As Thanksgiving and Chanukah approach and Christmas looms right behind, and particularly after the year we’ve all had to endure, there’s a collective need to find solace and refuge in family. For as much as friendship and even a spouse can fill a void, there is nothing quite more nurturing in my opinion than the … Read more
A year ago we were in the deep throes of a pandemic lockdown and isolation. Personally, I was mired in the additional challenges of lack of work, financial uncertainty and an uncertain living situation that was only beginning to reach the tsunami level of a storm that was soon to boil over. But one year … Read more
Given the schedule I’ve been keeping lately, I actually relished the opportunity to spend a day with NFL Sunday Ticket and watch a whole lot of football. I used to cherish the chance to watch games with a group of friends, but as we’ve discussed before this pesky virus thing has so many of those … Read more
Last night, while Los Angeles dried out from a daylong soaking rain, I plopped down in front of the big screen, a plate of mushroom fettucini in hand, and watched Monday Night Football in a new way with more than a million strangers, though in truth all by myself. I’m reminded that I’m the latest … Read more
I’m old school enough to be a rabid baseball fan, so 2020 was a particularly unsettling year for me in that regard. For the first time since 1966, I failed to attend a live professional baseball game in person. For as much as last year was a challenge for the world and for me personally, … Read more
Yesterday I did a little food shopping. I bought a few staples at Pavilion’s, early in the morning to optimize time waiting in line but dodging delivery people, boxes of items being loaded onto the shelves and not having access to an available manager to ask questions about anything new that caught my eye that … Read more
Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of my life. Tomorrow I have a post-operative checkup with the surgeon who repaired a ventral hernia at the end of last month, the third time in 21 months I was put under anethesia. The experience was a damn sight better than the first time, when I … Read more
The first Sunday of October, arguably the first true vestige of fall. Except here on the edge of Culver City it will be in the 90s, feel like summer, and be the appropriate backdrop for what bodes to be the most exciting final day of major league baseball Leblanguage has seen since he first developed … Read more
Yesterday I had a minor surgical procedure that had me under anethesia for the first time since my major health scare Christmas 2019. And NBC brought LAW AND ORDER back from the dead. In Leblanguage, these events are indeed connected. The revival of LAW AND ORDER, scheduled for NBC and Peacock next year 13 years … Read more
I fucking LOVE football. I’ve purchased a LOT of face masks. And recently I’ve begun to build out my collection of jerseys and outerwear as well, Naturally I think there’s a connection to these passions. As we head out of September and into the heart of the NFL season let’s do a quick recap of … Read more