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The 800 Pound Guerrila Is Hungry Once More
Those of you who actually know me know full well I have a love/hate relationship with Nielsen. Over the decades I’ve been directly or indirectly responsbile for putting close to a billion dollars in contracts into their coiffeurs, and those that empowered me to deal with them put a lot more in theirs. And at
It’s A Good Day In LA Again
I used to watch an awful lot of local morning TV news. I also used to be a LOT heavier and had a spouse who was absolutely addicted to it–not to mention a few other far worse substances and vices. Some habits die harder than others, I suppose. Fact is, like so many of those
High School Just Ain’t As Appealing As It Once Was
I’ve been hearing from a few more people from my distant past than usual these days as this fall there is a milestone reunion of my high school class and the one that preceded it being planned. Most of these are people I didn’t spend all that much time with when I was in school
Hail To The Conquering Zeroes
It’s kinda ironic that perhaps the most stark example of exactly how divided a party that desperately needs unity is transpiring in real time in the only state that is physically separated into two distinct parts. CNN’s Ethan Cohen is live-blogging as we type: The sun is coming up over Washington, DC, and the Michigan
I’m SO Ready To Be Roped In Again.
At the risk of being still more redundant than usual, I’ll own that this recent heat wave has been kicking my butt pretty harshly. And with yet another birthday that I’m candidly not all that thrilled about–and the extremely growing prospect that it will be quite lonely–fast approaching let’s just say that I’ve been in
If Research Makes News, It’s A Good Day
Heat waves and an aging prostate don’t help my sleep cycles or my migraines, so I confess to slightly more doomscrolling lately than might otherwise be recommended by any legitimate medical professional. In these challenged conditions in a darkened room with binaural beats playing on my CozyBand headphones, I go out of my way to
Brand New Day? More Like Brave New World.
We had a pretty good idea it was going to be a pretty good weekend in Culver City, Queens and Tokyo, two of which I’ve called home for good portions of my life and the third very much on my bucket list. We got our first inkling of the potential on Friday morning courtesy of
You Indeed Have Been A Hero, Dr. Fauci. So Whyd’cha Stop Now?
No matter how hard one might otherwise try, in today’s hyper-politicized and uber-polarized world one cannot always avoid having to engage in uncomfortable truths. That’s especially true if one happens to be a public figure, and especially one who has historically been as auspiced and declarative as Dr. Anthony Fauci. Yes, the otherwise now camera-shy
These Bucks Don’t Stop Anywhere
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site THE DOUBLE OVERTIME. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional essays on business and technology. Joe Buck, like myself, was once a young turk rising through FOX. When the network acquired the rights to broadcast major league baseball in