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August 12, 2014 Tuesday 30+ Years: Robin Williams

Robin Williams passed away yesterday. Details are few, but it seems likely his severe depression was the cause of him taking his own life. It’s always difficult to hear about death, even more difficult to hear about suicide, and especially difficult when it comes at the end of a longtime sickness for which help was available. When it […]

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May 6, 2014 Tuesday 11: Favorite Fandoms

It’s my 42nd birthday today, so I thought I’d take what that number portends and talk a little about my favorite things I’m a fan of. I don’t have the energy (or memory!) I once did to memorize all kinds of facts and figures, so my participation these days is more passive. At the same […]

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June 14, 2013 Favorite Things: Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

What do you do when your beloved TV show has made literally a billion dollars? What’s there left to accomplish? If you’re Jerry Seinfeld (and in this scenario, you’d kind of have to be) you go small. Really small. Predicated on the notion that “hey, people might like it if I went out for coffee […]

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May 31, 2013 Hey Hey Hey

I know it doesn’t seem like it all the time, but I do plan posts ahead many times.  Sure, there are some “yikes, I better take a lunch break and get something written!” moments, but I often have an idea ahead of time, even if it isn’t written yet. And then there are times when […]

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May 16, 2013 Whose Line Is It Anyway

I’m sure you’ve heard by now that Whose Line is coming back to TV this summer, with Ryan, Colin, and Wayne returning. Drew won’t be, but we get Aisha Tyler instead, and by the look of her in this clip, I think we’ll be fine: That wasn’t a comment about Aisha being prettier than Drew, […]

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