There are lots of incorrectly attributed or just flat made-up quotes circulating, and some of the ones I see the most have politicians attached to them. Someone—maybe Dianne Feinstein? can’t remember for sure—is supposed to have said that once a gunman realizes everyone else is unarmed, he’ll lay his gun down because that’s human nature. … Read more
(No spoilers.) The boys and I are just back from my now well-established favorite way to see a movie: a first-thing-Saturday-morning showing. (This is even highly crowd-resistant for blockbusters, it would seem.) Lea wanted to see Solo: A Star Wars Story with us but was sadly a little under the weather. (That’ll make our first … Read more
Roseanne Barr was once “only” a stand-up comic—and she was a good one. Alas, it seems being a good stand-up comic is a major risk factor for being, if you’ll pardon the insensitive expression, out of your damned mind. Sometimes it seems relatively innocuous. Frequently, it’s destructive. Roseanne is definitely in the latter category. Recently … Read more