I have been to Mexico a few times, and I have been to the bull fights a couple of times. I think it is barbaric and I never liked it (I went the second time with The Indignant Wife who had never been). I always rooted for the poor bull, which is drugged and already […]

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I’m bored with the big stories of the day. All I can come up with are shorts: • Rod Blagojevich was found guilty of 1 count under the indictment; judge declares a mistrial on other 23 counts. This means we have to go through this all over again. Oh boy! • By the way, who […]

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I do watch local news television in the morning, mostly to see what the weather is going to be for the day and the coming days so that I can advise The Indignant Wife and The Indignant Children. I usually look at the NBC and ABC local affiliates. Occasionally, I would channel surf pack CBS’ […]

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One wouldn’t invite Shaquille O’Neal and ESPN host Jim Rome to the same party (unless of course, you’re mean like me and would like to see the little man beaten to a pulp). In an interview Monday on a Washington D.C. sports radio program, O’Neal emphasized his point that Rome has no legacy. “One, I […]

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Tomorrow, the Lallapaloosa music festival starts in Grant Park and once again, I will not be attending. I was tempted this year more than any other because Soundgarden is reuniting to headline on Sunday night. I never saw them, and I loved this band. In fact, “Superunknown” was my pick for the best album/CD of […]

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As I stated earlier, I attended the Chicago Blackhawks convention last weekend, and in general, it was a bore (at least if you have even been to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto as I have numerous times). The first thing was that it started on Friday evening. I thought it would be all […]

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I used to read an excellent movie magazine called Premiere; it had enough gloss for the ordinary celebrity magazine (with little tabloid stuff) and enough business insider material to satisfy anyone who doesn’t read Variety. But the magazine “jumped the shark” in one of its last issues, when it featured numerous pictures of Lindsay Lohan […]

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