The kind of Pennsylvania towns ravaged by opioids while clinging to past athletic glories are not the kind of towns with black police chiefs. Nor do they have homeless shelters. And they don’t have female detectives.

Everything points so obviously to Brianna, that it can’t possibly be her.

The book is a good read but you are not wrong. Kushner has little time for unsuccessful artists or prosaic murderers. To remain in her orbit, one must remain colorful.

I’m kind of glad I don’t know who is a bigger reality teevee star than Kardashian. But I know enough to doubt there is a bigger reality teevee star than Kardashian.

This sounds wrong. Kreischer’s telling of “The Machine” is pretty much a perfect tale. It does not need a lick of beefing up or updating. It is perfect and it is hilarious. Kreischer is a bit old to play himself as a college bro, so I guess this is why they are doing this. But he’s probably old enough to play his own…

In 1990, Segal was a the height of his fame when he shot “Out For Justice” in Brooklyn. He bristled at the notion that he could be contained in an ordinary trailer and insisted on being provided with a huge, rock star-style bus. This was hell on the production logistics and made it obvious where he was to the throngs…

Not sure that conflating nascent, (largely unexplored) medical risks with risk-taking bravery is all that smart. It’s just as bad as someone making a political statement by not wearing a mask.

I’m still kind of shocked that NFL players are allowed to have hair that extends far beyond their helmet. From what I understand, it is perfectly acceptable in the rule book to grab someone by the hair and tackle them. In a game that can hinge on tiny advantages it seems like a pretty avoidable liability.

Nope. Sorry. It’s a nice piece of work. It’s fun and catchy. (And I say that as someone who finds the Foo Fighters incredibly banal although I am quite charmed by Grohl becoming the rock and roll version of Tom Hanks.)

That’s a valid point but I think Italians were so despised at the time that calling it “Columbus Day” made it more acceptable.

I don’t think Quaker Oats got any product placement in “Bewitched” as that was basically verboten back then. Auto manufacturers somehow got a pass as long as they got acknowledged in the closing credits. (But a good article.)

Cheap Trick are phenomenal live. Even if you are just a casual fan, you will be surprised how many songs you recognize. Doug Brod’s book “They Just Seem a Little Weird” is essential reading that covers Cheap Trick, KISS, Aerosmith...and Starz?! Can’t recommend it highly enough. Has it even been covered here???

While the filibuster may be a tool used by racist politicians, this is kind of stupid. Petty bureaucrats across the political spectrum have been exploiting loopholes in procedures for thousands of years.

He’s kind of an ironic hipster in-joke act but musically he was pretty competent. The fat guy who looks like a porn star aspect apparently made him palatable for people who would not regularly dig mainstream ‘90s R & B dance music.

I love Jackson’s Kong but that damn boat ride *feels* like three hours long. That said, the tedium pays off pretty well by the time they get to Skull Island.

I’m pretty sure that advising moving money around to avoid court-ordered garnishment is legally dubious advice.

I might seem a tad sketchy but I usually assume I’ll never see my deposit no matter how pristine I leave the rental. So I’ll tell them to keep my deposit in lieu of last month’s rent. (In some states, where my deposit has been put in a legitimate, documented escrow account, I have played by the rules. But I have been…

Anyone with Section 8 and non-Section 8 properties will confirm that Section 8 properties tend to have more problem tenants. Part of that is due to Section 8 being a last chance for some landlords (and tenants) to use minimally passable properties. I think the profitable rental properties are probably on extreme ends…

He would typically headline 300-ish seat indie/punk clubs in most markets. He probably took home $1000-$2000 a gig.

You don’t have much credibility if the best answer you can give about the efficacy of CBD is “It’s really hard to say.” CBD is bunkum. Imagine if someone said “It’s really hard to say if the Covid vaccine is really effective.”