Mark Albracht

A look at the madcap history of claiming a college football National Title.

The Natural History museum is located on USC campus and offers a wealth of learning opportunities.

How do the 2001 Miami Hurricanes rank amongst the best college football teams ever? Here's a look back on the season...

A look back at the 1995 Nebraska football season. The greatest college football team ever.

A look at the 2004 USC football season. A time when the Trojans were arguably the greatest college football team ever.

The 2005 Texas Longhorns were one of the greatest college football teams of all time. Here's a look back a their season.

Giving rides to hitchhikers can be fun and exciting! But also dangerous. Before you take in your next impromptu travel companion, it's best to follow these simple tips.

Writing an independent film offers a whole other batch of pitfalls compared to studio spec writing. Here are ten tips to help you focus on the specific needs of an independent film script.

Hello Kitty candy looks like a tin full of pills.

The now infamous Georgia bigfoot carcass sparks sightings across the country in this news parody.

Writer and stay-at-home dad, Mark Albracht, discusses both the joys and trials of balancing work and kids.

A prediction of the top 25 teams in college football for 2008.

A brief look at film director Wes Anderson's creative direction.

A father and son have a heart to heart in this comedy sketch.

An interview with comedian Todd Munson about his up coming documentary, "A Machine Ripped His Leg Off", which tells the story of one of the most enigmatic characters to come out of the LA comedy scene, one Gaylord Dingler.

Here's a mathematical system to calculate the best college football teams of all time.

How cyberspace might reshape the way in which speculative screenplays reach the desks of Hollywood's script buyers.

Construction of the world's tallest building moves along.

Film review of the 2007 movie Rocket Science.

Is Will Adams' Obama video a watershed moment in American history?

As blue state Democrats head to the polls, they must grapple with which type of minority is more viable in Middle America. Or do they?

A harrowing tale of public shame.

Comic book pages of opening sequence Gustav's Brush.

A Midwest couple find themselves dogged by Murphy's Law on their move to Florida.

Murphy's Law took hold of one Midwest couple as they moved from the Midwest to Florida.

A new report shows an increase in the domestic homicide rate among active duty military personnel. Could the wars in the Middle East be to blame?

Shooting script to a independent short.

Javier Bardem turned up in three of my dreams. Here's how it went.

Is a split national title better than a two-loss champ? College football goes berserk in 2007.

A werewolf shows up in Jason MacElroy's parlor wearing his smoking jacket.

Predicting the 32 college bowl games for 2007-2008.

Having problems getting into Hotmail account via Safari? Here are some tips to remedy your troubles.

The popular ABC comedy experiences some noticeable walk-out strains.

Screenwriter Mark Albracht suggests that not every piece of script advice is sound advice. Here are four examples of script rules gone bad.

You awake in the woods with a terrible pain in your neck and lower back. Chances are you've been attacked by a bigfoot. But how do you know for sure? Here are several telltale signs which are sure to remove all doubt.

WGA member Mark Albracht takes a look at some of the folks walking the picket lines in Hollywood.

What happened to Nebraska football? The once proud juggernaut is lying on the bathroom floor, drunk and picking through a greasy hamburger.

Seven surprising uses for vinegar both in and outside the kitchen.

Tired of getting beat by five year-olds at Candy Land. You can fight back. Here's how.

Tips on how to start a Spontaneous Human Combustion Support Group in your area.

Each year the rapid encroachment of urban development in India and Sri Lanka result in the deaths of dozens of cobras. It's time to offer these snakes a sanctuary in Los Angeles County.

This is the introduction to a three-part essay looking into films set in Middle America (often derogitorily referred to as "Fly-Over Country".

Part 2 in a look at the films of fly-over country. Here I look at four examples of some of the best movies evr set in Middle America.

A break down and comparison of the 20 best college football teams to have taken the field this decade.

I interviewed one of the actors in the Geico caveman spots.

Horror scripts are one of the easiest sells in Hollywood, but you have to do it right. Writing a slow-build horror script requires connectivity between the mundane and the horrific. The following provides key examples of how to do that.

A product review of the G5 iMac. The computer is an all around winner, loaded with heaps of memory and tons of great built-in software.

Five tips on how to focus a wandering screenplay. Perhaps the most common flaw which keeps good script from being great, it's actually a relatively easy problem to fix.

DVD Review of the film Capturing the Friedmans. Lost in a glut of popular documentaries over the last 4 years, documentary fans should not overlook this hidden gem.

The Coens' remake of a 1955 British classic delivers lots of laughs if little substance.