Are “feet of clay” really just human flaws?

June 24, 2026
Surprise, surprise. Deepak Chopra was an Epstein buddy. Cesar Chavez raped women and minors. Many big names appear in the files in what seem to be incriminating ways. Powerful men and yes, women, too, overlooked, ignored or even took part in nefarious activities. Horrific things happened....

Did you see Downton Abbey season finale?

March 3, 2015
Pardon me while I dry my tears. I just finished the two-hour Season 5 finale of Downton Abbey and it was everything I'd hoped it would be.  I'll label spoilers later...

Life lessons the hard way

March 2, 2015
It's very hard to think of the troubles of other people as life lessons for the rest of us. It's just not how we're used to thinking.  In a way, we think of ourselves...

Who knows what you mean?

March 1, 2015
A match is a match. It could be a lover or it could be a friend, but when someone "gets" you? It's priceless. Those moments when no explanation is needed? When an...

Lessons from Downton Abbey

February 28, 2015
SPOILER ALERT! This post discusses the second last episode, which hints at the season ending. It's coming. The second-to-last-season of Downton Abbey will end this...

City night beat

February 27, 2015
I awaken in the dark in a hotel on Powell Street and look at the clock. It's the middle of the night downtown and even in the late dark the city throbs and...

Hurting people

February 26, 2015
People who hurt others are hurting. These days the deep questions of life and death are sitting front and center in my life. Serious and important things. But like...

Weirdmaste

February 25, 2015
This is how I choose my friends. I don't like normal people. "Normal" people. Whatever that means. I like people who are beat or two off. Sometimes more, even. Are...

About the 2015 Oscars

February 24, 2015
The 2015 Oscars.  Where do I begin? Oh wait. First I have to awaken from the coma this year's Oscar telecast put me in.  OK, coffee's made and first few sips...

Notes from the oncology floor

February 23, 2015
Spend any time on a hospital oncology floor and you notice things. I'm not sick, but a friend is, and I'm there a lot.  Every day. For...

Answering life questions

February 22, 2015
James Lipton is almost 90 now (can you believe it?), but he's still hosting Inside the Actors Studio interviews and I still love the questions he asks of the actors he...

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