It’s funny how an ostensibly interactive medium remains a one-way funnel most of the time in my case. With rare exceptions do I get any feedback or response even when I post encouraging and positive responses to people. I get that almost everyone else has priorities in their lives like jobs and immediate families that … Read more
I’ve been accused by a few more impatient yet loyal readers of being overly wordy so in a rare moment of TL;DR acknowledgment I’ll put this question up front that I honestly am at a total loss to try to answer: If it’s your show to run, do you prefer progress over process? For those … Read more
When I chose to begin a new life going solo I made a Faustian pact with my sister that I would not fall into the trap that far too many divorced men fall into–exclusively rely upon restaurants or take-out for my nourishment. In between my first and second marriages that defined my own eating habits, … Read more
For a change–and some might say for the better, I’m speechless. Mother’s Day does this to me. If you’re among the scant few who have been regularly devouring these musings, you already know that. My own mother is gone a couple of weeks short of 35 years, her heart literally suddenly exploding mere hours after … Read more
Whenever I see sobering statistics on how shows what were once seen as saviors turning quickly into afterthoughts and write-offs I pay attention; when you’ve been as empowered and as enriched as I have been to react to such stimuli for as long as I was old habits die hard. The latest example of that … Read more
I’ve always had a symbiotic relationship with comedy both personally and professionally. I shared some of those formative experiences in one of the first musings on this site, which as it turned out was one of the most widely viewed and shared ones I’ve produced before or since. Now that Copilot is part of my … Read more
I really do try to be empathetic to others’ troubles. More days than not that approach falls into the category of misery loves company, if for no other reason that I’ve learned first hand that practically everyone I even remotely know who is actually succeeding these days is thoroughly unwilling to engage in any “downer” … Read more
I was inclined to have a tad more interest in this week’s road trip for Chuck and Cammy given my lineage. As I’m not ashamed to overshare, my grandparents were London Eastenders who despite their decidely blue-collar roots always had four o’clock tea with Cadbury biscuits whenever I visited. And when I discovered the existence … Read more
I’ve been reluctant to weigh in on the most recent Wag the Dog diversion from the increasingly desperate and demented team surrounding the leader of the free world–picking a fight with the Pope himself. For the record, I find this all as ludicrous and pathetic as anything that’s come out of his diabolical camp–I personally … Read more
I sure hope your Valentine’s Day was a lot more satisfying than mine. Once again, it was reduced to a virtual experience for me, long after both COVID and my alibi for a marriage had their expiration dates. At least there’s someone in my life who actually wished that to me and meant it, which … Read more