Ebert Rocks

Gotta love Roger Ebert’s attitude toward his battle with cancer. If I ever find myself in a similar situation, I hope I have the strength to be as feisty as he is.

The entire article is great, but the ending is what really gets me:

P.S. to gossip rags: I have some back pain, and to make it easier for me to sit through screenings, the festival has installed my very own La-Z-Boy chair.

Photos of me in the chair should be captioned “La-Z-Critic.”

Roger, Roger. [Hat tip to ArtLung.]

On this day…

• 2007: If It Broke, I Probably Touched It — Things that broke this week:

  My kitchen sink.
  My blog.

  I like to think these weren’t my fault, but one never knows…