Are you having a difficult time embracing the Kardashian wedding? I’m not feeling it either. But that’s not surprising to you if you’re a regular reader here. The Kris Humphries-Kim Kardashian conspicuous nuptials were managed to maximize income and minimize any sense of tradition. Yes, this event was over the top, kind of like how [...]
Racial Slurs and Coarse Behavior from Palin Siblings
November 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
If TMZ's Harvey Levin is correct in his predictions that Bristol Palin will win “Dancing With The Stars”, then I'll have lost all faith in the show's voting process. This star-crossed result would smell pretty fishy to me — more like Alaskan King Salmon! — especially after the obnoxious behavior Bristol and her younger sister, Willow, [...]
Movie Review: “Conviction” based on a true story
October 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“You would do that for your brother, right?” Betty Ann Waters asks her two sons in the final scene of the film, “Conviction” (in theaters October 15, 2010). But when you ask yourself this question after watching the true-life account of a Massachusetts high-school dropout's quest to free her wrongfully-convicted brother, Kenneth Waters, it is even more [...]
Kicking 50!
October 5, 2010 By 4 Comments
Half a century! Five decades. Fifty years…and counting. Oh, boy, that's old! Today I turn the Big 5-0, and as I contemplate the many roads I've traveled that got me here, I can hardly believe what has become of me. From a dusty, backwards town south of the border, to the beaches of a southern California island [...]
Worth the Effort On Father's Day
June 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This year Father's Day fell during a very hectic month in which three back-to-back celebrations took place over the last three week-ends: a college graduate, a high school graduate, and a middle school graduate. All three milestones from the same side of the family exacted an extraordinary effort from all of us. Needless to say, [...]
