I went to a show and it took all my willpower to refrain from dipping into my pocket and checking my iPhone. An e-mail would be nice, or a text, but in my fingertips I hold a personal link to the entire world, and this has changed not only my behavior, but that of the […]

What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where the commercials are funnier than the program? One in which Miley Cyrus radiates such intelligence that she blows away the rest of the show. I’m loath to write about Ms. Cyrus one more time, I don’t want to be one of those bandwagoneers […]

We want to go where everybody else goes. So I’m reading a story in today’s “Los Angeles Times” about redesigning the Dodger Dog, the hot dog staple served since 1958 that has not changed a whit. Turns out the Texas Rangers have a two pound concoction and Atlanta has a hot dog with cole slaw […]

Write a hit single. After all that hype, stories in every mainstream publication known to man and an appearance on the Emmys, Elton John sold a paltry 48,000 albums this week. And you know it’s less than 20,000 next week and then it’s over. What happened? Elton failed to write a hit song. Too many […]