My Starbucks was surprisingly busy for a chilly Tuesday morning at the otherwise ungodly hours I tend to keep. Either a bunch of other people had the same overly spicy soup I did last night, or they were grabbing something to keep them awake as the ritual of yet another pre-dawn award nomination announcement ceremony … Read more
When my best friend was exploring options for where to take their soon-to-be 91-year-old grandmother for a New Year’s Day brunch, they were handicapped by the fact that the nearest and what they saw as the most fiscally responsible option that was open was a Burger King. When I heard that was under consideration, I … Read more
If you want to know how to get on my bad side, just try reassuring me in the manner that someone in an online chat group recently tried to when I remarked that I was having lots of trouble sleeping lately, most recently due to a persistent shoulder and neck ache. “You’re getting old!”, this … Read more
When news broke last month that SPORTS ILLUSTRATED was found to be increasingly reliant on AI-generated content, even creating deep-fake profiles of non-existent journalists in the process, I, like many of those who immediately empathized with the human reporters who uncovered this behavior, laid the blame squarely at the feet of the man in charge, … Read more
Actually found the time and mental bandwidth to catch a couple of actual premieres in recent days. I guess one could call them game shows, but it would likely be a healthy debate in both cases as to the accuracy of that classification. And given my past experiences with such discourse, honestly, I’m currently not … Read more
The name David Smith may not be one of the most well-known in media circles, and I’m willing to bet if you search it on Facebook there will probably be hundreds such possibilties for you to search through to find the one who’s making news this week. You can if you want to; personally, I’ll … Read more
I’ve always had difficulties falling asleep at night, and lately, with a lot more reason. As a kid, devoid of options available later in life, my tranquilizer was my transistor radio, tucked safely between two head pillows, tuned either to a late-night ballgame or all-news radio. I gave them 22 minutes, they gave me a … Read more
I always thought it was called Throwback Thursday, a day I was encouraged to participate in by someone once close to me who would typically find the time to post some sort of memory from their past and amplify their social media following, Frequently, those memories were from provocative modeling shoots. I kinda liked those … Read more
If there was any doubt whatsoever of the stranglehold that the National Football League has on America’s emotions and behavior, the events of this holiday weekend should convince even the most skeptical of us that there is scant little else that can get people, organizations–heck, even state leaders–to fall at the sport’s gladitorial feet and … Read more
My mom, rest her tortured soul, didn’t offer much sage advice during her truncated life that has stuck with me at all lo so many decades later. But two, usually delivered with a gravely, scolding tone, do still stay ingrained in my essence: Cover your mouth when you cough. If you have nothing nice to … Read more