The Good, The Bad, and The Mookie

Drug companies are running out of ideas to help us lose weight, but they've come up with a drug that could help your portly pooch. [The...

Every month or so I send out a "Best Of" newsletter for this blog. If you're interested in receiving it, just send an e-mail ...

From Yahoo News, we read this headline: Bush to name retired admiral as top spy Isn't one of the requirements of being a spy having nobo...

My buddy Scott sent me this news item from the New York Post : January 3, 2007 -- BILLY JOEL fans will be happy to know that on Dec. 29, th...

I might be a little late to this party, but I heard this song on someone's myspace page, and thought the song was just terrific. Here...

Just when we thought humanitarianism was a relic of the past, we read about a true hero , Wesley Autrey, a man who risked his life to save a...

Oh, Life is bigger. It's bigger than you, And you are not me. I grew up a Catholic boy on Long Island, NY. Achieving the first two sac...

If you forgot to tip your mail-person for the holidays, maybe you can hand them a case of Tylenol or an ice-pack tomorrow. There will be no...

Happy New Year everyone! It's one of my New Year's Resolutions to post to this blog more often. My goal is 365 posts for 2007. An...

For years I've lamented the decline of Bobby D - from great, as the counterpoint to Al Pacino as our era's greatest, to self-parodyi...

2006 was a pretty good year for me, in terms of movie watching. I intended on posting a 'Worst 5" list here, but I think I did a p...

What might have been...

Happy Wednesday! The Good: Rumors of gift-card theft are greatly exaggerated . The Bad: Millions of gift-card dollars are wasted each y...

Hilarious...

Rudy Giuliani is hosting a fundraiser in New York this week to raise money for a "possible" run for President. Attendees to the...

Sadly, Peter Boyle has passed away .  He was my favorite part of Everybody Loves Raymond.  In honor of his passing, I declare today ...

These are the 5 best movies I saw this year: The Departed Little Miss Sunshine Stranger Than Fiction Borat An Inconvenient Truth Honorable M...

More and more, you'll find gift cards for one store sold at another - the local supermarkets here have whole racks full of gift cards fo...

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving, everyone!