Last Monday on Howard Stern’s radio show, singer Tony Bennett stirred up a hornet’s nest when he said then-President George W. Bush had confided to him that starting the Iraq war was a mistake. Of his conversation with the president at the 2005 Kennedy Center honors, Bennett said, “He told me personally that night, he … Continue reading The Tony Bennett conspiracies
As I’ve noted before, I didn’t watch Fox News’s earthshatteringly important GOP debate last night. My priorities for that time slot lay with the season opener of “The Big Bang Theory.” See how shallow I am? Nevertheless, as I was changing channels, I came across a live interview with Florida Governor Rick Scott, host as … Continue reading Scott and Harrelson separated at birth?
S.A.L.A.H.I. — Socially Aspiring Loser Acquiring Hefty Infamy Continue reading S.A.L.A.H.I.
Apparently a lot of people are aghast that Jerry Lewis wasn’t hosting this year’s Muscular Dystrophy Labor Day telethon. There are claims Lewis was forced out suddenly because of something he said recently and speculation that he was hesitant or evasive in explaining his departure. Conspiracy theories abound. People are outraged. I don’t get it. … Continue reading MDA telethon airs without Jerry Lewis
Funny how the mind works. When it works. If it works. I was in the kitchen fixing lunch and out of the blue I recalled a line from an old song where a voice interrupts and concludes the verse with, “… and I don’t like anybody very much!” I heard that line as clearly as … Continue reading Name that tune
Sometimes the depth of my obliviousness hits me like a kick in the gut. I’m still trying to figure out how I’ve enjoyed this sunny little rendition of “Over the Rainbow” without hearing about the man behind it until now. Somehow, until my son pulled up this video last night, I had managed not to … Continue reading IZ
