Yesterday when I got back from a hike there were several turkeys in my yard in the high grass. I let my dogs out of my car anyway—they can’t catch turkeys. I hadn’t figured that the poults have lately arrived,…
Due to the overly hasty production methods here, I inadvertently referred to the President’s “gay marriage initiative” of yesterday. Now I’m told that the President actually came out against gay marriage. Gosh. I apologize to all my heterosexual readers. I…
I’m collecting good pseudonyms from my spam because I think they are a literary achievement. As any author of fiction can tell you, coming up with names is tough. Here is a list of names attached to recent spam that…
The Times’s unfortunate decision today to give up four columns across the top of the front page to a photograph of Michelle Wie is mitigated by a number of factors: feminism, beauty of composition (props to photog Suzy Allman), and…
My entry on the Sopranos yesterday generated some wise comment. Three readers said I am wrong about feds tipping off mobsters. Most persuasively, Mark: Regarding the agent tipping off Tony; Trust me , it happens. Please reference the famous gangster…
I spent a couple days in New York, including meeting with a pseudo-friend. If you don’t live in New York, you might not know what a pseudofriend is. New York is full of them. These are the people who want…
My little brother says there were a couple things about the Sopranos finale that lifted it into greatness. 1, The characterization of Tony’s power. Tony could on the one hand manipulate his men into thinking that he wanted rival boss…
One of the great things about blogging is that all the stuff I fulminated about in private over the last few years (not getting assigned to write about it for Mainstream magazines) I now have to put down in cyberspace,…
Everyone is now so intoxicated with The Sopranos (including me) that the producers think they can do anything they want with us. It’s not a good spot, for us or them. Last night’s season finale (which precedes a final season)…