2008
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There’s more honest debate in Israel about Israeli policy than there is here in the United States. Obama seems to have bought into conventional wisdom. This is a good organization to consider, especially if you’ve got any Jewish guilt to assuage.
Today’s Parade Magazine…
…contained this quote from Henry Winkler, on the phrase ‘jumping the shark’: “I also ‘jumped the shark’ on Arrested Development. To be fair, writing 22 sitcom episodes each season is harder than climbing Everest without clothes”. I must confess I don’t understand this quote. (Several pages later is our old friend the Amish Miracle Heater […]
So Long, Skyway: A Christmas Memory
I was recently listening to my favorite radio show, The Glen Jones Radio Programme Featuring X.Ray Burns, when X.Ray shared some sad news: The Skyway Diner had gone out of business. My thoughts immediately went back 5 years, to December 26, 2003. I was returning from a holiday visit to some great friends in central […]
The Yule Log
We were happily watching the Yule Log on local KCAL Channel 9, when John told us there was something better. The Hi-Def Yule Log.
Under Pressure
For the second time, while getting my hair done at the salon on the corner, “Under Pressure” came on the radio. Both times (with different staff) someone said, “Who sings this?” So I interjected (last time and again today) with, “Ok, how about name ONE person who sings this song. There are two.” “Um. Vanilla […]
Signature Dining Measurements
A lot has changed in hospital care over the years. At UCLA Medical Center, one doesn’t just get a hospital tray, one has a ‘Signature Dining’ Menu (delivered by a Nutritional Care Assistant). When I was a kid my teachers in school kept insisting our country would and should be metric by the time we […]
Even Though TVGuide.com Suggested This Book to Me While I Was Browsing NBC’s Thursday Night Lineup….
…I’m fairly certain that Tina Fey didn’t have anything to do with it.
Another Week, Another Movie, Another Memory
I went to the movies again. I really like going to the movies. And this time, I recognized the name in the credits right away. So it was only a matter of figuring out which character in the film was portrayed by this person from my past. The movie: Milk. It is a wonderful piece […]
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