Two Down, Two To Go?

Two Down, Two To Go?

No, neither democracy nor Jimmy Kimmel died yesterday afternoon, contrary to the shrill views of a sizable percentage of my social media “family”.  Last time I checked, most of us did not have federal agents tearing down our front doors and yanking the plugs for our internet connections out of the wall–even those of us who objectively believe that the fat farting fascist in charge of all of this has, ironically, the thinnest skin of anyone who has ever been in the public limelight.   Were that truly the case, given what I’ve said about him even in merely the preceding sentence, I suspect my sorry ass would have been dragged out of my place of business, not the contractors spending other people’s money that feign an inability to understand English when I would attempt to engage them in a conversation about their home service needs.  As long as that seems to be the boots on the ground priority, I guess all of us who don’t have a late night talk show are safe for now.

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Sundance Sunset

Sundance Sunset

When someone as enduring and prolific as Robert Redford passes, it’s hard not to get overwhelmed.  Simply a list of the breadth and depth of his accomplishments and the realization that there’s been nary a moment of your own life that he’s not somehow touched is enough to take one’s breath away and yes, shed … Read more

Words Don’t Kill.  Even The X-Rated Ones.

Words Don’t Kill. Even The X-Rated Ones.

I debated long and hard about posting any thoughts about the events of this week surrounding the death of Charlie Kirk.  Frankly, way too many have already been written, and a sizable percentage have been some combination of premature, biased and not fully informed. The few I’ll attempt to contribute will likely alienate even more … Read more

Between A Rock And a REALLY Hard Place

Between A Rock And a REALLY Hard Place

The ink is barely dry on the paperwork that put Paramount under the purview of those mavericks (pun intended) from Skydance when we learned yesterday that was apparently merely step one on the way to global domination.  THE WALL STREET JOURNAL’s well-wired Jessica Toonkel dropped this hot coal onto the media pyre yesterday afternoon: Paramount … Read more

Clawing Back The Conversation

Clawing Back The Conversation

Yesterday was a good day for fans of quality TV.  For starters, a new season of ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING finally dropped on Hulu.  I use the qualifier “finally” because it’s been tacitly promoted pretty much all year, what with Steve Martin taking victory laps and having documentary biographies about his life being produced … Read more