Quote of the day: It is difficult to say who do you the most mischief, enemies with the worst intentions, or friends with the best.—Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton I have long believed that 4K, like a lot of other stuff coming out of the tech world in the last few years, is mostly hokum. … Continue reading Mad Max
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Big Phony Schmuck!
Time for another song parody from guess who?!
Burns and Benny
Quote of the day: The man who never makes a mistake must get tired of doing nothing.—Will Rogers My grandmother, my mother’s mother, Tillie Zellers, saw Jack Benny on a talk show one time. I remember her telling me this story that Jack had related on that program. This is Jack Benny telling it as … Continue reading Burns and Benny
Bye Bye Hatred
Quote of the day: The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.—Friedrich Nietzsche I may not have made it to a No Kings protest—and to be clear, I was only going to go in order to snap some photos, although I was wearing my Visit Canada T-shirt so if someone … Continue reading Bye Bye Hatred
A Cozy Game of Scrabble
Quote of the day: I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either.—Jack Benny I don’t recall hearing about the movie Foul Play when it came out in 1978. Perhaps I did, but when I heard that Goldie Hawn was in it, I may have lost interest. I always associated … Continue reading A Cozy Game of Scrabble
Hitch at a Gala
Quote of the day: If I won't be myself, who will?—Alfred Hitchcock Pat Hitchcock (along with Laurence Bouzereau) wrote a chatty book entitled Alma Hitchcock: The Woman Behind the Man that was published in 2003. It’s filled with anecdotes about both of her parents as well about her growing up first in England and later … Continue reading Hitch at a Gala
Oliver and the Proms
Quote of the day: My mind works so fast. When I think of something I say it. Lots of times I say it even before I think of it.—Gracie Allen John Oliver is on a summer hiatus, but he’s provided this bonus segment in which he talks about Mike Lindell, the online marketplace that is … Continue reading Oliver and the Proms
This, That, and the Other
Quote of the day: If a person feels he can't communicate, the least he can do is shut up about it.—Tom Lehrer When I stopped in at Iovine Brothers at the Reading Terminal Market the other day, there was a woman who was going through all the packs of scallions, picking them up one by … Continue reading This, That, and the Other
Isaac and Stephen and Tom
Quote of the day: I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!—Tom Lehrer In the second volume of Isaac Asimov’s autobiography, In Joy Still Felt, there is this passage: I maintained my friendship with Bill Boyd’s assistant, Bernie Pitt, even after he was fired, … Continue reading Isaac and Stephen and Tom
Tom Lehrer R.I.P
Quote of the day: It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.—Tom Lehrer Back in Elco high school when Tom Lehrer’s album That Was the Year That Was came out, practically everyone in my little group was listening to and quoting those songs. That was the … Continue reading Tom Lehrer R.I.P