Mark Albracht
Living in Montrose, CA
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Published Content: 95
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On AC since: 04.26.05
Bio:
Mark is a film and tv writer living with his wife and three kids in Los Angeles. He is also an opinionated know-it-all.
Mark is a film and tv writer living with his wife and three kids in Los Angeles. He is also an opinionated know-it-all.
Education/Experience:
BA in Philosophy
BA in Philosophy
Interests:
film and architecture
film and architecture
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Looking ahead to the 2010 college football season. Who will be the 25 best teams by season's end?
By Mark Albracht | Published 1/31/2010
2009 Alabama? 2004 USC? 2001 Miami? What college football teams should be considered the elite of the 2000 to 2009 decade?
By Mark Albracht | Published 1/11/2010
A look into the biggest college football game of the year. Texas and Alabama battle it out for the National Title.
By Mark Albracht | Published 12/21/2009
How will the 2009 college football bowl season play out? Here are my picks for all 34 college football bowl games.
By Mark Albracht | Published 12/10/2009
The Texas Longhorns meet the Nebraska Cornhuskers on December 5 to determine the Big 12 Champion. Here's a preview of how the game should play out.
By Mark Albracht | Published 11/26/2009
Improve your Tetris Friends score on Facebook with these six simple tips.
By Mark Albracht | Published 11/19/2009
Could laws aimed at preventing profit-motivated web restrictions by service providers unintentionally damage content producers' ability to survive in the internet age? Net neutrality proponents may need to watch what they wish for.
By Mark Albracht | Published 11/5/2009
Illustrated depictions of werewolves encountering Hollywood celebrities. Nothing makes a wolfman quite so giddy as a brush with a movie star.
By Mark Albracht | Published 10/29/2009
Rainn Wilson notices the office wolfman is wearing the exact same shirt and tie as his own. At least they're using different coffee mugs.
By Mark Albracht | Published 10/28/2009
Erik Estrada spots a wolfman lurking in the woods at a CHP picnic.
By Mark Albracht | Published 10/21/2009
Melissa Gilbert, in full Laura Ingalls braids, poses for a publicity still as a werewolf prepares to pounce on her.
By Mark Albracht | Published 10/11/2009
Hollywood actor, Will Ferrell, arrives at his sensei's dojo for a late afternoon workout where he discovers an 8-foot werewolf -- with a fresh kill.
By Mark Albracht | Published 10/6/2009
Week 6 of college football's 2009 power rankings sees a graphic illustration of how opponent performance can hurt or help a team.
By Mark Albracht | Published 10/5/2009
Gators and Longhorns dominate week five of the college football power rankings. But will Tim Tebow's injury have the most impact on the season at large?
By Mark Albracht | Published 9/27/2009
Very tasteful. Safe for work. Perez, get your pooper scooper.
By Mark Albracht | Published 9/17/2009
Power rankings for week 2 of the 2009 college football season. Texas, California and Cincinnati are quick out of the blocks. Florida and USC ought to climb in a hurry.
By Mark Albracht | Published 9/13/2009
A look back at the years in which the Syracuse Orangemen, led by All-American running back Ernie "The Express" Davis dominated the college football landscape like a "superlative piece of machinery."
By Mark Albracht | Published 9/10/2009
Images from the corner of Foothill and Ocean View boulevards, immediately south of the latest evacuation area.
By Mark Albracht | Published 8/29/2009
College football's ten worst downturns over the last five decades.
By Mark Albracht | Published 8/11/2009
Even the titans of college football occasionally stumble. Here's a look at the biggest tumbles of the last five decades.
By Mark Albracht | Published 8/11/2009
Even the titans of college football occasionally stumble. Here's a look at the biggest tumbles of the last five decades.
By Mark Albracht | Published 8/10/2009
An illustration of college football's biggest slumps misery index. Which great programs have slumped the least? Which have slumped the most?
By Mark Albracht | Published 8/10/2009
A woman can't shake the images of an upsetting dream. And neither can her husband.
By Mark Albracht | Published 8/5/2009
Scenes from the interstate in Colorado. Mountains, prairies. That sort of thing.
By Mark Albracht | Published 7/29/2009
What would happen if Unicorns militarized? I made these illustrations for comedian Todd Munson's website Unicorn Battleground.
By Mark Albracht | Published 6/22/2009
A preseason ranking of the 25 best college football teams for 2009.
By Mark Albracht | Published 5/11/2009
JPL opened it's doors to the public. Here's a look at some of the amazing, cutting-edge project going on at NASA's La Canada facility.
By Mark Albracht | Published 5/3/2009
Screenplay competitions are a good way to get a leg up in the film industry. Many others are blackholes for your hard earned greenbacks. How do you tell the difference? Here are five screenplay contests worth your time and money.
By Mark Albracht | Published 4/14/2009
If you're a feature script writer, you might think that writing a short film script is just like writing a full-length script only shorter. That's a reasonable assumption. But it's wrong.
By Mark Albracht | Published 4/14/2009
A few shots from around the city of roses.
By Mark Albracht | Published 4/8/2009
The area around Pasadena's Rose Bowl stadium.
By Mark Albracht | Published 4/7/2009
This illustration has been approved by the Smoking Monkey Research visual aids department.
By Mark Albracht | Published 3/13/2009
Pictures of Scotts Bluff National Monument and the surrounding terrain.
By Mark Albracht | Published 2/26/2009
Ranking the 21 best college football teams of the 21 Century. So far.
By Mark Albracht | Published 1/22/2009
Please forward this post via email to anyone you suspect knows Mr. Jemaine Clement of the Flight of the Conchords minstrel duo. Or to just anyone at all.
By Mark Albracht | Published 1/5/2009
Diagrams illustrating the shared unusual characteristics of conjoined twins separated at birth.
By Mark Albracht | Published 1/5/2009
Scores from all of the college football bowl games so far!
By Mark Albracht | Published 12/29/2008
The story of the Nativity, with Dinosaurs!
By Mark Albracht | Published 12/23/2008
Homemade snowman Christmas cookies. What else do you need to know?
By Mark Albracht | Published 12/21/2008
A look ahead to the 2008 college bowl season.
By Mark Albracht | Published 12/10/2008
The best supporting actor Oscar race could come down to a case of art imitating life vs. the imitated life itself.
By Mark Albracht | Published 12/5/2008
How to increase website traffic and web content page views through some simple, mafia-inspired techniques.
By Mark Albracht | Published 11/18/2008
Photos from the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California.
By Mark Albracht | Published 10/27/2008
Photographs of skyscrapers under construction in downtown Los Angeles
By Mark Albracht | Published 10/27/2008
A look at the recent highrise development going on in downtown Los Angeles.
By Mark Albracht | Published 10/20/2008
A look at the madcap history of claiming a college football National Title.
By Mark Albracht | Published 10/7/2008
The Natural History museum is located on USC campus and offers a wealth of learning opportunities.
By Mark Albracht | Published 10/1/2008
How do the 2001 Miami Hurricanes rank amongst the best college football teams ever? Here's a look back on the season...
By Mark Albracht | Published 9/28/2008
A look back at the 1995 Nebraska football season. The greatest college football team ever.
By Mark Albracht | Published 9/23/2008
A look at the 2004 USC football season. A time when the Trojans were arguably the greatest college football team ever.
By Mark Albracht | Published 9/21/2008
The 2005 Texas Longhorns were one of the greatest college football teams of all time. Here's a look back a their season.
By Mark Albracht | Published 9/18/2008
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.
By Mark Albracht | Published 9/7/2008
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.
By Mark Albracht | Published 8/30/2008
Hello Kitty candy looks like a tin full of pills.
By Mark Albracht | Published 8/28/2008
The now infamous Georgia bigfoot carcass sparks sightings across the country in this news parody.
By Mark Albracht | Published 8/17/2008
Writer and stay-at-home dad, Mark Albracht, discusses both the joys and trials of balancing work and kids.
By Mark Albracht | Published 8/6/2008
A prediction of the top 25 teams in college football for 2008.
By Mark Albracht | Published 7/25/2008
A brief look at film director Wes Anderson's creative direction.
By Mark Albracht | Published 6/29/2008
A father and son have a heart to heart in this comedy sketch.
By Mark Albracht | Published 5/23/2008
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.
By Mark Albracht | Published 4/16/2008
Here's a mathematical system to calculate the best college football teams of all time.
By Mark Albracht | Published 4/2/2008
How cyberspace might reshape the way in which speculative screenplays reach the desks of Hollywood's script buyers.
By Mark Albracht | Published 3/16/2008
Construction of the world's tallest building moves along.
By Mark Albracht | Published 2/20/2008
Film review of the 2007 movie Rocket Science.
By Mark Albracht | Published 2/17/2008
Is Will Adams' Obama video a watershed moment in American history?
By Mark Albracht | Published 2/10/2008
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?
By Mark Albracht | Published 2/3/2008
A harrowing tale of public shame.
By Mark Albracht | Published 1/20/2008
Comic book pages of opening sequence Gustav's Brush.
By Mark Albracht | Published 1/18/2008
A Midwest couple find themselves dogged by Murphy's Law on their move to Florida.
By Mark Albracht | Published 1/17/2008
Murphy's Law took hold of one Midwest couple as they moved from the Midwest to Florida.
By Mark Albracht | Published 1/17/2008
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?
By Mark Albracht | Published 1/14/2008
Shooting script to a independent short.
By Mark Albracht | Published 1/13/2008
Javier Bardem turned up in three of my dreams. Here's how it went.
By Mark Albracht | Published 1/8/2008
Is a split national title better than a two-loss champ? College football goes berserk in 2007.
By Mark Albracht | Published 1/4/2008
A werewolf shows up in Jason MacElroy's parlor wearing his smoking jacket.
By Mark Albracht | Published 12/17/2007
Predicting the 32 college bowl games for 2007-2008.
By Mark Albracht | Published 12/13/2007
Having problems getting into Hotmail account via Safari? Here are some tips to remedy your troubles.
By Mark Albracht | Published 12/9/2007
The popular ABC comedy experiences some noticeable walk-out strains.
By Mark Albracht | Published 12/3/2007
Screenwriter Mark Albracht suggests that not every piece of script advice is sound advice. Here are four examples of script rules gone bad.
By Mark Albracht | Published 12/3/2007
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.
By Mark Albracht | Published 11/21/2007
WGA member Mark Albracht takes a look at some of the folks walking the picket lines in Hollywood.
By Mark Albracht | Published 11/11/2007
What happened to Nebraska football? The once proud juggernaut is lying on the bathroom floor, drunk and picking through a greasy hamburger.
By Mark Albracht | Published 11/6/2007
Seven surprising uses for vinegar both in and outside the kitchen.
By Mark Albracht | Published 11/2/2007
Tired of getting beat by five year-olds at Candy Land. You can fight back. Here's how.
By Mark Albracht | Published 10/22/2007
Tips on how to start a Spontaneous Human Combustion Support Group in your area.
By Mark Albracht | Published 10/21/2007
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.
By Mark Albracht | Published 10/7/2007
This is the introduction to a three-part essay looking into films set in Middle America (often derogitorily referred to as "Fly-Over Country".
By Mark Albracht | Published 9/27/2007
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.
By Mark Albracht | Published 9/27/2007
A break down and comparison of the 20 best college football teams to have taken the field this decade.
By Mark Albracht | Published 7/18/2007
I interviewed one of the actors in the Geico caveman spots.
By Mark Albracht | Published 5/21/2007
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.
By Mark Albracht | Published 4/24/2007
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.
By Mark Albracht | Published 4/17/2007
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.
By Mark Albracht | Published 6/30/2005
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.
By Mark Albracht | Published 6/23/2005
The Coens' remake of a 1955 British classic delivers lots of laughs if little substance.
By Mark Albracht | Published 5/30/2005
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