[Part 1] Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between a civil servant and another primate called a human. Here’s why: Government workers toil in a highly-structured hierarchal organization. Baboons live in one. The very nature of this type of environment causes stress—which produces the exact same detrimental effects on bodies—whether human or monkey. The [...]
Anyone not know who is leaving TV this week after 25 years? Here is Ms. O at the very beginning… I don’t see 25 years of aging! The final shows on Tuesday and Wednesday have been pre-taped. Notice the dress Oprah is wearing. My Lord, are those pansies?! FW is a huge fan [...]
(Part 1 of a 2-part series) “I Am” is a feel-good/woo-woo/philosophical-meets scientific studies/metaphysical discussion kind of film. It’s a must-see movie if you’re interested in: 1. Human behavior/physiology/consciousness. 2. Humankind—its evolution; what makes it tick; and status today. 3. How one person affects global reality. The film is the brainchild of Tom Shadyac, the über-successful [...]
Doesn’t everyone love a wedding? They’re full of love and promise, a bright future, a pretty bride and (usually) a pretty wedding gown, friends and family, pomp and circumstance, emotions and emotional music—and occasionally an obnoxious guest or unplanned snafu, which makes the event even more entertaining. The Royal Nuptials this Friday between Prince William [...]
Years ago Ted Turner said in a graduation speech at Harvard’s Medical School something to the effect that one’s success will be inversely proportional to amount of television one watches. I never forgot that. Didn’t stop me from watching TV altogether. But at least I think about avoiding it more. Which is why my New [...]
At the Academy Awards last Sunday, Inside Job won the Oscar for Best Documentary. I haven’t seen it. But from what I’ve heard about the film, it deserved the win. The DVD comes out next week. I plan to watch it and I’m sure I will be majorly outraged at the screwing of the [...]
I’m a lifelong Jeopardy! fan. I go back to the days when Art Fleming was host—and the announcer was Don Pardo (great voice and supposedly the inspiration behind the category “Potent Potables.”) My all-time favorite contestant was Bob Harris, a 13-game winner and finalist in the Tournament of Champions. As a comedian by trade, he [...]
This is how loony I am regarding this movie… The DVD release date was yesterday, 1/11/10. I wanted to watch this movie again ASAP. I ordered it from Amazon, but the likelihood that it would arrive on 1/11/10 was slim. I could have put it in my NetFlix queue, but again, there was a chance [...]
[Part 4 of a 5-part series] One of my favorite parts of Lesley Stahl’s interview with Mark Zuckerberg for 60 Minutes (air date 12/05/10) was the portion with the Winklevoss Twins, Cameron and Tyler, Zuckerberg’s upperclassmen schoolmates and business associates. Zuckerberg and the Winklevoss Twins attended Harvard University at the same time. But they are [...]
[Part 3 of a 5-part series] In the game of journalism, Lesley Stahl can’t throw hardballs. She can’t zing fastballs. Or toss curve balls. Instead she lobs big gushy softballs like the klutzy kid in elementary school who nobody wanted on his team. So much for “quality” mainstream journalism. Did CBS have a deal with [...]
