Brown Watches as Miller and Dowd Come to Blows
The most depressing thing, writes Tina Brown in the Wash Post, about the spat between Times reporter Judith Miller and her colleague/nemesis Maureen Dowd was the tired old debate it kicked off about who’s the bigger vamp, Mo or Judy? “According to Dowd in a lethal column that put her […]
Fifty Cent Throws his Money at his Fans
When I was making a fire I used Sunday’s NY Times holiday films section. I read a story about the new 50 cent movie called ‘Get Rick or Die Tryin’. He and the director, a famously short Irishman, were filming in New York on location. A bunch of Fifty Cent’s […]
Go Ahead, Walk Out onto the Glass
The new skywalk at the Hualapai Indian Reservation, sticking 70′ out and 4000 feet above the Grand Canyon.
Good News for Francisco Cosme
Francisco Cosme got good news yesterday. My future son-in-law has proven himself at Yankee Candle Company, where he got a temporary job several months ago. He’s going to massage school now, weeknights and Saturdays, so he has to report to work at four am to make up hours. Every morning […]
Hold On I’m Getting a Call–Give me the Money!
When it comes to multitasking, it’s hard to beat the woman who can rob a bank and never interrupt her cell phone conversation. Today’s Washington Post reported on a woman who robbed banks while on the phone. “In an act of either incredible cool or something much more sinister, a […]
Dusty and Billy Keepin’ it Real after 35 Years
They are two icons, almost cartoon characters, who have been doing the same thing for 35 years. They are Billy F. Gibbons and Dusty Hill, whose trademark foot-long beards and sunglasses make them instantly recognizable as Texas’ famous rockers ZZ Top. The pair were interviewed by Alan Light in today’s […]
The Mainstream Media on Blogs
I had an interesting exchange with a local newspaper editor about blogs today. I answered his email out loud, NO NO, I said, newspaper reporters are NOT the ones who should write blogs. “Blogs are something else. Some are erudite and accurate. So many are narcissistic drivel. I think our […]
‘The Leering, Gap-toothed Fife Player’
From the NY Times Book review came this quote from a review by Henry Alford of John Hodgeman’s “The Areas of My Expertise.” “Many people know the Oscar Wilde lament, ‘it is a sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information,’ but how many people are actually DOING […]