TiVo is rolling out a new software upgrade that made it to one of my machines the other night. It simplifies some menus but the main new feature is something they call Overlap Protection. The message you receive with this doesn't explain it well so I did a little research and I think (note the […]
Michael Hiltzik, who blogs for the L.A. Times, has a view of Arnold Schwarzenegger that I find interesting. It includes the prediction that Arnold will not stand for re-election; that he will find some excuse to go do other things. Having predicted that Schwarzenegger would not run in the first place, I'm not about to […]
The taping of tonight's Late Night with Conan O'Brien was cancelled and a rerun will be on in place of the scheduled new episode. Could this mean that Mr. O'Brien's spouse is delivering their second baby? […]
Gee, I wish I knew some ways to be annoying when playing Monopoly. […]
In the spirit of "If you can't beat 'em…", comedian Lewis Black will be appearing this evening on The Weather Channel to try his hand at forecasting and to (perhaps) explain why he's spent years calling it "a worthless channel." This will allegedly occur shortly after 9PM Eastern time and again shortly after Midnight. I'm […]
The trouble with these special elections is that they combine precincts so your polling place can wind up being quite some distance. Mine was and for some reason, I decided to walk to it. Went right through the ballot in about twelve seconds and I felt like I wanted to ask the workers there, "Hey, […]
Only early this morning did the two main weather models for Southern California finally come into agreement. Last night, the NAM was still forecasting a big Tuesday storm and the GFS was predicting minor rain chances through Friday. They finally split the difference and now foresee a big storm on Wednesday (though not as big […]
Harper's Magazine has an interesting article up: A History of the Iraq War Told Entirely In Lies. (For what it's worth, for reasons I'll explain at greater length here one of these days, I am not comfortable with the use of the word "lie" to describe any statement that eventually turns out to be untrue. […]
Slate has up a little essay (with plenty of examples) by Chris Suellentrop on Calvin and Hobbes. A nice bit of commentary. […]
As I think I've mentioned, I have some interest in the science of weather forecasting and in observing how the folks who do it do it. We have a fascinating (to me) situation looming for Southern California for Tuesday into Wednesday. Here, the main method of figuring out if it's gonna rain or shine is […]
Here are some snippets from various news stories I've read this morning. See if you can find a logical connect… "President Bush declares 'We do not torture.'" "Over White House opposition, the Senate has passed legislation banning torture." "With Vice President Dick Cheney as the point man, the administration is seeking an exemption for the […]
Recently, I added a new section to this website entitled Great Los Angeles Restaurants That Ain't There No More.* It's all about great Los Angeles restaurants that ain't there no more…and I guess I should have made clear that I was talking about restaurants in which I'd dined. An awful lot of people have written […]
Yours truly is quoted in this Associated Press article about why Jay Leno is increasing his lead over David Letterman in late night. I said what I said but I wish I'd said it a bit more eloquently. I don't think Jay's show is "different every night." I think both shows have become more repetitive […]
Albert Brooks on his (and I guess, my) generation getting older. Thanks for the link, Bruce Reznick. […]
Every so often, I find myself listening to talk radio until at some point, I decide that I'd prefer music. Or the din of jackhammers. Or car alarms or the sound of orangutans mating or anything but talk radio. This week, whenever I've been in the car, it's somehow been talk radio. For the next […]