You might only be familiar with the name James L. (or Jim or Jimmy, depending upon the era) Burrows from the opening credits of a tv comedy you’ve watched at some point. Chances are you’ve probably watched the same episode of some of them more than once–according to some of the statistics I’ve seen, some … Read more
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
One of the few positives about my ex’s family was her infatiguable grandmother, who effectively was the glue that held its disparate dysfunctional members together for all but a handful of the 100 years and 1 day she graced this Earth. While she physically deteriortated over the years I was blessed to know her, her … Read more
About 2200 machers both current and aspirational converged on Denver yesterday for an increasingly busy confab know as the Stream TV Show, which given that NATPE and Real Screen are history and Cannes isn’t in everyone’s budget has been positioned and poised to become all the more significant. Boy, did their bars and restaurants get … Read more
I had every intention of finding a way to the movies this past weekend to see DISCLOSURE DAY. I’m proudly of a generation and mindset that considers Steven Spielberg to be the greatest director of the late 20th century and the greatest one still alive. Not that I have much against the genius of a … Read more
I know it’s difficult to let go of something when you’re simply too emotionally wrapped up in it to take that otherwise simple action. Today would have been my dad’s 94th birthday, though he never got to celebrate the last 12. Like so many days in this period between Mother’s Day and the mid-July day … 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
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site The Double Overtime. Please visit it regularly for coverage of all sports plus occasional essays on business and technology, At long last the World Cup is set to begin actual competition, after a drumroll and build-up that’s been as politically tainted as anything we’ve seen … Read more
No, I’m not on Evan Shapiro’s payroll–though at the rate he’s going, I’d sure like to be. I do acknowledge that I tend to get inspired for musings more often from what he posts than many others in his wheelhouse–if for no other reason he tends to drop his efforts in the wee hours of … Read more
I recently reconnected with a high school friend who for a myriad of reasons I still can’t quite grasp insists on communicating by e-mail. Picking up a phone, whether it’s because of insufficient charging capability or being within earshot of someone he’d rather not hear his conversations, seems to be beyond his current capacity (no … Read more