“Nothing Funny About Tired Saturday Night Live . . .”
2018-02-18 – Trump tweets: “Nothing funny about tired Saturday Night Live . . .” And, you know, he’s right for a change. Comedy has gotten lazy. It used to be […]
Tag Archives: Culture
Unbundling of the Whole-y Texts
2019-01-14 – Everyone loves being a rebel. We revel in our self images as iconoclasts. We love smashing the idols. So why is it that we also love erecting new […]
The Holidays Are All Downhill from Here
2018-12-03 – Our favorite day of the holiday season is the day that we go out to the country to cut down our tree. That was yesterday. The rest of […]
Get Out! The Vote – and Then What?
2018-11-05 – Stop reading this and go vote. I’ll wait. * * * Welcome back. As of today, we don’t know how this will all come out. Either it will […]
It’s Not the #MeToo Movement That’s Giving Men a Hard Time
2018-10-11 – If anyone is giving men and boys a hard time, it’s not the #MeToo movement. It’s the creeps who say that it is normal for men and boys to […]
Do Flat Tires Come in Threes?
2018-09-27 – My first flat tire came almost three weeks ago. This was literally the first flat tire I ever had on a road bike I bought a year and […]
Happy Jewish New Year – לשנה טובה
2018-9-10 (5779-1-1) – Happy Jewish New Year (and to my friends who think I’m waging war on Christmas, Merry Christmas). I wish you the best for the coming year and […]
So Louis CK Is Funny. Other (Non-Creepy) People Are Funny, Too.
2018-08-30 – I was a fan of Louis CK. I was a fan of Woody Allen. It was a loss to learn of their abusiveness. It’s a loss when your […]
Influence Just One Person!
2018-08-16 – I saw a Facebook post today urging me to vote. That is fine, as far as it goes, but it won’t really change my behavior. I have voted […]
Are Our Fears Driving Politics?—Or Is Politics Driving Our Fears?
2018-07-12 – What are your greatest fears? What causes you worry? What stresses you out? That was the question posed in this week’s weight-loss webinar sponsored by my health plan. […]
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