“Ooooooh! I love to dance a little side-step
Now you see me - now you don’t
I’m here and gone. And ….
Oooooooh! I love [...]

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I have a great son. He’s my only child. When he was born in 1985, his mother and I took great care naming him. His name is Michael.
Micheal is tall, curly headed, and quite intelligent. Unfortunately, the gods got even with Mike for giving him intelligence. They removed most of [...]

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The film Glory Road is the inspiring true story of a 1965 underdog Division One NCAA basketball team that made history by moving Black players to the forefront of the game. According to the film (which, as stated, is based on true events) there was an unwritten rule at the time that teams would play [...]

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I haven’t been a huge fan of the WB program “Smallville” over the years. It originally looked like a cross between “Dawson’s Creek” and “The Greatest American Hero” with the dorky heroic antics of our soon to be superhero Clark Kent awkwardly fumbling around with cute young teens in his “Clark” phase, and secretly [...]

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I’m something of a fast food fan. It’s true, while I accept that my Hot and Juicy, Sliders, Big Macs, Thickburgers, Whoppers, Chalupas, Pizzas, Original Recipe Crispy-Fried Chicken, and fat-drenched curly fries will eventually harden my arteries and kill me, I’ve truly enjoyed my time gulping them down. In fact, I consider the four major [...]

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Just when you thought that the James Frey debacle couldn’t get any more well, self-referential. The entire debate moves onto the Funny Page. No, not metaphorically, but actually.
This past week (beginning with Monday’s strip) the syndicated comicstrip FoxTrot has been lampooning Frey and his o-called “memoirs.” This week, the lead character, Jason Foxtrot (a [...]

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I think the publishing industry is feeling the ripples from lies being touted as “memoir” and is a bit belatedly trying to recoup some book buyer goodwill. There’s another famous drug and booze filled “memoir” that appears to be nothing more than a best-selling fantasy:
IS best-selling author Augusten Burroughs the next James Frey?
Just two [...]

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