Archive for the 'The Media' Category


Holograms

This is a non-story. Troupes of holograms will not be gracing the stages of amphitheatres, it was a one time stunt, which paid dividends for Snoop and Dre, expect it to be trotted out to diminishing returns in the future, like 3-D movies, but if you think holograms are where live entertainment is going, you [...]

Wild

"There was no way I was going to keep my pants on with a man who’d seen Michelle Shocked three times." And that’s why I read the book, that quote right there, excerpted in a review in the "New York Times". I’ll admit I was interested because of the adventure angle, young twentysomething decides to [...]

Restaurant Impossible

Like music in the sixties, the Food Network is riding the wave of public interest in comestibles all the way to the bank. They’re so successful, they even added a second channel. Everybody eats, but one must credit their programming department, they’re always coming up with new spins on the reality theme that get you [...]

Adversity

My doctor’s a Republican. Seems hard to fathom until one contemplates how he got to his esteemed perch. Through a ton of hard work. He had to get good grades to get into a good college and had to repeat this process to get into a good medical school and become chief resident. Still, despite [...]