Still busy, but I wanted to direct your attention to this article by Eric Boehlert. It's in Salon so non-subscribers will have to watch an ad or something if they want to read it. But it claims something about the Terri Schiavo case that I hadn't realized. (That's assuming it's true. If it isn't, I […]
Here's this one from Dennis Donohoe. I'll reply and then I have to get back to paying work… I too am conflicted about this case. However, I see a distinction (as did your e-mail correspondent) between cutting off "life support" and removing a feeding tube. Consider the sad case of Karen Ann Quinlan. She had […]
This just in from John Thomas… Terry Schiavo is not on life support. She is not suffering from a "fatal congenital disease." If her feeding tube was not removed, she would continue to live, much like if Christopher Reeve's breathing tube was not removed, he continued to live. There's way too much conflation of the […]
The National Cartoonists Society has done a major upgrade of its website. Of interest to all will be the member listings where each NCS member (with a few holes) has done up a little bio of him- or herself. And even more interesting are the ones done in the past by those no longer with […]
I'm still in Cream of Mushroom mode, but if you're interested in the Terri Schiavo case, read this blogpost about how people in Texas are having their life supports disconnected under a law signed by George W. Bush. […]
Dana Milbank of the Washington Post says that…well, here. I'll quote one key paragraph… Partisans on the left and right have formed cottage industries devoted to discrediting what they dismissively call the "mainstream media" — the networks, daily newspapers and newsmagazines. Their goal: to steer readers and viewers toward ideologically driven outlets that will confirm […]
Starting tonight, GSN (née The Game Show Network) is running episodes of The Name's the Same hosted by Bob and Ray. I have not seen these. I don't think they've ever been rebroadcast since they first aired around a half-century ago. But nothing Bob and Ray ever did was without interest, and I'll be eager […]
For the first time in many months, I invoke the long-standing Internet Tradition that I invented and which hardly anyone else follows. The way it works is that when the proprietor of a weblog is too busy to update said weblog, the proprietor posts a photo of a can of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup. […]
The annual TV Land Awards debuted the other night and will rerun a few times throughout the coming weeks. These shows are a bit too self-congratulatory for my taste, and you sure get the idea that the winners — and even the categories in which they "win" — have everything to do with who's willing […]
Frank Rich brings back a Golden Oldie…Enron. […]
Like (I'm guessing) a good many of you, I thought Robert Blake was guilty of murdering his wife…though this is not an opinion I came to by scrupulously examining evidence, hearing all sides and deliberating the matter for more than about ten seconds. I felt he did it the way I feel it will rain […]
I love photos of Los Angeles, especially historic Los Angeles. This site has some great current photos of places that have been around for a long time. […]
My skepticism over reports that TiVo is doomed seems to be justified. This is good news for the company…good enough to put some of the Deathwatches on hold for a bit. They're still some distance from showing a profit but if the Comcast people are going to be equipping their zillions of subscribers with TiVos, […]
About 95% of the Los Angeles Animation Community gathered today at the headquarters of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in North Hollywood. The occasion was the unveiling of a wall sculpture honoring Joe Barbera and the late Bill Hanna. Most of us were invited to a birthday luncheon immediately after, as Mr. Barbera […]
The other day, I linked to an extremely funny/clever video cartoon about prescription drugs. Here's a better link, direct to the page of the folks who commissioned it. I hadn't realized that it was Consumers Union, which is the organization that puts out Consumer Reports. I am a big fan of Consumer Reports, which has […]