Balloon boy, go away. I didn’t see the story on Twitter. Half the trends there are people promoting themselves, or are crybaby stories, boring. I got more interested in the story when I saw the weird parents. A giant Mylar balloon took off from the backyard of the Heenes’ northern Colorado home Thursday. The couple [...]

It’s talk radio. Grow up and get over it. I love talk radio, although I don’t have much time to listen to it. My all time fave is the great Phil Hendrie! I like Adam Carolla in small doses, when he doesn’t get gross. I’ve never heard Glenn Beck, so I don’t know his schtick, [...]

I like reporting on the media. But how many mirrors does the world really need? I don’t care, I find it fascinating to reflect on what newspeople think is news, and how they report it. If fate is right, that means eventually someone will report on me reporting on the media reporting on the news [...]

Who is going to hell, Blagojevich or Madoff? I don’t know, I’m not Catholic. But I have to admit, I have a soft spot, a very soft spot, for Mafia type people. Men with power, um, yum. I was fascinated by Blago and the way he insinuated himself into the news, and even on talk [...]

A cartoon about Fox News and Mustardgate. You know you love it. A friend on Facebook linked to this brouhaha a few weeks ago, and I laughed outloud for about 5 minutes. I can’t find the original articles now, but they included Fox News and Sean Hannity. Here’s one boycotting Fox News. Apparently, Sean Hannity [...]

I heart Paul Newman! Not so much for his movies, although he was great – but for entering my own life by doing movies on location, where I found him in person. I was dating the special effects guy on one film, and I remember he had to build a special sweat hut so Paul [...]