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Once again, here's a valuable lesson for you all: Never play cards with a man named Richard Turner… […]
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How are things going in Afghanistan? Not well says Fred Kaplan. […]
Watching the Oscars
Every year, the Internet seems to erupt with the sentiment that we've just seen the worst Academy Awards ceremony ever. I'm never sure what folks are expecting. It's an awards show. 70% of it is giving awards and most of that is stuff like Best Cinematographer which is never going to be entertaining no matter […]
Some Recent Tweets
They have too many categories at the Oscars. "Best Performance by a Supporter in a Supporting Role?" Please. # Never mind banning Sacha Baron Cohen from the Oscars. Call the SWAT Team to get Joan Rivers away from the red carpet. # I'm going to watch the Oscars until some winner thanks his/her agent. I'm […]
Great Photos of Stan Laurel and/or Oliver Hardy
Number one hundred and sixty-one in a series… […]
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Missing Messages
Last night around 11:20, I posted a message here wishing Abe Vigoda a happy 91st birthday. I guess something about Abe upsets WordPress software because the system went kablooey and though I posted it once, that item wound up appearing about 200 times on this site before I got in and stopped things. In doing […]
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Did you see Bill Maher's stand-up special the other night? It wasn't on HBO or television. It was streamed live on Yahoo! I don't know if this was the case with the live transmission but the current online version has annoying bleeps where you have to mentally supply the missing words. Here it is… UPDATE […]
Old L.A. Restaurants: Ollie Hammond's Steak House
For those of you who don't know Los Angeles: La Cienega Boulevard is located on the Eastern-most side of what could barely be called Beverly Hills. And on La Cienega, there used to be a stretch of several blocks known as Restaurant Row — one great place to eat after another. Most of those restaurants […]
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My Tweets for 2012-02-23
A group just bought Dorothy's red ruby slippers for 2-3 million. They could have ordered them from Zappo's for $11.95 plus shipping. # Gingrich last night: ""This is an administration which, as long as you're America's enemy, you're safe." Yeah, as safe as Bin Laden. # […]
Sergio Update
As mentioned back here, my partner Sergio Aragonés is on his first-ever hiatus from work due to some back problems that landed him for a time in the hospital. He's home now and getting better with each passing day and everyone involved seems happy with his recovery. But he has more recovering to do and […]
Great Photos of Stan Laurel and/or Oliver Hardy
Number one hundred and sixty in a series… […]
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When I was a kid, I loved records featuring my favorite cartoon characters and felt cheated when I bought one and found phony voices on it. By "phony," I mean the cover would suggest I'd be getting the actual folks who did the voices on the cartoons but the record would instead feature impersonators. This […]
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Derek Thompson reports on a report that analyzes the various proposals from G.O.P. candidates about lowering the debt. Bottom line? They'd all raise it, some considerably. […]
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The current issue of Playboy has a good interview with Paul Krugman, who has a pretty good track record at predicting where the economy's heading and explaining why. He's a liberal, of course, but I don't recall his opposite number in the conservative ranks (whoever that might be) being as critical of George W. Bush […]
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There's a new posting up over at The Same Picture of Dave Coulier Every Day. Interesting. […]