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Skipped the game at Coors Field. Too tired after too much work and too much stress and not enough sleep. I'll go next time.

At least, not on the airwaves anymore. Apparently, New York doesn’t, either. Los Angeles’ last country music station switched to playing soul-pop last week with little fanfare and little publicity. I suppose that lots of people from professional sociologists to… Continue Reading →

August 1: I call Gateway and ask for a warranty repair. CSR at Gateway’s center says that he will send out a box for me to return the computer in the mail. August 2: FedEx calls, unable to deliver my… Continue Reading →

Both Hezbollah’s TV network and Israeli TV news have aired, and the rest of the world has picked up, video of a Lebanese general and his staff serving glasses of tea to invading Israeli soldiers after they surrendered their station… Continue Reading →

(This is kind of more important than JonBenet.) In today’s decision in ACLU v. NSA, the District Court took, head-on, the arguments advanced some months ago by the Attorney General, which were commented upon in January right here in this… Continue Reading →

U.S. District Court Judge Anna Hicks Taylor of the Eastern District of Michigan issued a ruling about an hour ago finding the NSA warrantless wiretapping program unconstitutional. I’ve been saying that for months now. More later when I have time… Continue Reading →

For a news junkie like me, the “We found JonBenet’s killer” story is a huge annoyance. It captures headlines all over the place, obscuring real news. So some creepy middle-aged white guy killed some creepy childhood beauty princess. So what?… Continue Reading →

The story: 16-year-old kid gets Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a nasty form of cancer that is often incurable and fatal. He undergoes treatment which includes chemotherapy. He reacts badly to chemo. So he wants to discontinue chemotherapy, and start taking an “alternative”… Continue Reading →

This appears to mark the end of at least one genre of “reality TV”: dating shows. The last, and greatest, of all TV dating shows, Blind Date, will only be renewed in reruns and syndication. The market appears to have… Continue Reading →

I got a haircut today at one of those discount haircutting places. The haircut is OK, but now my sideburns are shaved off, and the line between hair and no hair is uneven between either side of my face. I… Continue Reading →