Hot Cheetos and Takis and Reach

Hot Cheetos and Takis and Reach

My poor little surgically altered stomach can’t quite handle spicy foods, so I’m typically frustrated when I get a craving for a snack and see more different variations of flamin’ hot chips, popcorn, burgers and pizza at my local strip mall.   I’m well aware that the likely reason these flavors dominate the shelves is because … Read more

The Year of No Cats

The Year of No Cats

If you were looking for the Kitten Bowl on Super Bowl Sunday as I was, you may have been as distressed as I was to learn that the Hallmark Channel had discontinued it, choosing human love for its Valentine’s Day movie marathon over pet love.  Yesterday’s news that its former CEO Bill Abbott, now heading … Read more

Be My Quaran-Tine?

Be My Quaran-Tine?

Dearest Barbara, A few weeks ago I wrote at length about how much your valued intelligence and leadership was so influential on my life and health.  Your institutional medical knowledge and unwavering dedication to “trusting your team of medical experts” is constantly cited every time your beautiful face pops up from some remote location in … Read more

Super Fan Sunday

Super Fan Sunday

It’s Super Bowl Sunday, and here in balmy LA the sense of anticipation is none like I’ve ever witnessed before.  For only the second time in 56 years (but also the second time in two), a team that plays regular season games at the Super Bowl site will be contending for the ultimate sport’s ultimate … Read more

“You Hawf A Sistah”

“You Hawf A Sistah”

Way too many February 11ths ago I fell asleep watching THE NEWLYWED GAME while lying in a baby crib that was awaiting the impending birth of my mother’s second child.  As we often did in our cramped garden apartment, my parents would huddle by the working heater in their bedroom with them in their bed … Read more

Say Hello To My “Big Brother”

Say Hello To My “Big Brother”

Yesterday this fledgling enterprise got a shout-out from a much more established resource for entertainment and media news and information.  The Programming Insider’s Marc Berman was respectful enough to include my recent observations about celebrity reality bookings in his daily newsletter, with a link to this site.  If you have discovered this effort from that, … Read more

The Joy Of Cooking And Connecting

The Joy Of Cooking And Connecting

When the pandemic first took hold, dozens of my social media friends began to accelerate their postings, if for no other reason as to give them some meaningful connection to the outside world.  At the time, I was distracted with a few more pressing matters, like determining what I was going to do with the … Read more

Tequesta Lives Matter, Too

Tequesta Lives Matter, Too

Brian Flores made headlines earlier this week when he filed a class action suit against all 32 National Football League teams that called out specific incidents in the last month that have denied him employment as an NFL head coach.Flores has specifically accused the Denver Broncos, New York Giants and his former employers, the Miami … Read more

When Red Turns To Blue

When Red Turns To Blue

When I log onto my online banking account, withdrawls and deductions appear on my screens in red; deposits appear in blue. For many months I’ve been seeing far more entries in red than I would otherwise wish. This past weekend I saw a few blue ones.  One in particular that was as surprising as the … Read more

B-Ing Positive

B-Ing Positive

I’ve written quite a bit about what has been going wrong in my world and the world at large IMHO of late, frequently looking back at happier and more influential times for context and support.  Today I’m going to try and look at the present and future for positivity with examples of how dreams can … Read more