Category Archives: television

The Spirit of Christmas

No, not the animated short that spawned South Park. I’m bringing you this silly marketing gimmick from Travelodge in the UK: Hotel chain offers a room at the inn for Marys and Josephs …”The ‘gift’ of a free night’s stay … Continue reading

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My amazing offspring…

…except that, well, you know, she isn’t my offspring in the literal sense of that word. Regardless, she IS amazing, and I happily take credit for her attitude and disposition, seeing as how I’ve been co-responsible for her since the … Continue reading

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Blast from the past: Denis Leary riffing on the Mel Gibson DUI

Thank you to Phyllis & Joel for reminding me of this gem: Back in July of 2006, Mel Gibson was famously arrested for drunk driving, and exercised his constitutionally protected right to free speech by unleashing a tirade blaming Jews … Continue reading

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Movie review: 28 Days Later

Yeah, I know it ain’t a recent release, but I just watched it on DVD and I need to post about something, so here it is. Well done, visually astonishing suspense/thriller/horror movie. Very well paced and acted, which is saying … Continue reading

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In case you missed it…

Here’s that local news piece about my meeting with Phyllis in May. And yes, I’m really still working on writing the story.

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Random Jewish media moment of the day.

DVDDossier, which I never would have found were it not for Dave Zatz (and I have no idea how I found him), opens my eyes to this gem.

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Jewish Education, the Simpsons Way

Thanks to Counting the Homer, I found out that this year’s Simpsons Treehouse of Horror (the Halloween special show) included this segment:

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