Television writers are on strike. TV commentators would say something about that but there's nobody on hand to put the words into their mouth. Yep, that's the way it works, folks: almost every syllable uttered by the people you see on TV is written for them by a TV writer. Sorry to burst any bubbles […]
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I'm a big baseball fan, the Yankees being my team, but I also love the Mets. I'm not one of those fans who figures you have to hate the one in order to love the other. To those who say that means I'm not a true fan because of this attitude I explain patiently to
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Here's a song I once wrote about my favorite place on the planet. It's called Brooklyn Blues Well I was born in Brooklyn on a sunny winter day And when I wasn't lookin' all the years just slipped away Now the story of my life is that it ain't over yet I'm gonna stick around,
Well, I've certainly landed an odd-duck interview today, and one I didn't even seek. Seems this guy Billy Mephistopheles calls me up the other day and tells me he's Satan's eldest son and second in command down in the nether regions. I figured the guy to be a crank caller making fun of the way
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In a far-away place in the mythical country of America in a borough called Brooklyn in a place called New York City is a street named Eastern Parkway. There stands a building, an ordinary looking building you might not look at twice except for the crowds constantly streaming in and out of it. In this
Ever make a decision that seemed pretty reasonable only to have it blow up in your face? If not, then read no further and go get fitted for your halo already, the rest of us have some reviewing to do. Let's see, how far back do we want to go? Nehru suits, maybe? Nah, most
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You've got to love the Internet. Of all the things people predicted about the future when I was a kid the Internet and World Wide Web (they're not the same thing) were not even figments of anybody's imagination outside of Hollywood. No inventor was trying to perfect them, no research and development teams in big
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The time has come, the walrus said, to speak of many things. of sailing ships and spools of yarn, of cabbages and kings.– Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass What do these two have in common, cabbages and kings? They both smell pretty rank right from day one. Most things take a while to start
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We all know right from wrong. Mom took care of that little chore before we could read. Lying was usually pretty high on her list when it came to wrong things we ought never do. And for that we all should be eternally grateful to our mothers. They did their mightiest to shape our characters
(With a grateful nod to the late, great Rod Serling.) The year: anytime soon. The place: the Capital of The Twilight Zone. The situation: Senator Dick Burns, senior senator from a large farming state in the Midwest has been summoned to the White House for a strategy session with President Batson Belfrey. Present at the
