Tonight begins the eight day holiday of Passover, the oldest continuing celebration among Jews. In Judaism, there are three ways, or levels, of explaining a tradition or a text—the “simple” or face value meaning (Peshat), the story behind the...
There's been a big kerfuffle lately about cigarette smoking in Avatar. This issue has a long history.
Hollywood and cigarette smoking simply go hand in hand -- more than you might ever imagine. It goes way, way beyond Humphrey Bogart...
OK I admit I got caught with my pants down this week and forgot it was already Friday but that's because it was a very good week worthy of celebrating.
CELEBRATION! Sorry for the opening ad what a buzz kill.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M
We...
(with apologies to Klaus Voormann)
Aw, two of my favorite subjects brought together, The Beatles, and animals (not The Animals, sorry Eric Burdon)! I remember reading a review of The White Album in Rolling Stone Magazine's 10th anniversary issue opining that not...
I thought God might be pleased with the Texas education board putting him into their textbooks (he likes to try to stay ahead of Paris Hilton in popularity) but he instead asked me to publish this blog for Him:
Okay,...
Trying to refine these a bit..
lemme know what you think..
be BRUTAL!!!!
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On SARAH PALIN:
She said she'd attend the Convention.
Old Sarah still craved the attention.
She wrote on her hand,
copped one hundred grand,
then "donated" it to her own pension.
= = =...
Holi (pronounced ho-lee), also known as Phagwa, is marked at the transition from the Hindu months Phalguna to Chaitra. The Hindu calendar being lunisolar, this date changes every year. In 2010 it fell on March 1st. Besides India, Nepal...
Have you ever (be honest) hit a puddle with your car - just for fun - to see how big of a splash it would make?
Did you ever (be honest) do it front of a bus stop (with people...
In his latest editorial at the end of Friday's Real Time, Bill Maher put out a poignant plea for the public's understanding and sympathy toward Hollywood's big, self-promoting pat on the back that's known as the Oscars. That one,...
Due to the work of dogged investigative reporting, it has been uncovered that the GOP is actually a scripted "reality" show for the Fox network.
The tipoffs were all there, if you used Morse code to decrypt all of Sarah...
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