I've been spending a lot of time in bed, hacking up phleghm. It's a miserable way to spend a day though, at the same time, it has also forced me to cut down on the amount of cigarettes I usually smoke during the day. There's nothing more disgusting than phleghm that tastes like nicotine.Things got so bad this weekJeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1130214789120900362005-10-24T22:56:00.000-05:002005-10-24T23:33:09.170-05:00According to the politics1 website, Cindy Sheehan has announced that she will not vote to reelect Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D--NY) in 2006 unless Clinton formally apologizes for voting to authorize military force in Iraq.Well, this -- in itself -- really isn't worthy of much comment. I recently sent Ms. Sheehan an e-mail in response to one of her statements complaining about CNN devoting moreJeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1129427519418530512005-10-15T20:28:00.000-05:002005-10-15T20:51:59.426-05:00This just out from Hollywood...Rod Lurie has been replaced as executive producer of Commander in Cheif. This, of course, is the latest show to remind us of just how good Kyle Secord was on Homicide and how criminally under-and-misused he's been since that show went off the air.Or, at least, that's what it is to me.To the rest of America, Commander in Chief is the new TV show about how the quirkyJeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1129162317947182052005-10-12T18:57:00.000-05:002005-10-12T19:11:57.976-05:00Hi there.I'm popping back in for a few minutes because I have come across one of the most brilliant things to ever appear on the web and therefore, I must include the following link.It's the Johnny Gosch/Jeff Gannon blog!. It apparently celebrated a short life earlier in March of this year but what a life it lived! Seriously, this is one of the most brilliant pieces of performance art ever to Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1125973249529034812005-09-05T21:19:00.000-05:002005-09-05T21:20:49.533-05:00By the way, once I do return, I will probably be using this blog as a forum to announce that I will be a candidate for the Libertarian Presidential nomination in 2008.Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1125971559872195752005-09-05T20:26:00.000-05:002005-09-05T20:52:39.880-05:00This might be my last post for a while. For reasons that are nobody's business but my own, I may not be able to update this blog for a while. I can't say for sure just yet. However, that does not mean that I am abandoning this blog. I will return to it and continue updating it with my usual collection of thoughts and egocentric observations as soon as possible. However, I can't give an exactJeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1125718167292604032005-09-02T22:27:00.000-05:002005-09-02T22:29:27.296-05:00Rich Lowry is one of my favorite commentators and, as usual, he has written a column that expresses my feelings on New Orleans far more eloquently and intelligently than I could hope to do.Click here to read it.Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1125716816833100642005-09-02T21:37:00.000-05:002005-09-02T22:10:34.850-05:00For the past week, my thoughts -- and the thoughts of most of the country -- have centered on the aftermath of Katrina and what (premature though the conclusion may be) appears to be the death of New Orleans. And as I sit here at my computer, I really don't know what to say. What can I -- or anyone -- say about this latest disaster? It's easy for me to say that things are going to get better Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1125500762343930862005-08-31T09:59:00.000-05:002005-08-31T10:06:02.350-05:00Back in 1962 when Edward Moore Kennedy first ran for the U.S. Senate seat that had been previously occupied by his older brother, he had -- for the only time in his career -- a serious opponent in the Democratic primary. That opponent was Edward McCormack who, at that time, was the Attorney General of Massachusetts. At one point during the campaign, Kennedy and McCormack faced each other in a Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1124840931223527672005-08-23T18:46:00.000-05:002005-08-23T18:48:51.230-05:00Apparently, Pat Robertson has suggested that the American government should consider sending paid assassins down to South America to take out Hugo Chavez.Which just goes to prove what I've always said: The most difficult thing about being a conservative in America is other conservatives.Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1124677260141906472005-08-21T21:18:00.000-05:002005-08-21T21:21:00.146-05:00Seventy-five years later, there's a new lead in the never solved disappearance of New York Judge Joseph Force Crater.Finally, there's a development in a cold case that doesn't involve DNA!Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1124571934531549742005-08-20T16:02:00.000-05:002005-08-20T16:05:34.536-05:00If you were recovering from a stroke, would you actually want to have Cindy Sheehan around?For further thoughts on Cindy Sheehan, I refer you to Christopher Hitchens.Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1124248701528022772005-08-16T21:52:00.000-05:002005-08-16T22:18:21.546-05:00To the surprise of no one, former U.S. Rep. Chris Bell has made it official. He will be a candidate for the Democratic nomination to run for Texas governor. He started out by blasting Gov. Perry in words that were rather mild compared to what most of Perry's fellow Republicans have been saying as of late. No word as of yet whether or not Bell will continue to run on a platform of "I really Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1123802271665290212005-08-11T18:01:00.000-05:002005-08-11T18:19:26.920-05:00There's currently a woman named Cindy Sheehan who is camping out in Crawford, Texas in an attempt to get a meeting with President Bush. It seems that Ms. Sheehan's son was killed in Iraq and, fortunately for her, his death has given Ms. Sheehan the oppurtunity to grab her fifteen minutes of fame and to become the newest heroine of that unique brand of liberal activist; the type who prefer to Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1123799004312760252005-08-11T17:21:00.000-05:002005-08-11T17:23:24.316-05:00The other day, I wrote a long review of the movie Happy Endings but, like an idiot, I attempted to post it while Blogger was doing some sort of systems upgrade and the whole thing was lost to history.So, here's a quick recap of that lost post:Happy Endings: Uneven film that has some strong moments but, on the whole, is a bit too quirky for its own good. Very much worth seeing on the basis of twoJeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1123099259205171162005-08-03T14:46:00.000-05:002005-08-03T15:00:59.213-05:00As should be evident from my last post, I was feeling a little bit depressed yesterday. However, I snapped out of that depression about half an hour after I posted that long, self-pitying little message and I have someone I've never met to thank for that.After I posted yesterday, I decided -- mostly out of boredom -- to do a google search on It's Impossible To Start A Fire If You Have No Desire Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1122968048862523562005-08-02T01:09:00.000-05:002005-08-02T02:34:08.926-05:00To paraphrase the old commercial, sometimes you feel like a fraud and sometimes you don't.Guess how I'm feeling right about now.For the past few months (though it seems much longer right now in my angsty, self-pitying state), I have been a writer who doesn't actually write. I've been jotting down various ideas and filling notebook after notebook with copious details for books, stories, and Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1122936814913966732005-08-01T17:48:00.000-05:002005-08-01T17:53:34.920-05:00Recommended reading: Politics1 has a very interesting (and, actually, rather amusing) article on the connections between William W. Scranton III (currently running for governor of Pennsylvania and the son and namesake of the man who -- for a brief while in 1964 -- was a major Presidential contender) and the officially-but-not-really defunct cult known as the Natural Law Party.Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1122859641831460382005-07-31T20:19:00.000-05:002005-07-31T20:27:21.836-05:00So, I just finished watching -- for the first time -- Lucio Fulci's The Beyond on DVD. This is a film I've been seeking for about three months now; largely on the basis of various claims that it was perhaps the greatest horror film ever to be produced by Italy's film industry. Since I was already an admirer of several of Fulci's other films, there was something just not right about the fact Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1120872004491119302005-07-08T20:12:00.000-05:002005-07-08T20:20:04.496-05:00Recorded here for future generations, my latest concept for a hit television dramadey:Valerie Barling isn't your typical Harvard Law School Grad.She's hot.She's a genius.She's a virgin.She's Hollywood's newest hotshot attorney.AND SHE'S ONLY 18 YEARS OLD!She's Barely Legal!Barely Legal -- Coming the fall from Fox!Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1120844868985162482005-07-08T12:41:00.000-05:002005-07-08T12:47:48.990-05:00An old friend of mine by the name of August has started up her own blog. August lives in England and, as such, her second entry deals with the bombings and it can be read by clicking on this link. Needless to say, I'm glad to both see that August now has a presence online and that she has survived these latest attacks unharmed. Though I am going to disagree with her (which actually happens Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1120843427293315512005-07-08T12:20:00.000-05:002005-07-08T12:23:47.300-05:00Allow me to express my best wishes and hopes for the people of London who were, as the world now knows, the victims of yet another cowardly attack by the most cowardly of all attackers.Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1119328048151594552005-06-20T23:26:00.000-05:002005-06-20T23:27:28.156-05:00While I spent this weekend bitching online about Intervention, a show about which only I seem to be pathetic enough to have an opinion about, a lot happened on the Texas political scene. First off, on Friday, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson shocked most observers by announcing that she would not be challenging Gov. Rick Perry in the Republican primary. For the past few days, there’s been all Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1119236996400493282005-06-19T21:56:00.000-05:002005-06-19T22:09:56.406-05:00And now a word from our sponsor...Are members of your family continually annoying you with their pesky addictions and emotional problems? Do you find yourself worrying that your son or daughter is either going to die or, at the very least, make a scene in public in the near future? Do you want one last chance to thoroughly degrade them and make sure that they (and the rest of the world) know Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1119233107951358382005-06-19T21:00:00.000-05:002005-06-19T21:05:07.956-05:00It's probably a sad statement of priorities that with everything I could write about on this blog, at this very moment I am choosing to again state that I am addicted to a show that I absolutely despise -- Intervention on A&E. It's a definite so-bad-it's-good type of situation except for the fact that it never really gets good. It's so bad that it's really, really bad. And infuriating. But Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1118709183743085542005-06-13T19:32:00.000-05:002005-06-13T19:33:03.750-05:00As the world undoubtly knows by now, self-proclaimed King of Pop (in much the same way that Al Gore is the self-proclaimed 43rd President of the United State) Michael Jackson was found not guilty on child molestation charges earlier today. If Jackson’s previous behavior is any guide, he is probably proclaiming this as a “vindication.” It is, of course, nothing of the sort. 12 people felt that Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1117752886563135172005-06-02T17:49:00.000-05:002005-06-02T17:55:07.636-05:00Mark-Felt-Is-Deep-Throat fallout continues! Follow this link to a good look back at then-President Nixon's feelings towards Mark Felt. Often times, we Republicans get so caught up in detailing the hypocricy of Nixon's enemies that we tend to gloss over the fact that Dick Nixon, as the above article shows, was hardly a pretty piece of work himself. Nixon may not have the greatest monster who Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1117687887812174072005-06-01T23:40:00.000-05:002005-06-01T23:51:27.816-05:00Imagine how differently much of modern history might have played out if Linda Tripp had been played by Hal Holbrook!(Actually, it probably would have played out exactly the same. A President Gore probably wouldn't have made much effort to capture Bin Laden either and, much like Gerald Ford, he probably wouldn't have been elected to a Presidential term in his own right. And George W. Bush was Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1117686562370451422005-06-01T23:17:00.000-05:002005-06-01T23:29:22.376-05:00Well, after three decades, the mystery is finally solved. We now know the name of the man who was Deep Throat. And, despite all the public speculations that have taken place over the years, that name is not Al Haig, John Dean, Robert Bennett, Spiro Agnew, John Erlichman, John Sears, L. Patrick Gray III, Alexander Butterfield, E. Howard Hunt, J. Egdar Hoover, H.R. Haldeman, or anyone else with Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1117156871629077512005-05-26T19:56:00.000-05:002005-05-26T20:21:11.670-05:00I just returned from seeing Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and I must say that I am as shocked as anybody by the fact that it is actually a pretty good film. Certainly, of all the prequels, it is the only one to actually feel like a Star Wars film.To a large extent, Star Wars was the mythology of my childhood. I was four when the first film came out, seven when it was followed by Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1117073826984173592005-05-25T21:10:00.000-05:002005-05-25T21:17:06.990-05:00It's the Revenge of the Stepford Singer!America has voted and, in a move that will undoubtly bring comfort to bland virgins everywhere, they have named Carrie Underwood the new American Idol. I have to admit that I ended up getting hooked on American Idol this season; this despite my earlier comments condemning the show and the bland mediocrity that it often forces on viewers. And speaking of Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1116903628663393322005-05-23T21:35:00.000-05:002005-05-23T22:00:28.690-05:00And yet another day in the life of Jack Bauer comes to a close.Yes, I just finished watching the fourth season finale of 24, which has been hyped -- for the past two months or so -- as one of the greatest things ever to be unleashed on American television screens. So, did it live up to the hype? Well, no -- but then again, what could have? It was entertaining, joyfully implausible, and a Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1116816958213824782005-05-22T21:37:00.000-05:002005-05-22T21:55:58.220-05:00I am watching A&E right now and -- unfortunately -- every image that has appeared on the screen for the past two hours has been amazingly annoying. The latest offender was the latest OnStar Commercial; this one featuring a bunch of smirking children staring at the viewer and asking, "Would you put me in a car without a car seat?" "Who's going to let the police know when we have an accident?" "Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1116727452270376222005-05-21T20:59:00.000-05:002005-05-21T21:04:12.276-05:00A quick post here to announce that my internet fued with the mysterious, guest-book signing "Sheena" is at an end; at least as far as I'm concerned. Sheena, if you've been following this enthralling drama, is the reader who informed me, via my guestbook, that I am "a fucking idiot." Well, I'm glad to say that I am not a fucking idiot and apparently, neither is Sheena.So, let's all breathe a Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1115603212499558812005-05-08T20:22:00.000-05:002005-05-08T20:46:52.606-05:00As I've noted several times, I am practically obsessed with unsolved disappearances. Natrually, the case of Jennifer Willbanks, the runaway bride of Georgia has held my attention since it started. The Willbanks Case, for those who have had better things to do with their spare time, basically goes as follows:The day before her wedding, Jennifer Willbanks goes out for a jog and then doesn't Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1114491681598568962005-04-25T23:57:00.000-05:002005-04-26T00:06:36.376-05:00Hmmm...well, I was going to write about my new job, the new Pope, and other related matters but I think this space would be wasted if I didn't take the time to respond to Sheena and the articulate commentary she left in my guestbook.Yes, Sheena, I am "a fucking idiot."Congratulations on figuring that out.You are to commended for having the guts to point that out.Yet, for some reason, I continue Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1113765668592687522005-04-17T14:18:00.000-05:002005-04-17T14:21:08.593-05:00Well, after two years of me complaining and turning in two notices, it's finally happened. I found out today that I am finally being transferred to the day shift at the store. I will be in charge of the Meat Department. Do I want to be in charge of the Meat Department? No, not really. But it's a day shift which means I'll have more oppurtunities to actually have a life.I'll post more detailsJeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1113404555083554372005-04-13T09:51:00.000-05:002005-04-13T10:03:51.203-05:00For those concerned with the prospect of mainstream politicians aligned with fringe nuts (such as the apparent ties between John Conyers and Lyndon LaRouche that I wrote about a few entries back) check out this article from the New York Post, dealing with the attendance of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel at a rally organized by Dr. Lenora Fulani. For more Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1113383175488477792005-04-13T03:51:00.000-05:002005-04-13T04:06:15.490-05:00While I'm on a political kick here, scratch off one potential Democratic candidate for Governor. Fmr. U.S. Rep. Nick Lampson, one of the Democrats who was redistricted out of office back in 2004, will not be running for Governor. Instead, according to The Dallas Morning News last Saturday, he is planning on running against the mastermind behind redistricting -- and current all purpose boogeymanJeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1113382051233422332005-04-13T03:46:00.000-05:002005-04-13T03:47:31.233-05:00The filing deadline for the New Jersey Governor's race has come and gone. Regretfully, despite earlier speculation, Joe Piscopo will not be a candidate.Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1113365763640655542005-04-12T22:56:00.000-05:002005-04-12T23:16:03.646-05:00"Bluntness may not be very good diplomacy, but on occasion it may be required."These words were uttered by one of my favorite politicians, U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar (Republican from Indiana) as he concluded the hearings on John Bolton's nomination to be Amabassador to the U.N. First off, a few words on Lugar because he is someone who deserves more words than he tends to get. Lugar is probably oneJeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1113314741475968822005-04-12T08:55:00.000-05:002005-04-12T09:05:41.480-05:00Ron Gunzberger, editor of the currently on-hiatus politics1, has made it a point to maintain coverage of the attempts of various "fringe" movements to enter the mainstream of American politics. Last year, he exposed the connect between the Rev. Sun Myung Moon and several prominent politicians. This year, he's raising the alarm about the apparent revival of political extremist Lyndon LaRouche. Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1112901685369661622005-04-07T14:20:00.000-05:002005-04-07T14:21:25.370-05:00Oh, and Judy BigOnes, let me just add that I sincerely hope you're getting laid right now even as you read this. Again, thanks for asking and God bless.Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1112901480396673772005-04-07T14:13:00.000-05:002005-04-07T14:18:00.396-05:00So, I was going through my junk mail over at my hotmail account a few minutes ago and I came across an e-mail from a Ms. Judy BigOnes (I'm assuming that last name is Eastern European in origin) and while I didn't open the message before deleting it, I did take note of the subject line: "Getting laid yet?"So, thank you, Judy, if you're reading this. It's good to discover, when you're feeling Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1112881685961189222005-04-07T08:12:00.000-05:002005-04-07T08:48:05.966-05:00As all political junkies are doubtlessly aware, there has already been considerable speculation on just who, exactly, will be the major party nominees for President in 2008. Nothing unusual about that. It's a lot of fun to speculate though, it must be said, the more interesting the speculation the more likely it seems that it won't actually happen.The assumption seems to be that Hillary Rodham Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1112823389354926662005-04-06T16:22:00.000-05:002005-04-06T16:36:29.356-05:00Proof positive that pop culture is weird:Like a lot of people, I remember -- quite fondly -- a little sitcom on Fox called Married With Children which dealt with the living Hell that was the life of shoe salesman Al Bundy. Al was played by the very talented Ed O'Neill who -- when he wasn't sitting on that ugly couch with his hand down his pants -- was distinguishing himself as a superb dramatic Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1112821035737254202005-04-06T15:42:00.000-05:002005-04-06T15:57:15.740-05:00Presented for your approval, two interesting links that I came across during today's roaming of the internet:First off, Shannon Black's Question of the Day (or Week) from her own blog. It's a pretty good question and one that I've often thought about myself. (I attempted to answer it. Unfortunately, my answer pretty much sucks but you can't win 'em all...) It's also evidence of why we're Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1112797640821172612005-04-06T09:07:00.000-05:002005-04-06T09:27:20.833-05:00Two days ago, another chapter was written in one of the strangest stories of modern American true crime when confessed killer, escaped convict, and acclaimed sculptor Randolph "Randy" Dial was arrested, 11 years after fleeing prison with the warden's young and attractive wife, in a small town in East Texas. Read the story here.As bizarre as that article makes this case sound, it really doesn't Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1112747669234264652005-04-05T19:23:00.000-05:002005-04-05T19:34:29.236-05:00The other night, I watched The Cabinet of Dr. Calgari, one of the many DVDs that I've purchased over the past two weeks (there's no specific story behind this sudden increase of DVD buying on my part -- I just happen to have bought a lot of DVDs recently). The Cabinet of Dr. Calgari is, of course, a silent film made in Germany in 1919 and it is probably best known as one of the first films to Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1112363233851566322005-04-01T07:42:00.000-06:002005-04-01T07:47:13.853-06:00I'm torn between whether or not to say anything regarding the death of Terri Shiavo yesterday. My natural instinct is to say yes but my own sense of decency says not to. So, I will compromise by linking to this article that, for the most part, manages to get down to what was really important in all of this. The article asks one question -- who was Terri Shiavo? All said, it manages to give aJeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1112212433082853352005-03-30T13:50:00.000-06:002005-03-30T13:55:17.100-06:00I know I promised never to mention the Shiavo Case again on this blog but apparently I lied. Sorry. However, this article is simply too good not to link to.The point, of course, is not to suggest that George Felos's own religious theology should be used to dismiss him as a credible advocate. The point is why have't Felos' beliefs been subjected to the same scrutiny as the beliefs of those who Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1112211641634568312005-03-30T13:23:00.000-06:002005-03-30T13:40:41.636-06:00In the interest of burning bridges early in my literary career, I'm going to confess something that I've already publicly confessed far too many times in the past.Stephen King bugs me.Yes, some of it is professional jealousy. Some of it is the fact that he gets paid more money than most writers will ever dream of seeing over the course of his entire life for efforts that -- more and more Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1112171798112656432005-03-30T01:42:00.000-06:002005-03-30T02:36:38.120-06:00As I've mentioned here before, I am an unabashed fan of reality television and I have often felt that those commentators who are always so quick to bash it are often missing the entire point. Most viewers know that they're not saying anything resembling a classic work of art when they watch an episode of, say, Big Brother. We know that most reality television series are junk but, at the same Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1111673245130173242005-03-24T07:48:00.000-06:002005-03-24T08:07:25.133-06:00My previous comments on the Terri Shiavo case were probably too glib for their own good. Glibness is one of those bad habits that bloggers seem to fall into. For a much better post about the case, I'm going to direct readers to my friend Shannon Black's blog. Shannon has the right idea as far as the appropriate way for bloggers to handle this case. As she says, what will happen, will happen Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1111602677782497372005-03-23T12:29:00.000-06:002005-03-23T12:31:17.783-06:00Does anybody else get the feeling that right now, in California, Scott Peterson is following the coverage of the Terri Schiavo Case and slapping his forehead as he exclaims, "Why didn't I think of that!?"Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1111200565341256232005-03-18T20:43:00.000-06:002005-03-18T20:49:25.343-06:00On occasion, strange things pop up on network TV. Such as, right now, even as I type these very words, I am watching the conclusion of Navy Seals on CBS. Navy Seals is a Charlie Sheen/Michael Biehn B-movie from 1989 that made very little money at the box office, got absolutely horrendous reviews, and really isn't half bad as long as you're willing to go into it with the understanding that it isJeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1111106871462527932005-03-17T18:24:00.000-06:002005-03-17T18:48:17.770-06:00This meme (the Book meme) was passed on to me the Yankee from Mississippi herself, Shannon Black. So, without further ado, here we go --You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?Hmmm ... Well, I'd like to be all of them to be honest; as my goal in life has always been to read everything that has ever been written since the beginning of the the written language. But, if I Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1111068048466159542005-03-17T07:44:00.000-06:002005-03-17T08:00:48.470-06:00A happy and wonderful St. Patrick's Day to all of you, especially to those of you who, like me, trace their origins back to Ireland. For as long as I can remember, I've taken a great deal of pride in being an Irish-American and, as opposed to the popular cliche, it has nothing to do with the Kennedys. No, for me, it has to do with the legacy of one of the greatest film directors in history, Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1110725690604739352005-03-13T08:51:00.000-06:002005-03-13T08:54:50.606-06:00I just finished updating my links. Nothing too major -- I fixed the link to Shannon Black's blog, added a new link for D.C.'s Political Report, and changed a few descriptions to mirror recent developments. Hopefully, I'll add several more links over the next three days while I'm off from work. But from now, I'm going to go pass out and wish it was already St. Patrick's Day and that I was Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1110638991502858212005-03-12T08:33:00.000-06:002005-03-12T08:49:51.516-06:00In all the chaos and melodrama of being swamped with tedious work, I actually missed my chance to comment on the Oscars last month. Now, admitedly, I did end up sleeping through half the show. In fact, I was only half-awake when Clint Eastwood won best director which led to me having a very bizarre dream in which a young Al Pacino (looking like he did in 1979's And Justice For All...) stood up Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1110578547169513862005-03-11T14:41:00.000-06:002005-03-11T16:02:27.186-06:00Speaking of politics (and when am I not speaking of politics as of late?), it appears that we might actually have a halfway interesting election year coming up down here in Texas. This is a rarity because Texas -- regardless of what some analysts continue to claim -- has pretty much gone from being a one-party Democratic state to a one-party Republican state. Hence, the only real statewide Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1110564946803418052005-03-11T12:10:00.000-06:002005-03-11T12:15:46.806-06:00Oh by the way, yeah, it's been a while since I posted. Why has it been a while? Lack of time and not much else. I wish I had some big dramatic reason to give but I don't. All I can say is that I hope to keep things updated on a more consistent basis from now on. It's going to be one of my priorities as far as my free time is concerned.However, if I don't have any free time -- well, and Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1110564051005240722005-03-11T11:40:00.000-06:002005-03-11T12:00:51.010-06:00A few nights back, I actually surprised myself by deliberately watching Dan Rather's farewell broadcast as anchor for the CBS Evening News. Now, it's not going to come as a shock to anyone who knows my political leanings that I am not a big fan of any of the network news outlets. I am amongst those who sees liberal media bias lurking behind every corner. I'll be the first to admit that I also Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1106279897838333082005-01-20T21:35:00.000-06:002005-01-20T21:58:17.836-06:00Well, it seems appropriate to bring this blog back from its holiday break on January 20th, 2005. This blog started by giving my thoughts on Howard Dean's meltdown after the Iowa Caucuses and now it returns with my thoughts on the second inaguration of George W. Bush.
I'm sure this statement is going to piss people off on both the right and the left but George W. Bush really has become the Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1103034345995692022004-12-14T08:18:00.000-06:002004-12-14T08:25:45.996-06:00I have to admit that I've always kinda admired ultraliberal Bill Moyers if just because he was the epitome of the type of character that I have always found interesting -- the henchman who goes from being a yes-man to being a power broker himself. The fact that Moyers had some pretty strong political ambitions himself is a matter of public record though not something that is usually brought up Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1103013658530011002004-12-14T02:32:00.000-06:002004-12-14T02:40:58.530-06:00Sometimes, it's easy to see why it's easier not to have any firmly held beliefs. Yesterday, the Scott Peterson jury recommended that he sentenced to death for murdering his pregnant wife Laci. This is one of those disgusting, macabre cases that I've followed from the beginning, searching for some sort of clue as to how anyone could possibly be so evil. I haven't found any answers but I was Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1102794261798009122004-12-11T13:31:00.000-06:002004-12-11T13:44:21.796-06:00Well, I am excited and very happy to announce that I got my very first hate e-mail this morning. Actually, the hater in question sent it on the 8th but I was late in checking my hotmail account.
Now, I should be honest and admit that I have actually gotten hateful, pissed off, indignant e-mail in the past but this is the first one that I can say was actually inspired by one of my published Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1102354745310281462004-12-06T11:20:00.000-06:002004-12-06T11:39:05.310-06:00The other night, I caught the premiere of The Life and Death of Peter Sellers on HBO. Peter Sellers, of course, was the English actor who was best known for creating Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther films but whose probably should have been better known for his roles in films like Lolita, Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Being There, and a handful of Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1101883755802572302004-12-01T01:20:00.000-06:002004-12-01T00:49:15.803-06:00So, where were you when Ken Jennings finally lost a game of Jeopardy?
Well, I'm not sure where I was when the game was actually played but I do know where I was when his final game was televised on Tuesday. Down here in Richardson, Jeopardy comes on channel 8 at 3:30 in the afternoon. I used to be an addict of the show. Like just about every fan, I will go to my grave claiming that if I couldJeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1101782190086901212004-11-29T20:30:00.000-06:002004-11-29T20:36:30.086-06:00Stealing yet another idea from Shannon Black, I decided to put Windows Media Player on shuffle and keep track of the first ten songs that were randomly selected. And here they are:
1) U2 and Johnny Cash -- The Wanderer
2) Nine Inch Nails -- Something I Can Never Have
3) Lou Reed -- This Magic Moment
4) David Bowie -- Law (Earthling on Fire)
5) Tom Petty -- Don't Come Around Here No More
6) The Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1101563445012096602004-11-27T07:40:00.000-06:002004-11-27T07:50:45.013-06:00Well, another birthday had come and gone. I am now 31 years old. I was born on Nov. 25th, 1973. This year, my birthday fell on a Thursday that also happened to be Thanksgiving. At 12 midnight, Thursday, I was at work. When I went home eight hours later, I immediately went to bed, woke up for 30 minutes to open some presents from family and friends, then went back to bed. When I woke up, it Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1101190959580925622004-11-23T01:01:00.000-06:002004-11-23T00:22:39.580-06:00Been a while, I know. With the approaching holidays, work has been insane and most of my free time has been spent passed out on my couch, having nightmares inspired by watching too many Bill Kurtis Special Reports on A&E. (That said, you gotta love Bill Kurtis. When you think of the ideal anchorman, don't you just picture Bill Kurtis? And doesn't it suck when you turn on the TV and discover Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1100356502535835632004-11-13T08:32:00.000-06:002004-11-13T08:35:02.536-06:00In today's New York Times, there is a story that mentions widespread rumors that Arafat died of AIDS and the evidence that is provided -- while in no way proving anything -- is rather convincing. If true, this basically means that the Middle East now has a Roy Cohn of its very own...Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1100296353783808762004-11-12T15:50:00.000-06:002004-11-12T15:52:33.783-06:00Scott Petersen has been found guilty over murdering his pregnant wife, Laci.
My reaction to this news is identical to my reaction to the news that John Thune had defeated Tom Daschle in South Dakota: Good.Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1100295809649303242004-11-12T15:34:00.000-06:002004-11-12T15:43:29.650-06:00As the world knows, Yasser Arafat is now officially dead. His death, in Paris, was announced yesterday though I've read speculation that the old Devil had actually been dead for quite some time before that. Just what exactly he died of is just a little bit unclear at this time. Myself, I am hoping for a diagnosis of devine retribution.
So, what to say about a murderer who passes away in ParisJeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1100084219274903032004-11-10T04:40:00.000-06:002004-11-10T04:56:59.276-06:00According to stories out of both Boston and Los Angeles, it would appear that John F. Kerry has decided what to do now that he is no longer a Presidential candidate. No, he's not going to Disneyland. He's gearing up to run in 2008!
Now, when you just consider the raw data, this isn't exactly an insane idea. The man did win 48% of the nation's votes and if just a mere handful of voters in a Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1099969480236658502004-11-08T21:02:00.000-06:002004-11-08T21:04:40.236-06:00From the New York Daily Post, when flakes commit suicide.Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1099510518087442132004-11-03T13:26:00.000-06:002004-11-03T13:35:18.110-06:00Kerry has conceded. He has not gone the Al Gore route of trying to win by beating his opponent into submission. Good for you, Kerry. Now, go away and don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.
Over at politics1, the site publisher, Ron Gunzberger, is more than a little bit ticked off about the results of this election. His comments, as of this moment, are about halfway down the front Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1099472043099062332004-11-03T02:17:00.000-06:002004-11-03T02:54:03.100-06:00Still watching Fox News, still waiting for them to call another state. So, while I'm bored and frustrated, let me share a random, rather sarcastic thought that popped into my head as I voted this afternoon.
Gee, I rhought earnestly to myself, that McCain/Fiengold campaign reform bill sure did elavate the tone of this year's election, didn't it?
Other observations:
1) Yeah, I wrote in my vote Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1099466026377479622004-11-03T01:01:00.000-06:002004-11-03T01:13:46.376-06:00I'm watching the election returns coming in on Fox News. Right now, it is Bush 269 -- Kerry 221. Kerry is talking about challenging Bush's victory in Ohio. Assuming Bush wins the one more state needed to win reelection (and he will), Kerry will challenge. Just a feeling I have. That's the new Democratic way. Rumor and innuendo. Rumor and innuendo.
But, look, this is what it all comes downJeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1099379783548955802004-11-02T01:55:00.000-06:002004-11-02T01:16:23.546-06:00Hey, it's Tuesday and in another few hours, it will be time to go and vote and pray. Hear that God? I know I haven't been the world's best Catholic but I will become as old school as a Mafia Don if Kerry loses tomorrow. And if he doesn't? Well, Scientology appears to be where all the beautiful people are going. Those are the stakes. Now, let's have some devine intervention!
Seriously, it Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1099269249064145782004-10-31T18:22:00.000-06:002004-10-31T18:34:09.063-06:00A public question for all Anti-Kerry Bloggers
To Shannon Black, et al
From Jeff Ellis
Okay, folks, I think we're all mature enough to admit that Kerry could win this thing come Tuesday. Now, the key to survival in a free world run by John Kerry is for us all to stick together. So, I think we need to start thinking now, before we end up losing the option, about what country we are all going toJeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1099262931271263892004-10-31T16:47:00.000-06:002004-10-31T16:48:51.273-06:00A question for this Halloween --
Daylight Savings Time -- What's the freaking point!?
Thank you.Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1098480624442243642004-10-22T16:13:00.000-05:002004-10-22T16:30:24.443-05:00Over on National Review Online, Victor Davis Hanson provides a spot-on analysis of just why exactly the John F. Kerry campaign hasn't exactly gained the unstoppable momentum of an Ivy League educated military man sneaking his swift boat into Cambodia the night before Christmas in 1968. If Kerry loses, we're going to hear about votes being stolen, about stupid voters voting for the more likeable Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1097707759990878502004-10-13T17:37:00.000-05:002004-10-13T17:49:19.990-05:00I've been rereading my last post regarding the death of Christopher Reeve (it can, of course, be found directly below this post). I have to admit that it's probably not a post that I would use to advertise my more likeable qualities to any strangers I might come across. In fact, I get the feeling that a lot of people would come away from that post with a rather intense dislike for the writer. Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1097648573841065502004-10-13T01:33:00.000-05:002004-10-13T01:22:53.840-05:00Christopher Reeve, someone about whom I have always had incredibly mixed feelings, died a few days ago. The star of Superman, Reeve, in his final years, was best known as a paralyzed celebrity, as someone who suffered a senseless accident that severed his spinal cord and left him unable to move. As everyone knows, Reeve was very outspoken about his condition and his belief that he would somedayJeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1097089880371736012004-10-06T13:59:00.000-05:002004-10-06T14:11:20.373-05:00First off, I would be remiss if I didn't mention the passings of two of my favorite people -- actress Janet Leigh who died two days ago and comedian Rodney Dangerfield who passed on last night. Most people tend to focus (with good reason) on Psycho when talking about Ms. Leigh but my favorite Janet Leigh performance was her role as Frank Sinatra's supportive but rather eccentric girlfriend in Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1096682896236080642004-10-01T21:06:00.000-05:002004-10-01T21:08:16.236-05:00Coming this fall from Dick Wolf...
LAW AND ORDER: SUV
In the suburbs of New York city, some crimes are so heinous only soccer moms can investigate them...Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1096639545134494712004-10-01T08:47:00.000-05:002004-10-01T09:05:45.136-05:00Here is where I should write my opinions on last night's presidential debate but truth be told, I didn't watch it because I was at work. I also didn't tape it because -- well, I don't have a good reason as far as this is concerned. I was running a little bit behind and, in my haste to get out of the house and down to the store, I simply didn't hit record on the VCR. Though to be honest, I Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1095893516009365682004-09-22T17:10:00.000-05:002004-09-22T17:51:56.010-05:00I got so caught up in Iraq last night that I neglected to mention what I spent last night doing. Being the type of pathetic, Reality show-addicted geek that I fear I am, I watched the finales of The Amazing Race (a great show in that it actually rewards its contestants for winning as opposed to rewarding them for simply managing to be so bland that everyone forgets to vote them out) and Big Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362545.post-1095846232514229522004-09-22T03:53:00.000-05:002004-09-22T04:43:52.516-05:00Another American hostage was beheaded in Iraq yesterday. Down here in Dallas, this was the fourth story to be reported on the ten o'clock news. When Daniel Pearl and Nick Berg were beheaded, their deaths (and the videos shot of those deaths) led the nightly newscasts. People were shocked -- not so much by the fact that these men were killed (we expect terrorists to kill hostages) but because Jeff Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221022613964876437noreply@blogger.com0