Author: Mark Evanier
Posts by Mark Evanier
Act Now! Supply is Limited!
Costco is selling another original Picasso. This one goes for $129,999.99 and I'm wondering if the price is because some sort of tax or insurance fee kicks in if it's $130,000 or if someone actually thought, "Hey, let's knock a penny off and make it sound a lot cheaper." Last time they did this, the […]
Game Time!
Time to catch up on the late night reruns of What's My Line? on GSN… The other night, they ran a 1958 episode in which one of the contestants was a man named named Henri LaMothe, whose occupation was given as "High Diver (Dives 40 feet into 2 feet of water)." He later got himself […]
For Big Ones
Hey, you want a handy Internet service? Let's say you have to send a very large file to one or more people. You could e-mail it to each of them but not everyone's e-mail service will accept large files. Moreover, if you're sending it to ten people, that would mean your computer would have to […]
Recommended Reading
As of this moment, The New York Times has not officially posted this weekend's Frank Rich column. However, it's hidden on their site and I've figured out how to link to it. It's about Cindy Sheehan and the attempts to make her protest about her instead of about the War in Iraq. […]
Comics Crossover
The Blondie newspaper strip will be 75 years old on September 8. To celebrate, members of her clan are paying visits to other strips to invite their characters to a big party. The festivities start today and depending on my mood, I may or may not provide links to all the strips involved, which lead […]
From the E-Mailbag…
Jim Jurgensen (who doesn't capitalize his name but I will) writes… 1. Cindy Sheehan seems to yuck it up quite a bit for a person who had her son killed. 2. Seeing her holding a Pro-Palestine sign bobbing it up-and-down like she's at a political convention with a big smile on her face makes me […]
Recommended Reading
Matt Taibbi gives us a look at how things really work in Congress. […]
Today's Political Posting
It's a heavy work day but I wanted to mention a few things here before I plunge back into a script… Sam Tomaino writes to take issue with my characterization of John McCain as "pro-choice." He's right, though if you Google the senator's track record on this topic, you might see why I was confused. […]
From the E-Mailbag…
Joseph J. Finn writes, in reference to that Pat Buchanan column I linked to… Well, it is an interesting viewpoint from someone who helped cover for the Nixon White House; an administration that, like the current one, tried to cover up all sorts of malfeasances, lies, unnecessary combat deaths and the subversions of a free […]
Another Told Ya So!
As I mentioned here, the trend in the fast food industry is decidedly away from healthier, low calorie fare. This article in The Washington Post today notes the same thing. [Thanks to Dennis Donohoe for the pointer.] […]
Told Ya So!
According to this article in The New York Times, Mort Walker is about to reopen his comic art museum in the Empire State Building in New York. This may come as a news flash to some but we gave you a giant-sized hint in this item 85 weeks ago. […]
Recommended Reading
I don't agree with every word of this article by Pat Buchanan about Cindy Sheehan and war protests. Heck, I don't agree with every word of a lot of political articles to which I link. But this one is an interesting viewpoint from someone who was around when Richard Nixon was seeing popularity erode for […]
Costas Watch
Bob Costas, who is for my money the best interviewer on television, is sitting in for Larry King this week. Last night, he spent the hour with Conan O'Brien. Tonight, he and his guests discuss the BTK Killer — and every time I see that phrase, I think it's some new sandwich at Burger King. […]
Truth in Labelling
A number of folks have written me to tell of recent DVD releases that are advertised as "complete" collections of certain seasons of a TV show but are not. In a few cases, songs are missing, presumably because someone wanted too much money for the rights to a tune they controlled. This is apparently the […]