Look closely. The picture on the left is our first look at the upper atmosphere of Jupiter. The one on the right is the surface of Venus. These two shots have had a peculiar impact on me since I first saw them this morning, which led me to a Carl Sagan quote that offered a bit of refreshing perspective in this ever-deepening ocean of chaos we all get swept up in.

Another ad editorial for CraveOnline – this time I put together a rundown of the 10 Best Revenge Films Ever Made, a tie-in for the Last House On The Left DVD release.

Since being assigned to handle the bulk of CraveOnline’s ad campaign editorials, I’ve produced content for various campaigns including Bud Light, Ikea, Smirnoff and several major movie studios.

Here’s one example: a Halloween film retrospective to bolster interest in the upcoming sequel.

A few weeks ago I had the good fortune of taking part in a press trip to the Philippines islands on a Reef Check expedition, sponsored by Malibu. That’s right, a liquor company sponsored a tropical diving trip for a bunch of pampered writers. Jealous yet?

President Abraham Lincoln, shortly before his death:

“Corporations have been enthroned . . . . An era of corruption in high places will follow and the money power will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the people . . . until wealth is aggregated in a few hands . . . and the republic is destroyed.”

Today is the day that Iranian authorities have promised – and are now delivering – a violent crackdown on what’s reported to be well over a million protesters in the streets, aware that something is very wrong with the results of an election in which a staggering 85% of the country reportedly turned out to vote.

The Bible’s definition of marriage is quite a far cry from what Miss California, Rick Warren and the delusional lunatics of the religious right are preaching from the mountaintops. With all the righteous indignance about “biblical marriage” these days, it’s long past time that somebody put these hyper-conservative, ill-informed, cherry-picking Bible-thumpers in their place.

A cloned Hitler/Superman hybrid couldn’t come anywhere close to the damage our Socialist/Communist anti-American President has apparently done in his first 100 days in office. But you know what? I’ll just let these…people… do the talking, because I don’t know how to keep the napalm death blasts in check after seeing it. This is why I can’t watch Fox News:

Laugh all you want, but like it or not, Twitter is taking over the world. Need some proof? Here’s a compilation of Twitter references in the past week, put together by the folks over at “The Soup” on the E! network.

Unless you’ve been in a coma for the past few months, you’re well aware by now that Twitter is taking over the internet universe at blinding speeds, 140 characters at a time. Having singlehandedly put the term "microblogging" on the map, at only 3 years old Twitter is on the rise in a meteoric way. Soaring past 14 million users, the service grew 131 percent during the month of March alone, and shows no sign of slowing. Oprah just joined on Friday, and the event was covered like the Olympic opening ceremonies. Her draw alone could very well double their numbers.

But what the almighty hell is this thing?