Giddyup, Gals! Them Fellas’ll Have Ya After All.

So Bob Mueller just actually said (I don’t think he writes his own interstitials so maybe I’ll cut him some slack) that (close paraphrase)
So how easy is it to get married after 30? 20 years after a groundbreaking book it ….appears that the future may not be so bleak for women
Wha?!? Look, I’m [...]

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Wait By The River Long Enough

When I was a kid there was a house in the neighborhood that all the other kids whispered about. Especially the older kids. No one was quite sure why. Sometimes it was because a crazy old lady lived there and wanted us to stay off her lawn. Other times [...]

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The Buckstar Show

Once again I’m hooked on Last Comic Standing. Has there ever been a reality show with a more checkered past? Well, considering that this is reality TV, probably.
Still, I’m betting none are this intentionally funny.
I’m glad to see that they’ve given more audience participation at the ground level. [...]

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Summer Reading

I’ve been commissioned to write a children’s book†. So that’s how I’m spending my days. Big Orange Michael, on the other hand, is making Big Orange Plans to do a lot of reading this summer. He’s included one of my all-time favourite books–Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon– on his reading list.
Any [...]

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Spelling Bzzzzzzz

Man, ABC must think we’re all veeeerrry easily entertained. They are airing the Scripps Spelling Bee on Thursday night. As the dramatic promos say it is ONE NIGHT ONLY. They make it sound as though we are all in for the thrill of a lifetime.
Folks, let me explain. [...]

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Movies They Oughtta Make: Take 2

It’s probably cheating to suggest films ought to be made from books. I wasn’t going to do it, but then I had one thought. Bewitched. If they are so desperate out there as to need to remake old sitcoms, perhaps they can look to another medium for ideas.
I have [...]

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Star Wars==A Few Thoughts

So I’ve been quasi-laid-up for a few days, and I thought I’d amuse myself by watching Star Wars movies. If Star Wars Movies were wedding dresses, the “new” trilogy would be mine. It had pearls, sequins, beads, ribbons, lace and just about every other white thing you could stick on a gown. [...]

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Something About This Is Appalling

That’s Entertainment!
Please.
I hate it when people pimp the Shoah for profit. But hey, it’s Oprah! and Sweeps! So let’s go to Oswiecim and get closeups of her tearing up. Maybe she’ll even chat with her good buddy Steve Speilberg.
Somehow when she announced Night as her bookclub selection [...]

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May 23rd

Today I am thirty-six years old. (Three Dozen for all you egg fans…)
According to Wikipedia, there are 222 days left in the year after today.
In 1995, this was the day that the Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City was bombed. According to Wikipedia nothing else of note really happened on this day [...]

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Happy Birthday!

Today is Aunt B.’s birthday. I am officially jealous because she shares her day with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. That makes it like the coolest birthday EVER. Stop by her place and grant her felicitations.
Oh, and if you work at WKRN, step out of the office to [...]

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