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Posted by on Feb 21, 2015 in Blog, Movie Reviews, Sports Betting | 0 comments

My 2015 Oscar Picks and Wagers

 

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It’s Oscar time!  The 87th annual Academy Awards will be shown on ABC Sunday night.  I haven’t missed an Oscar presentation since 1991.  So, this will keep my current streak alive at 24 straight years — and 43 shows out of the last 45 years.  I’m not really that old, but I can still recall my very first Academy Award memory — which was John Wayne winning Best Actor in 1970 for “True Grit.”

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Posted by on Feb 8, 2015 in Blog, Music and Concert Reviews | 5 comments

The Most Baffling Grammy Award Winners of All Time

 

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Let the countdown begin, from 20 down to 1, with the most baffling Grammy Award winners of all time plus the reasons why it’s an outrage these artists and songs were selected — and who should have won.

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Posted by on Feb 1, 2015 in Blog, Sports Betting | 1 comment

Has the Super Bowl Finally Jumped the Shark?

 

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An estimated 110 million Americans watched the Super Bowl last year. But wait.  That number can’t possibly be correct, can it?  Given the U.S. population is currently 316 million, wouldn’t that mean 206 million other Americans didn’t watch the game?  If television ratings are anywhere close to being accurate, nearly two-thirds of the American population doesn’t watch the Super Bowl.

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Posted by on Nov 17, 2014 in Blog, Personal, Politics | 4 comments

What’s So Funny About Being Stupid?

 

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There was a time when exposed ignorance triggered some kind of a reaction, a self-evaluation to right a wrong, to try and learn more, and to catch up with the rest of the world.  No more.  Now stupidity is a punch line.  For some, perhaps even a virtue.

Which leads to my question — what’s so fucking funny about being stupid?

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