One of the really nice things about streaming services is that none of them require a contract. If they get too expensive or no longer seem worth the price – or there’s nothing left you want to watch, you can… Read More ›
Television
TACHYON WAVES, WARP DRIVES, AND A TOASTER OVEN
Garry and I binge watched the entire “Star Trek: Next Generation” four years ago on Netflix. We had missed the show’s initial run. 1987 through 1994 were busy years. Digging into careers. Getting married. Moving again. Watching television wasn’t a… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING: ADVANCED PLACEMENT
Share Your World 5-4-2021 Today’s question left me a bit puzzled, but I’m ready to answer anything, no matter how bizarre. QUESTIONS: Would you rather be a super nice person and be depressed all your life, or be happy and a… Read More ›
THAT’S THE WAY THAT THE WORLD GOES ROUND
I got a letter from Roku in my email today: Dear Roku Customer: We are sending this email to update you on the possibility that Google may take away your access to the YouTube TV channel on Roku. Recent negotiations… Read More ›
BOSTON BUSING AS I REMEMBER
During my ABC Network News stint (3 years), I covered major international stories. These included the civil rights movement and the war in Vietnam. While I was in Vietnam in 1967, I met LBJ who revealed he wouldn’t seek re-election… Read More ›
HEMINGWAY: THE MAN AND THE LEGEND
Hemingway was my first literary hero. He wrote the way people talked. Brief, blunt, and brave. I consumed his novels as a teenager the way I would finish off a pizza. I couldn’t put it down. “The Sun Also Rises”… Read More ›
WHY AM I HERE AND WHERE’S MY PHONE? – by TOM CURLEY
First off, this isn’t a blog about “Senior Moments”. You know, like when you get up and go into another room and the second you enter the other room you can’t for the life of you remember why you’re there…. Read More ›
WHAT DID WE THINK OF MEGHAN AND HARRY’S INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH – #FPQ 112
Fandango’s Provocative Question #112: SO WHAT ABOUT HARRY & MEGHAN? From Fandango: “This week’s provocative question is going to be an easy one…if you watched Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Harry and Meghan the other night.” Garry and I watched it… Read More ›
AND THEN CAME CABLE
Judy Dykstra-Brown said she never saw any new movies on television when she was a kid because she lived in the middle of nowhere. I got to thinking about that. I don’t think any of us saw anything “new” or… Read More ›
IN THE STREAMING WORLD, EVERYONE OWNS A PIECE OF EVERYONE ELSE
So Garry wanted to get a show that’s a freebie if you sign up for a new installation of Starz. But we already have Starz, so while they might let you sign up, they won’t give you the teaser freebie… Read More ›
UNFILTERED: CULT OF FOX’S VIEW AS VOTING DAY DRAWS NEAR – THE SHINBONE STAR
UNFILTERED: THE CULT OF FOX’S VIEW AS NOV. 3 DRAWS NEARER Following are comments to the Fox News coverage of the police shooting of a Black man in Kenosha, Wis., and the aftermath of that shooting where 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, a… Read More ›
FAVORITE TV SHOW? IT’S A TIE.
Fandango’s Dog Days of August #16 Fandango would like to know what my favorite TV show is and I have to say, it’s a tie. First of all, we’ve watched “The West Wing” at least half a dozen times during the… Read More ›
