I am a child of television. I am proud to be in the first generation of kids born to television. Ben Cartwright on Bonanza, Jackie Gleason, and Marshall Dillon from Gunsmoke were regular visitors to my house. My grandmother loved westerns, but I was a spy fan from way back. The Bond films were the […]

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In light of the new baby and especially all of the hospitalizations, The Indignant Wife and I didn’t buy each other presents for Christmas. We will be spending enough money taking the Indignant Children to Disney World, where I’m sure one or both will be frightened into tears at the sight of a six foot […]

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Earlier in the week, it was announced that Scribner would be paying a reported $8 million to soon-to-be-former-First lady Laura Bush. Mrs. Bush’s memoir will reportedly discuss her recollections of personal and historical moments, especially her eight years in the White House. Mrs. Bush’s attorney, in an interview, said that she has yet to begin […]

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I admit to being a late comer to Facebook, but it is a nice tool to find old friends and keep in touch. However, they are now being prudes, as the “PC Police” are out in force. What do I mean? The website has begun to censor pictures posted to the site from women in […]

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I was going to write on a number of topics, but time is short, and I’m too tired. So, suffice it to say that whatever it is you celebrate: Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, or just plain Thursday, let me wish you a happy holiday season. Of course, I also wish for a very Happy New Year […]

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For years, I have thought that certain films were bad for you. Not just in time wasted, but in real ways. I have felt my brain losing IQ points as I channel surfed by films starring Jim Carrey, Pauly Shore, or Will Farrell. By the same token, I have avoided romantic comedies simply because they […]

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Just when we thought that the Chicago Tribune might actually be joining a “post-partisan” world, a piece was posted on the paper’s website yesterday that shows that stirring up the religious. The article begins: “Sorry we missed it last week, but what with the Tribune Co. bankruptcy and that Blagojevich thing, we kind of took […]

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