Sean Hartofilis is a freelance writer/filmmaker living in Astoria, New York.

Blog Entries by Sean Hartofilis

On Rihanna

Posted March 17, 2009 | 11:37 AM (EST)


Check out this short I posted on Funny or Die:

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Yankees Finance the Second Coming

Posted January 7, 2009 | 02:00 PM (EST)


The New York Yankees, this week, culminated their recent string of high-profile, high-priced off-season signings by brokering a deal with Jesus Christ's agent, Pope Benedict XVI, to pull the Prince of Peace out of retirement, down from Heaven and into the Bronx, for an eight year, $477 million contract.

It's...

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An Appeal to Insanity

Posted November 11, 2008 | 10:30 AM (EST)


Although they didn't do much good in affecting the outcome of the election, the smear tactics of the RNC, the McCain Campaign, and their most zealous supporters have left behind a grimy residue that, I fear, greatly threatens the unity of our country--if not the physical security of our 44th...

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Sitting on Polls

Posted October 29, 2008 | 06:25 PM (EST)


It's a shame that it's taken a financial crisis--folks losing their jobs, plenty more losing their homes--to shift the polls so strongly in Obama's favor, as all the pundits have been claiming. But, whatever happens to be changing people's minds (if, in fact, they are changing), it's nice that they're...

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Sustained Focus and Effort: Sports Clichés, the Election and Our Place in the World

Posted October 24, 2008 | 04:40 PM (EST)


Last night, I played professional basketball, in a dream, for the 1992 Chicago Bulls. We won, and in the post-game press conference, I tried to explain why. It was difficult, because up until the point at which my dream suddenly jumped chapters -- which my dreams tend to -- from...

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