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Your Future Doctor, Sponsored by CialisAugust 27

So it is official - I can’t get off this subject. Maybe I’ve just had my head in the sand up to this point, but the Pharmaceutical Machine disturbs me to the core. Sure, the third most profitable industry in the world has to promote their “products” somehow. Nonetheless, we are not talking about Coke sponsoring the Olympics or Dick Vitale shilling for Hooters (how surreal is that?). These are decisions being made by professionals who have your life in their hands. They should not be influenced by anything but objective clinical studies - that is the bottom line. However, the August 11 issue of BusinessWeek knows this is not true.

Now it is bad enough that doctors are getting propaganda and eating dinner with pharma salespeople. What if your doctor was practically raised by Pfizer from the first day he or she stepped into medical school? OK I exaggerate a little. Here’s what happens in a nutshell: Big Pharma hires marketing middlemen to produce educational courses for physicians. Many of these courses are actually required for obtaining and/or retaining their licenses!

There are hundreds of these companies working with

Orangina - Balls of Steel, Brains of MushAugust 26

I like it when marketing departments take chances - I really do. If they bomb, then at least they went down swinging. Holy cripes, this ad goes down in FLAMES. Warning - this could haunt you.

All Things Considered.August 26

NPR BABYOn my way to the office every morning I enjoy a cup of coffee and National Public Radio(NPR). I have always enjoyed NPR as they seem to put the least amount of spin on their news stories - which I appreciate. Furthermore NPR is normally good at avoiding stupid news stories, like what Paris Hilton had for dinner, choosing to focus more on what I like think is real news. The catch is lately real news is all about the political race for the President of the United States between Barrack Obama and John McCain. Oddly enough, I have been paying some attention to the musings of the radio on this topic as in most instances I have to if I still want to listen to my beloved NPR.

On to my problem. The Media in the United States of America, be it crooked or honest, still can only report on what information is out there. What I mean by this is that manufacturing news is bad for business thus they need to wait for a story to break. Yes a news station can break a story with their own flair added to, with their chosen light if you will, but at the root of

Hardest Working Dude in HollywoodAugust 22

I am a fan of very few things, and never fawn over anyone. Over the years however I have gained respect for one guy who appears to never sleep - Seth Green. I was just talking to GlazednConfused the other day about him and we noticed a few things.

  1. The dude is funny.
  2. The dude doesn’t seem to age, at all. In fact in this picture he looks like a 12 year old wearing a stage beard.
  3. He apparently wasn’t the biggest hit in the world on the big screen so he took his comical wit off stage to work behind the scenes and now does voice overs for like 12 godrillion cartoon characters.
  4. He co-created and writes for Robot Chicken, which is one of the funniest and most demented shows ever made. Period
  5. He is the voice for Chris on The Family Guy. If you hate The Family Guy please close your browser, go outside and play hide and go fuck yourself.
  6. He made this video.
  7. Seth has been in 99 movies, videos, and god knows what else according to IMDB.
  8. Seth has a ton more money that either GlazednConfused or Me. Bastard.
  9. He helped make this episode of
Natural Born PresidentAugust 21

A friend called me up out of the blue yesterday and asked me “Isn’t Oliver Stone the worst director in Hollywood?” - and I had to think for a second. My friend is not a reader of this site, because I believe him to be some variation of a blog snob. So he wasn’t disputing Stone’s exclusion from my Hollywood Legion of Doom. The actual reason I didn’t include him is because of his history - the man has made some incredible movies. Salvador, Platoon, Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July - the Eighties were very good for Olly. But my friend raised a valid question, and the short answer is yes. Oliver Stone is currently the worst director working in Hollywood, based on his talent, cast, budget, and results. I will try to pinpoint the exact time he lost his gawddamned mind.

I saw Natural Born Killers in the theater, and I’d have to say I was impressed. It was violent, pulled no punches, with a great cast and some kind of vague message about the media.  It is undoubtedly creative, as Stone apparently was on drugs the entire time. OK, this is the movie’s Wikipedia page talking, but if