Since I decided to immerse myself in whatever one might dub this series of musings, I have learned that ofttimes there are really only two basic kinds of responses to whatever has happened to inspire them–you laugh or you cry. I frequently use what I consider to be humor to deflect from some of the … Read more
It was just about a year ago when we mused quixotically about HBO MAX’s THE PITT. When S1E1 dropped it drew plenty of comparisons to ER due to its pedigree and casting. Over the course of that season and beyond it began to mirror the former show more and more in terms of accolade and … Read more
I suppose I’m a tad luckier than most that I haven’t had to deal all that much with folks I know dying before their time. When it has happened recently, I’ve tried to go out of my way to at least show up at their memorials if they are open to the public. It’s called … Read more
The surest sign that we’re officially done with the holidays has been the staging of Consumer Electronics Show, which gathers executives flush with year-end bonuses in Las Vegas and plops them into a dazzling celebration of everything new and exciting in tech and enough open bars to push a preponderance of them to drop a … Read more
Yesterday began such a celebratory day for the fine folk at the hodgepodge somehow labeled Versant. Their key executives got to play bell ringers to open the first full trading day of 2026 , with the cameras of their crown jewel CNBC (revised logo and all) covering them. And they’ve actually decided to establish roots … Read more
For the record, I did watch the onset of the Tony Dokoupil era of the CBS EVENING NEWS and, for whatever it’s worth, for me he didn’t evoke any memories of Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather or even Jeff Glor. But he did remind me an awful lot of Tom Grunick. Oh, c’mon you millennials and … Read more
The fat farting fuhrer is on the warpath again. (Literally). Fiddlesticks, or something to that effect that also begins with the same letter. Once again, for reasons best known only to him and perhaps his dark web chat buds, he has chosen to disrupt a perfectly dull and dreary stay-at-home weekend, a truth pretty much … Read more
Whenever I learn someone I know had both the conviction and the connections to actually write a book, I’m inspired to amplify it to the extent that I can. After all, we’re just about to hit 1500 of these musings, and my original intent was to follow the lead of other daily bloggers I’ve known … Read more
Almost forgotten amidst the tumult and tug-of-war involving today’s CNN is that they still have a pretty darn good documentaries division that when given the space can turn it into a viewing destination as worthy as their sister network HBO. First Night and the fact that even Scott Jennings needs a break from eye-rolling his … Read more
Happy New Year to those who celebrate. It’s our semiquincentennial, and if the guttural message that Sam Elliott intoned that proved to be the first commercial I saw in 2026 is any example the over-the-top approach we’re gonna be indulged with for at least the first half of the year I’m gonna be googling Bicentennial … Read more