Allow parents to see a movie solo to see if it is appropriate for their kid. Then give only charge them for the kid's ticket if they do decide to bring the kid on another day. This would have earned movie theaters a fair amount of money from me if it was an option. If … Continue reading Parent Preview Movie Deals
Author: Heath Fogelman
Just a guy with ideas the world might find interesting.
Finally
Author's Note: As a species, we seem destined to hate, to fight, to destroy. If we don't find some extraterrestrial civilization worthy of venting our worst instincts upon, our greatest aspirations might not work out so great It took millennia, but the day finally came. It was a day that trillions had struggled to bring … Continue reading Finally
BST: If You Have to Lie
BST = Bumper Sticker Thoughts. Unquipping quippy quips. Thoughts about actual bumper stickers and thoughts that ought be bumper stickers (or t-shirts, or hats, or whatever). If You Have to Lie to Make Your Point, You Don't Have a Point There's really nothing more to say about this one. It's the rare aphorism that holds … Continue reading BST: If You Have to Lie
Distribute the Cannoli Chips
For the love of all you hold sacred, you cannoli-making scoundrels, mix the chocolate chips into the cannoli filling, so you get chips in every bite!
The Skinny Little Lion
Author's Note: I wrote this initially as a one-off story, but later realized it could be a jumping off point for a whole series of children's stories about the many lessons that various animals took from different versions of the Malu myth. If I ever find an illustrator, this might turn into something special. Aleexi … Continue reading The Skinny Little Lion
America: White-Supremacy Addict
Listening to The 1619 Project has been eye-opening, and it has inspired some new understandings of our nation. Like the fact that America is a recovering white-supremacy addict. I’ve never heard it framed that way, but it seems to fit our national identity perfectly. Just like a drug or alcohol addict, America will always be … Continue reading America: White-Supremacy Addict
Transformers Clans
It seems we will never stop getting new Transformers movies. In which case, there is more than enough room for them get to an idea I had years ago. Move the Transformers away from the Autobot/Decepticon split, and toward a multi-clan split based on vehicle type and function. So planes of both sides would band … Continue reading Transformers Clans
Selective Blindness and the Promise of America
With the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, it’s worth looking back a few weeks at Senator Ted Cruz’s take on President Biden’s now-fulfilled pledge to nominate a black woman to the court: "The fact that [Biden’s] willing to make a promise at the outset, that it must be a Black woman, … Continue reading Selective Blindness and the Promise of America
Documentary: There’s Always One
There's a documentary to be made about all those single rotten reviewers that spoil movies' and TV shows' 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It's as if those reviewers live only to take the contrary point of view on nearly universally praised films and TV shows. Are they the same people every time? Do they really … Continue reading Documentary: There’s Always One
At Miss Cummings’ Grave
Author's note: I can't recall these many years later where the inspiration for this one came from. I think I had probably just discovered that Jacob's profession had been a thing, and my imagination just took it from there. Jacob Brookline thrust his shovel into the increasingly well-packed clay soil and found himself missing his … Continue reading At Miss Cummings’ Grave
Heath Fogelman, author 