Day 461: Friday Night Lights-Out

originally published April 5, 2013 Are you planning on watching TV tonight? Sorry, that was a rather personal and forward question, but I assure you, I’m only trying to survey the bleak and unloved landscape of a network TV Friday night. Purely for scientific reasons. You see, network executives have held Friday night with a […]

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Day 455: Ethnic Bitch-Slapping 101

originally published March 30, 2013 A warning to my more sensitive readers: today’s piece will be filled with some of the most vile, hateful, antagonistic writing my tap-dancing fingers have ever spewed. And none of it will be my fault. As a sensitive and kind-hearted soul (or so I tell the ladies), I try not […]

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Day 454: Topping The Market, Part II

originally published March 29, 2013 The beauty of what some call ‘useless trivia’ is in its ephemeral nature. The facts and statistics under this heading are fleeting and transitory, often surpassed or rendered obsolete before they’ve made their way through the populace. Yet the good ones will merit a raised eyebrow, a muttered “huh”, or […]

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Day 453: Topping The Market, Part I

originally published March 28, 2013 In my never-ending (well, not for another 547 days) quest to ensconce myself in the fluffy warm glow of superfluous and unnecessary trivia, I occasionally rely on lists to feed my cravings. I don’t present a lot of “top ten” lists here, partly because that format has been scribed to […]

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