Month: June, 2008

Holy incoherence, Batman

Remember Crispin Glover, who played George McFly in 1985′s Back to the Future ? Well, Crispin is now a writer and director. Oh, and a wackjob. Don’t forget wackjob. I triple-dog dare you to sit through this interview without wanting to gouge out your eyes with a melon baller. Especially freakish (and equally as disjointed) [...]

Are you hyper?

Hyperventilation, hypersensitivity, hyperactivity, hypertension…everybody’s hyper these days. But there’s one “hyper” that is particularly dangerous in Finkville. Today’s hyper: hypercorrection. It happens when a person, in an effort to say something correctly, overcompensates and ends up adding more to the word or phrase than what should be there. While there are several ways to linguistically [...]

Hollyweird

Remember the *original* Superman? George Reeves was his name (pictured at left). I only watched reruns as a kid, because he died before I was born (ok, 2 months before I was born, but still…). Strange death, too. Some say he was murdered; others say it was suicide. Booze was definitely involved. His blood alcohol [...]

Hey, look what we made.

*yawn* Man, I overslept today. I hate that. This will be a bit of a diversion from the usual Finkness. Today I am going to give a lesson to those interested. Ok, I’m also doing it because I’ve never done anything remotely artistic (visually) in my life, so this was a milestone for me. While [...]

RNF IV

Random Neuron Firings Well, well, well. It’s Monday, and look who’s in trouble. A pro athlete. Oh, and another pro athlete. What’s a man to do with his free time, after all? You know…the NFL prides itself on making sure that these guys get plenty of off-season training; not only at the gym, but in [...]