I think astrology is baseless blather: not that there couldn’t be some cause and effect between the gravity of the stars and planets and whatever else in going on in astrological “readings,” but being able to predict anything concrete about life on this earth from such gross measurements seems implausible …

Big movie memorabilia sale next week: Four helmets from the original “Star Wars” blockbuster 25 years ago will vie for top billing with Jack Nicholson’s jacket from “The Shining” and Pierce Brosnan’s Omega watch from “The World is Not Enough” at a movie memorabilia sale next week. But they will …

Perversion, cannibalism, SELF-CANNIBALISM (!!!) in Germany. Sure, we had the charming Jeffrey Dahmer, but did we ever have anyone eat himself? I guess this proves that statistically, given time and several billion people, anything and everything will happen eventually: German police are watching home videos made by an alleged sex …

Once the press latches onto someone with much to explain away, if not hide, you might as well forget it. It’s kind of like the government: slow to act, hard to get focused, letting much slip through the cracks (look at the conviction rates for violent crime – you will …

While file-sharing exists in a gray area where fair use and infringement overlap and intersect, commerical pirating of recorded material for profit is just all wrong. It is stealing pure and simple. I would much rather see the RIAA and law enforcement focus their efforts on these unambiguous bad guys …

It’s lonely at the top: that’s the message of the new Britney Spears book and DVD, Stages, a behind-the-scenes view of life on the road: She eats alone. She paces her hotel suites alone at night. While other stars surround themselves with helpers, Spears packs her own suitcases and puts …

PAWS, my friends, PAWS: The Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) was founded in 1984 by Hollywood animal trainer and author, Pat Derby, and cofounder, Ed Stewart. The story of PAWS began when cofounder Pat Derby worked with exotic animals as a trainer on the sets of many popular television shows …

I don’t go near Apple products, I’m allergic to them, AND I don’t like MP3s, BUT iPods sound cool as hell: 5 gigabytes (1000 songs)$299.00 6.5 ounces 2.4 x 4.0 x .78 in. Apple Earphones AC Adapter FireWire cable PC FireWire adapter 10GB (2000 songs) $399.00 6.5 ounces 2.4 x …

While we’re on desperately contentious, explosively emotional topics, why not mention abortion: everyone’s favorite party-killer. My wife Dawn, who does not back away from fulminating volcanoes, is tackling the subject again: Seriously. I am as hawkish and fiscally conservative as the next right-winger, but good G*ddamn, these Christian Coalition fruitcakes …

It’s been a week and a half since I mentioned the Wizard of Oz/Harry Potter connection: time to get back to it. We saw and enjoyed the new Harry Potter movie over the Thanksgiving weekend, and my daughter has latched onto The Wizard of Oz as her new fave DVD …