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Archive for April, 2007

Required Reading?

Posted in Culture on April 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I have shelves of books about 9/11. Most of these were given to me because I was personally affected. On my shelves are books about loss and coping, including at least three by 9/11 widows who scored early book deals. I’ve got books by pundits, politicians, military men and conspiracy theorists, consummate insiders and [...]

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Early Debates

Posted in In The News, Politics on April 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

April 27th
The Democratic Presidential candidates were on last night. You can be forgiven for not watching since it competed with “Grey’s Anatomy” and “CSI” (thank God for TiVo) and since the first primary, even with all the rearranging, is still nine months away. Substantial field, I must say. I thought I remembered everyone [...]

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Lacking a “View” Point

Posted in Entertainment, In The News, tagged on April 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I think I’ll give everyone a break, including myself, and not comment on Rosie’s departure from “The View.” First of all, commenting on it would be so lacking in originality. Second of all, I don’t have a strong opinion about it. It’s one of those things where I can see it from a few angles [...]

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Culture Non-Shock

Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Media, tagged , on April 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I was drinking my daily does of V-8 juice (man, that’s good) and reading about further fallout from the Imus foot-in-mouth story. A few television and radio journalists and talk show hosts have called on hip-hop performers, promoters and producers to avoid three especially inflammatory words (two sexist and one racist). Some performers have responded [...]

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Doc Knows Best

Posted in Dog on April 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »

My dog Molly had a bout of diarrhea so I took her to the vet yesterday. The doc on duty recommended an antibiotic, which I fed her with dinner. About an hour later she started to scratch furiously; her heart rate increased and her temperature rose. She was pretty frantic and so was [...]

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Brain to Mouth: Disengage

Posted in Culture, Entertainment, In The News, tagged , on April 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »

It’s a slow day when all I have to do is read about Alex Baldwin’s angry voicemail to his daughter. Now that’s real YouTube fodder. Contemplating the Baldwin backlash, I detect hints of a sympathy vote in the blogosphere for the volatile but beleaguered dad. Who hasn’t been tempted to lose one’s temper with an [...]

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