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At the end of the world
what will we take with us, and
at the end of time what will we wear?
And at the birth of the new forever, what ties should I bu...
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The Ranch on Netflix is Terrible
Nine minutes and 47 seconds I'll never get back. With this cast, The Ranch had a decent shot at making something new. You've got Sam Elliot and Debra Winger, and it felt right to make it feel like a re-cooked send-up of That 70s Show? Really? Then you don't understand that show was corny and cartoonish for a reason, and it worked. But The Ranch tries an approach that's literally as though Kelso and Hyde reunited, on a ranch...in…
1313 Days Left
"This is a man who was coddled and spoiled as a child. Then, as an adult, he surrounded himself with people who fed his ego and told him how amazing he was at everything he did. This created a person whose view on the world is so completely warped that he lacks the ability to understand that he’s not a very bright person. But he’s so incredibly ignorant that he truly believes he 'comprehends better than almost anybody,' that he has…
The Art of Telling a Joke
Recently I was asked to punch up a job post for a high tech company. The
CEO said he was trying to entice quality applicants, but he'd been
informed that the tone of his job post made a fun workplace sound like a
total drag. It did. We fixed it, and we did it with humor. Does Humor Belong In Business Writing?
There's a ton of
advice online sternly advising against using any humor at all, ever, in
business writing, whether it's a…
Losing Our Heroes: Adam West, 1928 - 2017
Adam West was my Batman. His was the Batman that I knew first, so he's the one whose visage my mind's eye still summons whenever I hear someone say "Batman." In those days, Batman as a franchise was campy. It was a comic book lifted right from the cartoon pages and performed by people doing very silly things in a very serious manner. Decades before the franchise turned dark, Batman was good wholesome family fun. Just like Roger…
"HEY, NOVEMBER RAIN !"
This one time, Joe and I were on a road trip and we stopped at a dumpy little town diner. We walked in the door and heard, from somewhere in the place, "HEY, NOVEMBER RAIN!" Probably there's still some locals in a small Vermont town that tell about the time they saw Axl Rose havin' a Western Omelette.
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