Seriously, what is wrong with you people? I was going over my blog statistics this morning, because as I’ve said before I base my personal standards of accomplishment on the stock-market-like rising and falling of my viewership (I notice you all had better things to do this weekend, by the way).
Posts Tagged ‘blogging’
Hollywood: Where Has All The Creativity Gone?
Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Film, Media, internet, personal, tagged journalism, internet, freddy krueger, google, blogging, armageddon, alex james, nightmare on elm street, blog, highlander, michael bay, remake, movie, hollywood, akira, buffy the vampire slayer, escape from new york, they live, john carpenter, iphone, wikipedia, hunter thompson, movie theater, screenplay on September 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Hello friends, and welcome back to your work day. I assume that’s why you’re here – trying to escape the drudgery of your boring-ass job by reading some of my brilliant and clever insights to pass the time. I find it entertaining to come up with new and exciting material for your enjoyment [...]
Nudes On Parade: New York Hotel Promotes Voyeurism
Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Civil Rights, Media, internet, personal, tagged alex james, blog, blogging, community, exhibitionism, facebook, internet, meat packing district, myspace, new york, nudity, online, privacy, sex, standard hotel, state of affairs, twitter, voyeur, voyeurism, youtube on September 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Okay, it’s Thursday morning, I finally got a half-decent amount of sleep last night, and I’m chomping at the bit to write something. It’s amazing what a little rejuvenating sleep will do for you, believe me.
So…naked people.
Smack My Kid Up: Georgia Man Charged With Child Cruelty
Posted in Civil Rights, Law and Justice, Media, internet, personal, tagged abuse, alex james, anger management, atlanta, blog, blogging, child abuse, jeff dunham, justice, law, readers, roger stephens, senior citizens, slap, sonya matthews, state of affairs, trial, violence, wal mart, walter on September 11, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Well, it’s taken four months of hardcore blogging, but it’s finally here: the first-ever State of Affairs Reader Request post.
Over the last few months, you – my valued readers – have endured my often-controversial takes on subjects spanning the gamut from comic conventions to the environment, from burqas to Billy Corgan. And you’ve responded, sometimes [...]
One, Two, Freddy’s Gonna Be Brand New
Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Film, personal, tagged alex james, alice in wonderland, blogger, blogging, freddy krueger, friday the 13th, halloween, jackie earle haley, jason voorhees, michael bay, michael myers, nightmare on elm street, platinum dunes, remake, robert englund, state of affairs on August 18, 2009 | 7 Comments »
As the fanfare fades, I take my place at the metaphorical podium. Yes, dear readers, I have returned from self-imposed exile. Thanks to the ministrations of the Compound’s on-site medical advisor Doctor Rob, my throat was back in tip-top shape just in time for me to play the show I was booked for [...]
SOA State of the Union
Posted in personal, tagged alex james, blog, blogging, jim fairthorne, journalism, maker's mark, pigeons, state of affairs, the fixer, whiskey, writing on July 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ladies and gentlemen – valued readers – friends, enemies, and those of you too apathetic to read the blog and just come here for the cute pictures: I have very big news.
The End of the World; You’re Welcome
Posted in Civil Rights, Environment, Government, Media, Music, Religion, personal, tagged al gore, alcohol, anger, armageddon, asteroid, bankruptcy, beer, blogging, breast augmentation, caligula, celebrity, conspiracy theory, crusades, dildo, drugs, emma watson, emo, environmentalism, homophobia, jim fairthorne, keith richards, living lime, mcdonalds, murder, nerds, rage against the machine, rednecks, Religion, sex, state of affairs, suicide, tila tequila, violence, youtube on July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m going to preface this post by saying if you were hoping for something funny, light-hearted or uplifting today, you might want to stop reading now, because this is not going to be pretty.
Ladies and gentlemen, I took over this blog from Jim almost a month ago, and since then I’ve written about bankruptcy, homophobia, [...]



Link Me When September Ends: SOA Monthly Recap
Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Civil Rights, Economy, Government, Law and Justice, Media, internet, personal, tagged alex james, alice in wonderland, anti-smoking, barack obama, blog, blogging, bob gee, britain, canada, cigarettes, comment, court, ed balls, facebook, family intervention project, freedom of expression, gordon brown, italian, legislation, michelle obama, nova scotia, silvio berlusconi, smoking, state of affairs, tim burton on September 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Top of the morning to you, dear readers. I’ve decided to do something a little different today, because I realized this morning that I’ve now been working for State of Affairs for a little over three months, and in that time I’ve received some outstanding feedback (both positive and negative) on the articles I’ve [...]
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