Try as I might, I cannot maintain my blissful disposition all the time. I’m a happy chap more times than not, and that’s how I like it. I endeavor most days to bring a smile to those around me, especially people I consider friends. I’ve learned to keep my circle of friends small. I don’t [...]
I see the future. I do. There is no joke coming — I’m serious when I say I see the future. I have an uncanny knack for predicting events with keen accuracy weeks, months, or years before they happen. I’m not clairvoyant. I don’t get visions, and unless you are a hot Asian girl, I [...]
I’ve always hated Boston. As a Yankee and Knicks fan, it is my god-given right and the law in New York State to hate all things Boston. It starts with the Red Sox and the Celtics, and it goes from there. A few years ago – the pain is still so great I blocked out [...]
Rand Paul spoke at Howard University yesterday. He spent a lot of time talking about the rich history between Blacks and the GOP. The truth is there is a rich history, and no, there is no joke coming. The GOP was founded as an anti-slavery party, and it was a Republican President that freed the [...]
Sorry about last week. I was in one of my rare, but lately more frequent, “feel sorry for myself” moods. It happens to the best of us…and I am the best of us. Ah, that’s nice — a bit of bravado is always a good sign that I’m feeling better. I’m going through MASSIVE drama, [...]
There are some people I haven’t seen in years. Some of those people were just acquaintances, and now those people have become real friends because, of all things, Facebook. Case in point, Larry Hama. I met Larry a zillion years ago at Marvel Comics. To me Larry seemed like one of those guys you simply [...]
Guy walks into a bar to see an old friend he has not seen in 5 years. The old friend is sitting with a girlfriend of hers. Guy tries to make nice, and even buys girlfriend a drink. Girlfriend doesn’t say thanks; girlfriend doesn’t like guy (no idea why), girlfriend is double-fisting Long Island Ice Teas like they were [...]
The last two months have been hard. They have been among the worst of my life, and given the kind of life I’ve lived, that’s saying something. I’ve said this a bunch of times — I know good people. I think the people in my life are beyond being the salt of the earth. Most [...]
I drew a complete blank as to what to write about this week. I’m in a world class funk and have been for a little bit now. What follows is what I wrote for my weekly Comicmix article, but given some extra thought, especially for my MDW readers. By the way, the above was my [...]
I screwed up. I’ve been doing that a lot lately. My most recent screw up started three weeks ago at a high-level meeting my publicist set up. I was off my game. I told myself I was off my game because this meeting took months of back and forth to set up, and I was [...]
That is just bullshit. Nothing to fear but fear itself? Let me tell you about fear. I had a guy put a gun to my head, pull the trigger, and the gun jammed or misfired — either way I was spared a bullet to the head. Was I scared? No, not really. I was freaked [...]
Many in the GOP will not support the Violence Against Women Act. Their reasons vary, but among them is their objection to the bill covering illegal aliens and Native Americans. Are the lives of the women who belong to those groups worth less than any other women? No. How anyone can vote against this bill [...]
You MUST be out of your fucking mind! That’s what I wanted to shout at a meeting I had today with some true Hollywood players. I was in a meeting with a potential partner on a project, and halfway through the meeting I realized I wanted them to kiss my ass. No, I did not [...]
On April 15, 2013, the film “42” opens. The film is about the career of Jackie Robinson, baseball’s first Black player. Which, by the way, is just bullshit. Jack Roosevelt Robinson was not the first African American to play Major League Baseball. He was the first of the modern era. There were at least fifty [...]
I met someone the other day; a dear friend of mine introduced me to her. From the moment she met me, she hated me. She was rude, and almost from the moment she met me, she lit into me. What made it even worse was that I was really nice to her. I mean, really nice. [...]
