Lawsuit, Part Two
O is a movie starring Mekhi Phifer and Julia Stiles about an inner city youth starring on a prep school basketball team. Watch it and you immediately recognize that Othello was repackaged. Our...
View ArticleInappropriate Self-Indulgence
In 1980, I voted for John Anderson for President. The vote was a protest against the major party candidates. Those casting votes for Anderson had no impact on the race. For those of us voting for...
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A Picture is Worth …
Pithy Sayings Series 1,000 words or 10,000 words. I’ve seen both figures used. I believe Dr. Maloney, a high school English teacher, devoted a class expounding on this pithy saying. And, yes he had a...
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I suffer from a very specific type of glaucoma. It permits me to see that the women I know are beautiful women. If I don’t know the woman, the glaucoma enshrouds the woman in a blur. Now this condition...
View ArticleOn Political Correctness
The fight against political correctness has been in the forefront during this presidential election cycle. For the first time, I created a rough outline on what I was going to write. In looking for a...
View ArticleKaepernick, Round 2
The italicized comments were directed to me in response to my posting on Colin Kaepernick’s refusal to stand for our national anthem. I think it is important that you digest it in its entirety before...
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Knee Jerks
Try to stop your leg from moving when the doctor strikes your knee with the rubber mallet. It is reflexive and virtually automatic. Your leg is going to move. 140Characters is running a “knee jerk”...
View ArticleInequality
I recently came across one of those matchstick puzzlers where you are challenged to move one match stick to complete the puzzle’s objective. It had been posted on Facebook by our class valedictorian....
View ArticleChemo for Inequality
Earlier today, I posted something that was not treated equally with all other postings here. I made no effort to proof-read or double check my reasoning. I expect this inequality to produce instances...
View ArticleTeachers, Part 1
Unabashedly, without reservation, believe me when I say it, my favorite teacher is my niece. Paternally, I’m either the first or second of my father’s children to graduate from college. My sibling and...
View ArticleFictional Campaigning Isn’t a “Square” Deal
Seven squared days (49) until voters select the president to succeed President Obama. Like Jeopardy, a show I had a very lamentable appearance many years, the word in quotation marks will be featured...
View ArticleOn Self-Deprecation
Since at least my senior year in high school, I have been an unchallenged master at self-deprecation. No praise is too small to be swatted aside. Nice shoes or clothing — my wife bought them. Nice...
View Article‘Mazing, Mercurial Matt Mazza
That Championship Season was a Pulitzer Prize winning drama play featuring a larger than life high school basketball coach. Each year, a couple of hundred or more high school basketball teams get their...
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Mazza: Part 2
Multi-facet Matt In the short period of time since posting ‘Mazing, Mercurial Matt Mazza, between here and Facebook, Matt has generated the most comments. I expected that due to the ease of obtaining...
View ArticleTakeaways and Lookaheads
The first presidential debate of 2016 is history. And, it was a doozy. In a sport analogy, we saw the bull being tired out. The bull was true to his nature. He raged and he spun. He glowered, snorted...
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Apple TV is finally changing the living room
You’re probably thinking that you know everything there is to know about the Rooftop Concert Series You’re saying to yourself, it started in 1986 and was on for 9 seasons and starred Andy Griffith....
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Geeky Gadgets Deals Of The Week
You’re probably thinking that you know everything there is to know about the Rooftop Concert Series You’re saying to yourself, it started in 1986 and was on for 9 seasons and starred Andy Griffith....
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How Grand Theft Auto hijacked the entertainment industry
You’re probably thinking that you know everything there is to know about the Rooftop Concert Series You’re saying to yourself, it started in 1986 and was on for 9 seasons and starred Andy Griffith....
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Margaret Cho Designs Solitaire Jumpsuit For Betabrand
You’re probably thinking that you know everything there is to know about the Rooftop Concert Series You’re saying to yourself, it started in 1986 and was on for 9 seasons and starred Andy Griffith....
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The Hottest Wearable Tech and Smart Gadgets of 2016
You’re probably thinking that you know everything there is to know about the Rooftop Concert Series You’re saying to yourself, it started in 1986 and was on for 9 seasons and starred Andy Griffith....
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