Recently, I mentioned here some problems I was having with Microsoft Outlook, which is what I use for Contacts and Calendar but not for other things like e-mail or Tasks. (I'm a Windows guy, by the way, though I sync both with an iPad and an iPhone. A lot of us Windows guys have iPads […]
Matt Taibbi notes some common ground between the Tea Party folks and the Occupy folks: They both believe that "Too Big To Fail" has gotta go; that the government can't be in the position of being expected to always bail out Bank of America or Chase or any of those behemoths if and when they […]
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The California lottery jackpot's up to $540 million and people are rushing to enter. Because who'd want to win when it was only $450 mil? # […]
Congressman Darrell Issa is the chairman of the House committee on government oversight. Some time ago he called the Obama regime "one of the most corrupt administrations" in American history. But though he's been looking and looking for a crime to go with that accusation, he doesn't seem to be able to find one. […]
The sound on this isn't great but heck, it's thirteen minutes of Ethel Merman singing hits she got to sing on Broadway stages. She's a little infatuated with her own wonderfulness when she talks but not so much that you can't enjoy the performance, which was on a 1982 TV show hosted by Jack Jones… […]
Many readers of this blog are hustling to Rancho Cucamonga in California this Saturday night to see a gentleman named Frank Ferrante perform as a gentleman named Groucho Marx. Details on where and when may be found here but do note that the show starts at 7:30, not 8 PM as some presume. After it, […]
Yes, I am aware that the forthcoming complete DVD set of the Three Stooges is one of those deals we all hate. They put the stuff out in individual volumes and the eagerest of fans snatched them all up…and now wish they'd waited because the complete set has more material and is a lot cheaper. […]
In the last few weeks, I've had pretty much the same conversation with at least three separate friends…not the guys in the above photo but about them. There's a new movie coming out in which current actors portray the Three Stooges and these Stooge fans are worried it will sully the good name of Stooge. […]
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On Friday, we'll hear the results of the recent vote as to whether the Screen Actors Guild should merge with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. The "industry buzz" seems to be that most voters favor the premise of the two unions becoming one but many think there needs to be more research […]
A great musician has passed. Want to know what was special about Earl Scruggs? Read the piece Steve Martin wrote about him earlier this year in The New Yorker. […]
We miss the late, great comic actor Carl Ballantine, better known as The Amazing Ballantine. I had the pleasure to work with him and to dine with him and really, there was no one funnier. We miss him on-stage where he did his hilarious magic act where the tricks never worked. We miss him off-stage […]
I'm going to delay the second part of my Drinking Problem post 'til tomorrow when I'm not as swamped with deadlines and also because I received a few questions like this one from Jess Camen… You said you have Sleep Apnea. I've read all sorts of explanations of what it is but I've never heard […]
Kevin Drum quotes a pretty good defense of the individual mandate in "Obamacare" — framed in a concept conservatives should like — from Mitt Romney. […]