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I had a birthday last week. It wasn't a major one in the Patton Oswalt rulebook. By that rule, you get to celebrate 1-10, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21 and then every decade, and everything else is a waste of cake and paper. But by the television ratings system, I did have a significant birthday. It was No. 34 … the last year of being in the "in" club. That's what is called the 21-34 demographic. This is my last year as the target audience, more likely to be aware of new products than older age groups, and more likely to be able t... Full story
I had a birthday last week. It wasn't a major one in the Patton Oswalt rulebook. By that rule, you get to celebrate 1-10, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21 and then every decade, and everything else is a waste of cake and paper. But by the television ratings system, I did have a significant birthday. It was No. 34 … the last year of being in the "in" club. That's what is called the 21-34 demographic. This is my last year as the target audience, more likely to be aware of new products than older age groups, and more likely to be able t... Full story
If the Texas Rangers keep up their pace and advance to their third consecutive World Series, and team owner Nolan Ryan was brought on as a series analyst, Fox Sports would be subject to questions of fairness. If I had lunch with Curry County Cats coach and owner Paul Lopez, and I struck a deal for partial ownership of the semipro football team, Clovis Media Inc. would certainly face fairness questions if I covered their games. If Vice President Joe Biden was brought on as an MSNBC election analyst, somebody would raise an eye...
If the Texas Rangers keep up their pace and advance to their third consecutive World Series, and team owner Nolan Ryan was brought on as a series analyst, Fox Sports would be subject to questions of fairness. If I had lunch with Curry County Cats coach and owner Paul Lopez, and I struck a deal for partial ownership of the semipro football team, Clovis Media Inc. would certainly face fairness questions if I covered their games. If Vice President Joe Biden was brought on as an MSNBC election analyst, somebody would raise an eye... Full story
For this week, I'd like to discuss a trio of crazes. I don't understand one, I look at the second with a different angle and the third is just a craze I'd like to see. - I don't get this whole "supermoon" craze. I really don't. But Kevin, the moon's closer than it has been for decades. It's normally 252,000 miles away, but it's now only a scant 222,000 miles away. It's SUPER. Let's put that into perspective. If I'm in Melrose and you're driving on Prince Street, you're driving a car. But if you're on Martin Luther King... Full story
For this week, I'd like to discuss a trio of crazes. I don't understand one, I look at the second with a different angle and the third is just a craze I'd like to see. - I don't get this whole "supermoon" craze. I really don't. But Kevin, the moon's closer than it has been for decades. It's normally 252,000 miles away, but it's now only a scant 222,000 miles away. It's SUPER. Let's put that into perspective. If I'm in Melrose and you're driving on Prince Street, you're driving a car. But if you're on Martin Luther King...
I go to Roger Ebert's website for movie reviews. I get his newsletter for interesting movie trailers. I came to his Facebook page Monday and got disappointment. It wasn't with Ebert (although we have our disagreements about "The Usual Suspects"). It was with a reader, whose letter to the editor Ebert shared: "I've been a fan of Roger Ebert over the years, valuing his opinion on entertainment, especially with the high cost of attending movies today. Today that value was trashed when, on his website (rogerebert.com), I was hit...
I go to Roger Ebert's website for movie reviews. I get his newsletter for interesting movie trailers. I came to his Facebook page Monday and got disappointment. It wasn't with Ebert (although we have our disagreements about "The Usual Suspects"). It was with a reader, whose letter to the editor Ebert shared: "I've been a fan of Roger Ebert over the years, valuing his opinion on entertainment, especially with the high cost of attending movies today. Today that value was trashed when, on his website (rogerebert.com), I was hit...
A friend of mine found out via cell phone app that a registered sex offender lived on her block. Now she regrets letting her kids play in the front yard. An acquaintance's friend used the same app, and discovered a registered sex offender lived eight blocks away. Now she's concerned for her safety. Another friend couldn't believe she saw a man identified as a registered sex offender at the grocery store ... buying groceries. Kids go there, she said. Usually the reaction has been, "What is this world coming to?" My response...
A friend of mine found out via cell phone app that a registered sex offender lived on her block. Now she regrets letting her kids play in the front yard. An acquaintance's friend used the same app, and discovered a registered sex offender lived eight blocks away. Now she's concerned for her safety. Another friend couldn't believe she saw a man identified as a registered sex offender at the grocery store ... buying groceries. Kids go there, she said. Usually the reaction has been, "What is this world coming to?" My response...
Give people a new communication tool, it changes the world. Make it accessible to everybody, and it changes the spelling. We got an example last night, after the Senate defeated the "Buffett Rule." Named after Warren Buffett, it goes on the premise that millionaires can afford to pay higher taxes, and would receive a minimum 30 percent tax rate. How effective it would be is up for debate, but it was clearly an election-year vote to allow Democrats to paint Republicans as friends of the 1 percenters and allow Republicans to...
Give people a new communication tool, it changes the world. Make it accessible to everybody, and it changes the spelling. We got an example last night, after the Senate defeated the "Buffett Rule." Named after Warren Buffett, it goes on the premise that millionaires can afford to pay higher taxes, and would receive a minimum 30 percent tax rate. How effective it would be is up for debate, but it was clearly an election-year vote to allow Democrats to paint Republicans as friends of the 1 percenters and allow Republicans to...
