Friendly and attentive readers, This blogger is headed on a vacation to the White Mountains. Pine cabins, fireplaces, hiking, swimming, rea...

Because the central characters are intelligent raccoons, many may consider this a work of fantasy. In my opinion, it's simply an alterna...

To provide more timely reviews for Keeper films, (it can be difficult to catch a film at a first-run theater if following bi-seasonal revie...

Film critics — both professional and amateur — are, mostly, verbose assholes. Amateur does not mean unprofessional (in this instance) but m...

Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003) directed by Prachya Pinkaew (US directorial debuit); starring Tony Jaa and Petchtai Wongkamlao: Snapratin...

digital rendering by veach st. glines, creative commons license 2005

Don't spend money to dry clean your shirt. Instead, donate it to the Salvation Army or Goodwill. They'll clean it and put it on a ha...

I'm a Xoloitzcuintli (Xolo), a Mexican hairless dog. Find out what kind of dog you are at Gone to the Dogs .

The herder drives away and kills the wolf, for which the sheep thanks him as a liberator and the wolf denounces him as the destroyer of libe...

I've seen this meme around for weeks and, of course, mentally disparaged the answers of others while thinking I'd never get the tap....

     Two people in a canoe (stop me I you’ve heard this one) paddling upstream…      Even if you grew up on a lake, you may be unfamil...

          Before dawn today, I discovered a blackbird commuter byway running directly over my house.  'Dawn' begins with the ful...

Learning something new every day about the shrieking baying fools just beyond the outside limits of the glow from my campfire. My Mormon nam...

All the world's a stage and all of us merely players. We have exciting entrances and entranced exits, and each of us--in our time--play ...

My April Fools joke took a month to set up and now expose...because blog April fools jokes don't have any 'knock-knock' timing. ...

In my quest for applaudable and standing ovationable blogs, I found a blog-specific search engine: ICEROCKET . I've also added their bu...

Thanks Self-Portrait Day ...where my site is listed on my birthday, no less!

Released in 1998, Sudden Mischief is among the easy readable and equally easily forgettable dozens of Robert B. Parker's Spencer detect...

Just revisiting my quiz. Not writing or creating for the next few days because my talents are required elsewhere. Milieu films are your fav...

SNAPPERHEAD is a Giant Ape that eats Nuclear Waste, Stomps Around a Lot, Expands when Attacked, can Fly, and is Covered in Spines. Strength...

I enjoyed Frank Miller's Sin City: The Hard Goodbye more than I thought I would. I was sucked into reading (is 'view' more app...

"Since every component of this art consists of manufactured and readymade products we must conclude that all digital renderings are ...

To accurately critique films one needs to be able to identify errors and mistakes made by filmmakers. Errors are the intentionally chosen—bu...

Honest misunderstandings are often grounds for future sexual intercourse -- Snapperhead misquoting H. D. Thoreau digital rendering by vea...

Napoleon Dynamite (2004) directed by Jared Hess ( Peluca , 2003); starring Jon Heder and Efren Ramirez: Snaprating=WFD , CHARACTER-theme....

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts come from someone else, their lives are a mimicry, their passions a stupid quote like thi...

A 'SNAPPERHEAD' search revealed my site name is also the name of bands in New Jersey as well as Southern California, software which ...

This meme came from Eve Tusnet , to Terry Teachout , to Old Hag , to Bluepoppy and now has my addition as the fifth in this thread. Shot t...

This rendering was inspired by Shouting to hear the echos and Kitten with a Whip! thus, the title of the piece. digital rendering by ve...

This is my kind of twisted humor. See more at a softer world .