TV, current events, pop culture and snide remarks

Vacationing with the folks

March 20, 2012

I've been on vacation. Well, technically I’m always on vacation, but Mom and my brother Mike came to visit for a week and we’ve been seeing the sights. It’s always interesting when company comes and you get to see your own life through their eyes. They seem to like Florida in March. There was new [...]

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Simply gawking is no longer enough

March 11, 2012

Here’s a little poll: How many of you, upon witnessing something slightly out of the ordinary, routinely whip out your phone and begin shooting video of it? I see that all the time. Usually it happens like this: Some poor sap will be having a bad day, and will get in the face of someone [...]

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Farm fresh food for the lazy

March 8, 2012

Each Thursday, the doorbell rings and there’s a guy out there with a bag full of fresh produce. Today it was potatoes, strawberries, oranges, onions, squash, celery and — what’s this? — Italian eggplant. Not sure what to do with that, but I’m sure we’ll think of something. We signed up with this local outfit [...]

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A minor case of iPad fatigue

March 7, 2012

I sat out the iPad. Took a pass on the iPad 2. Can’t really see getting The New iPad either. I guess what I’m really waiting for the Last Best iPad, the one so perfectly grand that I won’t have to stand in line with the rest of the saps to replace it a year [...]

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The man who needs no introduction

March 3, 2012

Rush Limbaugh’s ratings have been sliding over the past year and half, so it seems obvious that his vicious personal slander of a college girl was a desperate attempt to gin up some buzz. It worked. This could have been, and may yet be, Limbaugh’s McCarthy moment — the one revealing that at long last, [...]

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Sympathy for the jammer

March 2, 2012

Let’s talk again about jerks and cell phones. This story out of Philly, about the guy caught jamming cell signals on a SEPTA bus, has been getting quite a bit of traction. The thoughtful, reasoned comments I’m seeing range from A to B: (A), the guy’s a &*%$# criminal and should get his *#%$# ass [...]

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You win, Siri. Now shut the hell up.

March 1, 2012
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Oh, what can it mean?

February 29, 2012

I guess this post has to be about Davy Jones. I used to occasionally sneer at the Monkees, back in the day, but I still find myself singing the chorus to “Daydream Believer” whenever it comes on the radio. I know, he didn’t write it. But I don’t think I ever heard a cover as [...]

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The writing on the wall

February 25, 2012

I guess my favorite thing about Facebook is the way friends and family send birthday wishes when my special day rolls around. I know, they’re being reminded by the machine. And yeah, it’s pretty easy to type a few words on a person’s wall. But it’s also pretty easy not to. I have to admit [...]

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‘Tis the season of doing without

February 21, 2012

I'm not a very religious man, but I usually try to give up something for Lent. Over the years I’ve somehow convinced myself that occasional self-denial is a good thing. This year I guess it’ll be wine. That’s a heavy burden. I like wine. But it doesn’t count unless you give up something you like. [...]

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