Everybody’s Talkin’ Twinkies. I don’t quite understand why. Are people so dumb they can’t foresee a large food company buying the rights to Twinkies (and Wonder Bread) from Hostess and re-launching some…

First off, thanks for all the book recommendations that have come pouring in via comments and e-mails this week. I stopped by my local bookstore today and picked up three titles today:…

I’m prone to hyperbole. That’s part of what makes this blog so much fun (for some) and also so maddening (for others). Without such exaggerations, not one of my roughly 300 Top…

In case you were wondering, I’m in Jersey for a wedding. Oh, you weren’t wondering? Okay, I’ll shut up then and leave the rest of this post blank. The thing is, the…

I don’t know how much time I’m going to have for the rest of the week to blog because my schedule is jam-packed with things to do. I’ve got visitors visiting, I’ve…

Happy Tuesday, kids. Those of you who relaxed poolside or bedside or beachside yesterday please allow me to welcome back to the world of daily labor. Whereas your (shortened!) week has just…

If you read yesterday’s post about The Old Man And The Sea, odds are you know where this post is going. Because I mentioned it in passing while reviewing that great slab…

I know I usually save my top ten lists for Fridays, but I’m getting older. My brain doesn’t work as well as it used to. I was out last night walking Abbot…

Well, well, well…it appears as if British magazine Sight & Sound has published its newest list of the greatest films of all time. And, surprisingly, Vertigo has overtaken Citizen Kane as the…

I’ve started training for my next marathon. I’m scheduled to run a half-marathon during week 9 (I think that might be the last week in September?) and during week 14 (The LA…