Marian Call performing at The Geek Easy in A Comic Shop in Winter Park, FL, Sept. 17, 2010, with guitarist Bryan Ray. This is an early version of "Good Morning Moon," now available for sale at mariancall.com . Try not singing along, I dare you.

Best Accidental Supporting Actor in a Television Documentary: Me

So last week I became, temporarily, accidentally, a TV star. The Investigative Discovery TV show "Wicked Attraction" did an episode called "57 Seconds" about a particularly sleazy Daytona Beach man who woke to find a man shooting his wife, whom he then gunned down. Didn't take police long to find this guy's mistress, his connection [...]

The Armchair Script Doctor takes on: The Smallville Finale

Yes, I'm late to the party. But it's been eating at me. Actually I stopped watching Smallville somewhere around the 5th season, and only lasted that long out of dogged optimism. There were so many things right about the show, they couldn't blow every opportunity, could they? Well, yes, yes they could. But I tuned [...]

One of my favorite SNL commercials: The Chameleon XLE

Want a naked Doctor poster? Of course you do

Moments after the Doctor Who season six premiere finished boggling everyone's mind, QMx released its latest offering. Remember in the opening scene, when the Elizabethan lord stormed in to find an embarrassed woman, a half-finished painting, and a naked Doctor hiding under her skirt? Admit it, the first thing you thought — well, maybe the [...]

Look! Up in the sky! Hero droppings!

The sky as I came out of work today. Near as I can figure, either the Justice League was flying by, the Fantastic Four was on maneuvers, a Firefly evaded capture, or a bunch of TIE Fighters broke atmo. Or else I need to get out more.

Yesterday, Jon Stewart restored a bit of sanity

Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Jon Stewart – Moment of Sincerity www.comedycentral.com Rally to Restore Sainty and/or Fear The Daily Show The Colbert Report Watched the Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear yesterday. And for most of it, I was amused but largely unimpressed. The music was good but, speaking as someone watching the [...]