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Today’s Cystoscopy

It knocked the sh*t out of me. Literally. As you might remember, after taking the steroid dosepak, I was supposed to return to UCLA hospital for a follow-up cystoscopy three months later. Today was the day. I haven’t pissed blood since. So I was optimistic there would be no problem, but you never know. The […]

States Sue to Stop Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

https://shorturl.at/F1xh8 I don’t want the Ellisons and Bari Weiss in charge of CNN, I don’t want Zaslav to get three-quarters of a billion in payment, but that does not mean this merger should be stopped. Funny how those in Hollywood are freaking out over this merger, I didn’t hear them go ballistic when Disney purchased […]

Aging

The number no longer makes sense. Forget lying to others about your age, can you lie to yourself? It was really our grandparents who were the last generation to get old and accept it. It was a natural stage of life. As for our parents, they were flummoxed. The sixties were unfathomable, some got on […]

Mailbag

From: chris stein Subject: Re: America 250 July 4 1976 is so utterly memorable for me.  We were returning from an early ‘out of town’ Blondie gig in Philly. The trip back was laborious, returning a rented beat up station wagon, hauling gear etc. A long bus ride going downtown, we saw ships in the […]