Cheers!

Thank you to a brilliantly wonderful cast this weekend. We can't wait to watch the footage (and the bloopers) and start editing this puppy!

Katie and Steve .. you guys rocked.

-Jonesy & Wayne

Goin' South.

Check back soon for updates from the war zone. :-)

-Jonesy & Wayne

Who Died and Made Ashton Kutcher the God of Photography?

I'm not here to crack on Ashton Kutcher, exactly. For a guy who can't really act, and who doesn't seem so smart, he's gone on to achieve in a number of areas where talent doesn't matter much at all, and there's a kind of home-brewed savvy in that. His movies suck ball bag, but he's definitely made his mark on reality TV, idiotic headgear, and Demi Moore's back, and that's not nothing.

But I'm afraid I'm going to have to take umbrage with these Nikon ads that have popped up lately. I was mildly okay with the one where a bunch of mindless trixie mall-twits swipe Ashton's Nikon Coolpix camera while he's trying on a pair of slacks, and the poor gadget is passed along from to girl to girl, who all take their pic and the thing ends up back to Ashton, who doesn't seem to mind that not a one of them showed their boobs. (Plus, let's admit it, I don't see how any of them after the first 4 or so would have any idea that it was Ashton Kutcher's camera, but I'm nitpicking).

But the wedding one rubs me wrong. This isn't some hot pink looking bullshit camera for dimwits. This looks like a pretty nice camera, which leads me to wonder what Ashton's photographic credentials are, if he has any at all. For some reason, I seriously doubt that he can wow anyone with his sense of framing, or light and shade, or interesting compositions, or texture. So, why do we care that Ashton Chooses Nikon? Or is the point that any doofus can use a really nice camera? Or are they saying it doesn't even matter if the camera actually takes pictures or if it squirts non-fat yogurt in your eye, the thing LOOKS cool, so popularity is yours if you walk around with it? Or are they saying that if you're good looking, you can walk around with anything and the makers of said thing will cozy up to you for all sorts of endorsement deals?

Nikon seems extremely eager to cash in on a specific demographic, which is fine, and an admirable goal, but why not feature someone who, oh I dunno, actually has something to do with cameras, maybe? Why not Britney/Amy Winehouse/Pete Doherty/Lindsay Lohan/Paris Hilton? Even though I can't stomach one more appearance by any of these knob jobs, at least I can make a connection between each of them and being photographically captured. Why not Miley Cyrus, who has had not one but two camera-related PR nightmares lately? That makes way more sense. The company gets a huge star, the huge star gets to look like a good sport, and the public gets a funny, savvy promotion. Hell, even the girl who R. Kelly peed on makes more sense than Ashton Kutcher!

But nope. A big company thinks inside a box inside a bigger box, and Random Endorsement strikes again.

And the problem is......WHAT exactly?

MORRIS, Ill. (AP) — Police say a trailer loaded with 14 tons of
double-stuffed Oreos has overturned, spilling the cookies still in their plastic
sleeves into the median and roadway.
Illinois State Police Sgt. Brian Mahoney
says the truck's driver was traveling from Chicago to Morris on Interstate 80
around 4 a.m. Monday when he fell asleep at the wheel and slammed into the
median.
"The boxes came out of the trailer and boxes were ripped open," he
said.
The crash about 50 miles southwest of Chicago remains under
investigation.
Mahoney says no charges have been filed but both lanes of
traffic remain closed while authorities remove the cookies.

Best Olbermann Special Comment Ever

A week or so late on this one, but better late than never.

Well said, Mr. Olbermann.

Eavesdrop Theatre: 5-10-2008

A woman, mid 30's, outside Dominick's in Edgewater. Day.

"And I said 'My brother's too busy to go to jai! I mean, he has kids and everything!'"

Annnnd scene.

--W