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where? What time?
July 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
where? What time?
you just reminded me - I saw Streisand in Funny Girl -- loved that song
June 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
you just reminded me - I saw Streisand in Funny Girl -- loved that song
Could I add: "what can I say to convince you...." opens the plea for CASH
June 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Could I add: "what can I say to convince you...." opens the plea for CASH
I like Fritz Lang too - discovered him when my grandmother gave m e an 8mm version of Metropolis and I love all these films but I only saw Human Desire recently and, it's not a great film, it is a Lang "critical edition" --
May 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I like Fritz Lang too - discovered him when my grandmother gave m e an 8mm version of Metropolis and I love all these films but I only saw Human Desire recently and, it's not a great film, it is a Lang "critical edition" --
you left out the trump shuttle
May 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
you left out the trump shuttle
sorry - next day a painter came and threw a swatchbook on the editor's table and said: "pick one." A week later the ladies room was repainted. That's what it was like then
May 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
sorry - next day a painter came and threw a swatchbook on the editor's table and said: "pick one." A week later the ladies room was repainted. That's what it was like then
there was a legend among the editors at CBSNews -- when the company consolidated operations in the broadcast center, Mr. Paley came around, as he did every year, to say "hi." He stopped by one editor, a woman, asking "how's everything?" She paused - she wasn't happy with the color in the ladies room
May 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
there was a legend among the editors at CBSNews -- when the company consolidated operations in the broadcast center, Mr. Paley came around, as he did every year, to say "hi." He stopped by one editor, a woman, asking "how's everything?" She paused - she wasn't happy with the color in the ladies room
the irony is Mr. Paley brought Larry Tisch on board to keep Ted Turner out - tisch (the billionaire dwarf - he was tiny) began greasing the skids early on, and we knew Redstone was a scumbag, so this is absolutely crushing but hardly unanticipated
May 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
the irony is Mr. Paley brought Larry Tisch on board to keep Ted Turner out - tisch (the billionaire dwarf - he was tiny) began greasing the skids early on, and we knew Redstone was a scumbag, so this is absolutely crushing but hardly unanticipated
trump would if he could
May 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
trump would if he could
Thanks Paul -- great piece - may have to read the book if I can stomach it
May 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Thanks Paul -- great piece - may have to read the book if I can stomach it
of all the things he's done THIS is the most frightening
May 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
of all the things he's done THIS is the most frightening
pure unadulterated slime
May 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
pure unadulterated slime
they shouldn't have this one!
May 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
they shouldn't have this one!
frankly it's just what I'd expect from good ol' boys
May 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
frankly it's just what I'd expect from good ol' boys
how do we aggressively not watch it?
May 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
how do we aggressively not watch it?
oh gosh -- why aren't I surprised?
April 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
oh gosh -- why aren't I surprised?
wait -- these are "literary" tests? I mean they have to have read the great canon of western literature??? and even maybe tolstoy??
April 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
wait -- these are "literary" tests? I mean they have to have read the great canon of western literature??? and even maybe tolstoy??
yea. you'd think but...
April 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
yea. you'd think but...
but they remain committed to trump's agenda
April 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
but they remain committed to trump's agenda
really don't understand the Times' decision on that - WHY?
April 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
really don't understand the Times' decision on that - WHY?