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The Matzoh Ball Started Early This Year

Well, this is often what happens when Chanukah finishes early.  While the majority of the world is in holiday mode, those who don’t celebrate the holiday are looking for things besides the umpteenth rerun of ELF to keep themselves entertained. If you happen to be among those non-Christmas celebrants looking for a connection of sorts,

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Media Musings

Best of ’23: Take Them Out Of The Ballgame!

I’ve taken some of the most pride in the way both this site and our sister sports site, Double Overtime have covered perhaps my personal favorite intersection, sports and media.  And this year, it was nay impossible not to pay attention, as the world as we’ve known it pretty much since the mid-1970s was coming

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Media Musings

As An Expert And A Mensch, Adam Nedeff Scores a 10.

If you’re a regular reader of these musings, you likely know the name Adam Nedeff, and you probably know him better than I do.  For those of you who don’t, you should, and for a lot of reasons beyond the mere fact he can tell you more about people and shows no longer with us

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Life Lessons

It’s The Least Wonderful Time Of My Year

Sure, it’s only the ides of December, but for those of you who are still fortunate enough to have a regular job your 2023, for all intents and purposes, is wrapping up today.  And you don’t even have to be part of the workforce to pick up on the clues.  The year-end review columns and

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Media Musings

Mr. Monk’s Wild Ride May Not Be Quite Over

Adrian Monk knows exactly where we’ve been and what we’ve done.  And he may just be where we’re all gonna go again. Say this much for NBC Universal.  They may be not be winning any streaming wars in terms of subscribers (they literally took a victory lap when they recently announced that Peacock hit 30

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Media Musings

Look What Teddy Claus Gave Us For The Holidays

In the middle of Chanukah, and just 12 days before the 12 days of Christmas, research geeks and media pundits around the world were given a big, shiny data dump as a holiday gift, courtesy of Netflix. Why thank you, Teddy.  How thoughtful of you.  And only in a world where the mystique and aura

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