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Like millions of other otherwise normal men of a certain age, I’ve dreamed about Valerie Bertinelli for decades.  No, I’ve never met her, though we clearly have a number of things in common.  We’re mere months apart in age.  We both were fortunate enough to work with (and, in her case, for) Norman Lear.  We

With a scant few exceptions, at the top of such a small list being my bestie (BTW: it’s her birthday today; if you know her, send her at least your regards; if you don’t you should), people in power have more often than not let me down.  Think I’m exaggerating?  Last week yet again I

I probably should be a bigger fan of Steve Carell’s that I’ve been up till now.  I’ve  already been crystal clear that I wasn’t a huge fan of THE OFFICE and I can’t say I fall into the demo that anointed Judd Apatow as the definer of Gen X comedy with THE 40 YEAR OLD

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As I so often do in these musings, I confess that I have more than a few guilty pleasures when it comes to everything from media to cuisine.  In the immortal words of the esteemed Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy, “I’m a man, I’m 40”.  Well, way more than that these days. And I’ll

I’m having yet another frustrating and exhausting week so far, and it doesn’t look like it’s gonna improve any time soon.  So I definitely wasn’t paying attention to what in the world of fast food lovers was a seminal moment earlier this week when McDonald’s technically introduced what had supposedly been a huge European hit,

Time once again for moi to fit in a little crow with my increasingly selective diet. In hindsight, we’ve probably been a little harsh on the Artists Formerly Known As NBC Cable, a.k.a. Versant.  In the first days of their technical self-existence we were admittedly more than a tad bearish on how they were faring.