"What in the world is a leave of presence? It means I am not going away. My intent is to continue to write selected reviews but to leave the rest to a talented team of writers handpicked and greatly admired by me. What's more, I'll be able at last to do what I've always fantasized about doing: reviewing only the movies I want to review ( Read more... )

Jobs was not Edison. He was not a genius inventor. His technical skills, in fact, were far surpassed by some of his contemporaries ( Read more... )

Kid Rock morphed into Bob Seger so slowly, I hardly even noticed.

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Where have I seen this before?  Oh wait.  Everywhere.

Near the end of the movie, Cameron smashes up his father's car, then says he'll take the heat for it.

I want to know, whatever happened after that?  Did the father and Cameron have a coming-to-peace moment, or did the old man cut Cameron out of his will?

This is a real big unanswered question.

No health coverage.  No jobs.  Rising tuition.

Older people today say the young are lazy.  They say we have an entitlement problem.  Then they rape our future.

Does anyone care about our generation?

Journalism. The only field that's protected by a constitutional amendment.  The watchdog of the government.  Afflicting the comfortable, and comforting the afflicted ( Read more... )

for something or other.

Maybe this is the American dream.

Is that all there is?

Go to school, get a job, pay for school, find a partner, buy a house, pay the mortgage, have kids, put kids through school, try to make it to retirement, then die.

Meet your needs on Maslow's Hierarchy, and you'll be fine.  Scrap to get shelter, safety, belonging, esteem, self-actualization.  Then you can relax, they say.  A man ( Read more... )