My creative friends do tend to get their danders up whenever I’m guilty of passing judgement on something before I’ve seen even a snippet of production. I’ve been guilty of reacting prematurely to press releases, sizzle reels and proofs of concept that to me came off as overly aspirational and/or filled with more than the … Read more
I had to bid farewell to a friend yesterday, something I don’t do easily or willingly if you know me at all. Actually, he was more of a business bud, someone who would rely on me as a resource when he was an entertainment reporter for a major newspaper back in the days when such … Read more
Nothing like a good scandal to jazz up an otherwise lackluster election cycle, right? Especially in the Democratic party. They do seem to be expert at finding ways to find candidates with, to be kind, issues. You think it all began and ended with dementia-addled octogenarians whose debating skills seemingly disappeared overnight? Nah, there have … Read more
Happy semiquincentennial birthday, America, and to those who celebrate. That’s not exactly a word that flies off my fingers with ease, so with your permission I’m gonna make any references to it as SQC. Not that I intend to do so at many points beyond today’s musing anyhoo. But I will admit that I’m more … Read more
Being the native New Yorker that I am I couldn’t help but get a little swept up in the torrent of stories that emerged from the New York primaries that were held earlier this week that gleefully announced what was being sold as a blue tsunami. Just about every national news outlet based in New … Read more
I can’t help but literally laugh in the faces–or at least the Facebook profiles–of the ridiculous amount of people who are besides themselves with anger and fury that Spencer Pratt’s political career has come to a wholly unexpected crashing halt. Having our s(h)itting president rant to the point where his usual orange tan clearly had … Read more
It takes a lot to leave me speechless. But yesterday in the midst of a spirited conversation about potential employment–an opportunity that I sadly don’t actually get much of these days–I was asked “What is your favorite Excel formula”? Seriously. I sputtered to give something that resembled an honest answer, because I’ve never spent a … Read more
I’ve been crystal clear that I’m anything but comfortable about the choices that are awaiting myself and my fellow Californians on the primary ballot that is now sitting on my nightstand awaiting my attention. I’ve already mused about the underwhelming and unfortunate situation that we find the gubernatorial race in, and I’m sorry to say … Read more
Let’s get one thing straight upfront: I’m as sick as you are of this whole Jimmy Kimmel and Disney mishagas–maybe more. My algorithms have apparently been trained to immediately show me yet another outraged reaction to something that either he or the farter-in-chief have been saying in their neverending battle of wits, one-sided though it … 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