Bracing for the cold: both me and ObamaI had forgotten, due no doubt to the cryogenic suspension of my thought processes
They came from afar, the people and the adjectivesShockingly, Obama ignored CNN’s televised counsel. His address was a masterwork.
Tween Steam, Or Wilder TimesShelley Youngblut has an interesting and long piece in the Calgary Herald about the onslaught of Canadian ’Tween TV (most of it on...
And now, another trip into weirdly literate televisionFareed Zakaria’s GPS show on CNN: it’s really, really not Crossfire ! This week’s edition was about Afghanistan. Guests include...
One of the Best Re-Created TV Intros: "Ricky, Ou La Belle Vie"It’s been a long time since I posted one of those videos where people re-create the TV openings of their...
Pakistan’s Eden goes to hellIn October 2000, I crossed the soaring and snow-swept Khunjerab Pass connecting China and Pakistan at a height of some 4,600...
CEOs gone wild: John Thain’s $1.2-million office renoNew York magazine reports that “former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain, the man once credited with ‘revolutionizing’ the New...
A Cliché TV Plot I Haven’t Seen Much of LatelyI was just thinking about a plot that used to be done on every show, but -- because of the changing nature of TV...
An Anniversary To Make Us Feel OldI mentioned offhand that How I Met Your Mother "borrowed" its plot last week from a Seinfeld episode that aired 18 years ago (...