Six-word review: Get Carter (1971)

Painfully brutal 60's noir, beautifully photographed.

Six-word review: Brick (2005)

"WTF?", in the best possible way.

Six-word review: Humboldt County (2008)

"Let no event go unforeshadowed" screenwriting.

Six-word review: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Some animator doing Wes Anderson shtick.

Six-Word Movie Review: Couples Retreat (2009)

Morons at the theater LOVED it.

"painting" 4

(Another roaring failure, although the concept still makes me smile. I'm posting it now in an attempt to rewire some neural pathways; it will also stop me wasting any more time attempting a fix. "painted" with Brushes on an iPod, 10/12/2009. Still annoyed that the colors look different in the exported PNG than on the iPod.)

"Painting" 3

(Ugh, problematic. But it would be cowardly not to upload it. "Painted" with Brushes on an iPod touch, 10/08/2009)

"Painting" 2

(gamma seems to be all screwed up by the brushes export - it is much darker on the PC than on the iPod. Anything I can do about that? "Painted" with Brushes on an iPod Touch, 9/28/2009)

"Painting"?

("painted" in Brushes for the iPod Touch, 09/24/2009.)

Six-word Movie Review: Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Synopsis:

Irritating people on film, except Cruz.

Review:

Offers no satisfaction of any kind.

Suggested sequel:

Vicky Cristina 2: Moms in Madrid

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Reviewed: Taken (2008), starring Liam Neeson

First, the six-word synopsis:

"Where's my daughter? Punches for you!"

And now, my six-word review:

Seen the trailer? Yep, that's it.

Suggested name for a sequel:

Taken 2: The Retakening

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In the "Ask For Help" column at turbotax.com

"I invested in what later turned out to be a Ponzi scheme. How do I report the loss?"

This initially struck me as funny. The more I thought about it, the more unfunny and banal it became. (This is just one example of the advantages of an unexamined life...)

Anyway, can we fix it? Yes!

The question would be funnier if:

• I invested in a Ponzi scheme, and...
• How do I report the income from my Ponzi scheme?
  
• Can I invest my Roth IRA in a Ponzi scheme?
• This year I started a new Ponzi scheme. Should I be sending 1099-INTs to my investors?
  

See, it's the a priori knowledge that the investment is a Ponzi that would make it funny. Otherwise it's just someone getting burned by a "too good to be true" investment and then asking afterward about the income tax implications, and that just isn't funny at all.