*Crap, I wrote this then found out that NY Magazine did essentially the article first. Meh, mine is better. Watching the screeners for the 2012 Oscars and keeping up with the GOP debates makes me feel an identical apathy for this year’s crop of movies and Republicans. Whether they lulled in the race until one [...]
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I Feel The Same Way About the 2012 Oscar Contenders As I Do About the 2012 Republican Candidates
January 20th, 2012
maxlance1 Last Week – October 24, 2011
October 24th, 2011
maxlance1 Week in review summary for October 17, 2011 – October 23, 2011. Muammar Gaddafi killed, exotic animals set lose, Republican debates, Real World casting and more.
At Least The U.S. Postal Service Didn’t Release Stamps With Those Street Corner Statue Of Liberty Salespeople
April 22nd, 2011
maxlance1 Last week the United States Postal Service announced they mistakenly put the wrong Statue of Liberty on their stamps. Intending to issue a new series of Forever stamps with Lady Liberty, they accidentally took a photo from the archive of the Statue of Liberty at the New York, New York Hotel and Casino in Las [...]
USC’s Kappa Sig Fraternity Is Doing Serious Damage To BYU’s Honor Code
March 29th, 2011
maxlance1 First was the infamous e-mail circulated by Kappa Sig members detailing sorority girls they’ve slept with. Then there was this week’s new definition of public display of affection – sex on a campus building roof in broad daylight. USC has recently taken part in a massive overhaul of BYU’s honor code. This isn’t to begin [...]
We Can’t Let The Crisis in Japan Detract From The Uprisings in Charlie Sheen
March 22nd, 2011
maxlance1 Typical American news junkie, latching onto the news of the day, the crisis of the week, the humanitarian effort of the month. One world-changing event after another makes us immediately forget the previous crisis that is still ongoing. This is why we must not allow the Japanese earthquake, tsunami and nuclear emergency make us forget [...]
The Middle East And North Africa Really Want To See Tits
February 23rd, 2011
maxlance1 The unrest sparked in Tunisia that has spread across North Africa and the Middle East is on the precipice of changing the way that the Arab world sees tits. For decades, autocratic rulers have held all the power when it comes to viewing tits and now citizens are taking to the streets to protest. Whether [...]
Alternative Name Changes for High Fructose Corn Syrup
September 29th, 2010
maxlance1 The Corn Refiners Association lobbied the Food and Drug Administration to change the name of high fructose corn syrup to corn sugar last week. Here are some options for alternative proposals:
Why Hasn’t There Been An Ocean Spill of the World’s Most Expensive Black Liquid Commodity: Printer Ink
July 16th, 2010
maxlance1 Not one to be outmuscled in the global market, BP has upped the ante on Exxon-Mobil by not just dumping a ship’s worth of oil directly onto seagulls, but has done the favor of directly unleashing the Earth’s supply straight into the water, thus cutting out the middleman of a drunken sailor. It makes you [...]

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Max Lance is a writer, producer and performer. He was nominated for a Student Emmy, Humanitas Fellowship and was a finalist for the Page Screenplay Award. He writes features, TV and syndicates his blog while hosting the travel show The Trip Next Door and working at Chernin Entertainment. A New York City native, Max graduated the USC film school and now lives in Los Angeles.