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The Price is Right
Here's a nice list of Free Software Utilities one can download on the Internet. I have a few other recommendations in a couple of categories and I'll try and post them here soon. But over all, this is a pretty good source of good freeware. […]
Surgical Radio
I'm listening to a little of The Al Franken Show at the moment. He has on Ed Klein, the author of that new book on Hillary Clinton, and Klein was either very, very brave to come on the show or very, very dumb. Reporter Joe Conason is ripping the man and his book into teensy […]
Today's Political Rant
My pal Peter David saves me the trouble of writing an even longer post about how brain-fogged ridiculous the anti-flag burning amendment is. Read him, then come back here and read the rest of me. Given the low incidence of the supposed crime, we have here a cure for which there is no known disease…but […]
From the E-Mailbag…
Here's a joke that's making the rounds via e-mail… Q: How many Bush Administration officials does it take to change a light bulb? A: None. There is nothing wrong with the light bulb; its conditions are improving every day. Any reports of its lack of incandescence are delusional spin from the liberal media. That light […]
Recommended Reading
I'm as surprised as you may be, but on the issue of the Supreme Court decision on eminent domain, I agree with The Washington Times. […]
Sam Kweskin, R.I.P.
Veteran comic book artist Sam Kweskin passed away this morning at the age of 81. His career in comics was brief and almost wholly spent at Marvel. He began drawing (and occasionally writing) for the company in 1952, back when it was called Atlas, and appeared in books like Adventures Into Terror and Wild Western […]
Rickles Tonight
I hear Don Rickles was in fine form on this evening's Tonight Show with Jay Leno, which was just taped. There's a story about Sinatra in Vegas and a bit of Carson remembrance that are supposed to be wonderful. He does not, however, call anyone a hockey puck. […]
Must-See Me
A few guests' names will be added to panels as they confirm but for now, you can get an idea of what you'll want to see at the Comic-Con International… […]
Recommended Reading
Even John Podhoretz is appalled at that new book about Hillary Clinton. If it's getting trashed by folks like him, it's gotta be pretty distasteful. […]
Paul Cassidy, R.I.P.
Paul Cassidy, who was among Joe Shuster's first assistants on the Superman comic books and strip, has passed away at the age of 94. Cassidy spent most of his career as an art teacher but from around 1938 to 1940, he worked in Cleveland for the Siegel and Shuster shop, helping Joe to produce an […]
More of Daly and Wallace
I'm sure I'm making more of this than the event was worth but, heck, that's what weblogs are for. Rick Scheckman sent me a batch of newspaper clippings about the John Daly/Mike Wallace tempest. It's interesting that in those days, it was permissible for John Daly to work all week as an exec in the […]
Two Times Daly
Jeff Boice was nice enough to send in this additional info about an item I posted here the other day… You talked about the What's My Line? episode where John Charles Daly objected to having Mike Wallace appear as the Mystery Guest. The back story is this: Mike Wallace started the Mike Wallace Interviews show […]
MP3 Recorder Recommendation?
Someone here will have a suggestion. I need to record some interviews, and I also want to audio-record the panels I'll be moderating at this year's Comic-Con International in San Diego. (By the way, one panel has fallen through so I'm down from 15 to 14. I have no idea what I'm going to do […]
Labor Pains
The national executive committee of the Screen Actors Guild has voted to reject the recent deal negotiated for voicing video games, so you can ignore most of this item. Here's the latest news. This sounds like a major rift in the union that will lead to much yelling and little solidarity. In other Hollywood labor […]