Monthly Archives: March 2008

Baseball Opening Day: Bush Booed Loudly

Bush threw out the first pitch on ESPN’s nationally televised Nationals/Braves game last night and was suitably serenaded the way a man of his ‘popularity’ can only be. They’re not booing, sir. They saying, “Booo-urns! Booo-urns!”

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John Adams

Finally finished the second part of last Sunday night’s HBO premiere of McCullough’s JOHN ADAMS mini. I thought it was astounding. I never read the book, though I’m tempted to check out 1776 in the near future. I love the

Posted in Movies, Writer Business

Arthur C. Clarke dies

They say these sort of deaths come in threes. Who is next? Will it be you? Will it be me? Science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke has died aged 90 in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, it was

Posted in Miscellaneous

‘The English Patient’ director Anthony Minghella dies, 54

Daily Variety has just informed me that Anthony Minghella has died suddenly at 54. I had the opportunity to meet Minghella on a couple of occasions while interning at Miramax back before the turn of the last century. I recall

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Keith Olbermann: Special Comment on Hillary Clinton

The best thing on cable news has been Keith Olbermann for some time now…

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Writing is hard

And the winter didn’t make it any easier. But spring is around the corner. The ballplayers are down in Florida and I’ve got new creator-owned series’, new work for hire comics at major publishers, and some new movie endeavors on

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Hillary is becoming a caricature, a joke

If you’re the sort of Democrat who longs for Hillary to be at the top of a Clinton/Obama ticket… you deserve pity, scorn and thanks for the healthy laugh at your own expense, in that order. It’s sad watching my

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