My family was one of the first on the block to get a TV. In the Fall of 1950, my Uncle Herb, (a tinkerer/inventor who had a jukebox/TV repair service), lugged a huge, wooden box, full of tubes and wires, with four small knobs, a large tuning dial, a fluted…
I spent several evenings last week eavesdropping and bantering with a delightfully diverse and brilliant group of writers of poetry, fiction and the arguably indefinable genre of creative non-fiction. There were readings by many of these talented authors and a final conversation, (bordering on argument), on the level and responsibility…
Maybe it’s because, universally, parenting begins with “NO!” By the time we find our voice and attempt our first baby steps toward asserting our individuality, “no” is the most prevalent word in our emerging vocabularies. The most cursory scan of any publicly peopled place would provide example to the shrill…
How’s that law thing working out for you? With the reality show of the Zimmerman trial winding down, (we’ll have to endure a few more episodes featuring loops of eye-witness videos of the protests and violence that will surge and dissipate over the next week or so), the frivolous debate,…
Rach, Zuzu and Griffin holed up at Camp Papa…everything’s cool…life’s good!
Those Muslims, those Jews, those Christians, them Budhists…those whites, blacks, Mexicans, Chinese…gays, straights, vegans. I suppose animals may also have issues with their species specific differences; it’s hard to imagine that the Chihuahua and the Great Dane have much in common; the Siamese acts as though it has no use…
I saw Man of Steel the other day. The new guy was super enough and Kevin Costner and Diane Lane could have been believable as Pa and Ma Kent had the filmmakers actually thought to make them part of the story. Amy Adams is schoolgirl hot as Lois, (who knew…
Better than anything!
I thought, that if it ever became official that the government was spying on everything I did and said, that I would be paranoid, at the very least, and outraged, of the anarchic-retaliatory variety. Fundamentally, it is pretty creepy. The “machine”, (used primarily for good on Person of Interest), is…
Ok, so the poster child for dumbfuck has decided, for whatever reason, not to run for reelection to Congress. Since her announcement was not followed by any immediate outpouring of disappointment, saddened sniffling or even a miniscule chorus of heartfelt “awwwwwws”, perhaps I can put into perspective the arc of…