- - - In every affair consider what precedes and what follows… — Epictetus South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford isn’t a man’s man, nor is he a ladies’ man. He’s a very strange man, to be sure. But basically he’s a selfish man. Everyone now knows that Sanford betrayed his wife and kids by conducting […]
Archive for June, 2009
‘Civilization’ and its Disc Contents
Published by June 22nd, 2009 in Carl Sigman, Huffington Post and music. 0 Comments- - - The best Father’s Day tribute I can think of is to reflect not too seriously on one of my dad’s not-too-serious songs. When he got home from World War II — where he was awarded a Bronze Star I only discovered after his death in 2000 — my father, Carl Sigman, picked […]
Whole Lotta Firing Going On
Published by June 17th, 2009 in Huffington Post and politics. 0 CommentsPosted: June 17, 2009 10:19 AM - - - Getting fired sucks. Doing the firing can get you fired at. Since December 2007, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, seven million Americans have been thrown out of work, mostly for reasons having nothing to do with job performance. It took many thousands of bosses […]
Once Is A Mistake, Twice Is Jazz
Published by June 9th, 2009 in Huffington Post and publishing. 0 CommentsPosted: June 9, 2009 12:55 PM - - - When I started working for LA Weekly in the early ’80s, the paper was almost as famous for its mistakes as for its cutting edge film reviews, lefty politics and porn ads. Sometimes the errors were intentional, like when a smart-aleck designer pasted a Hitler mustache […]
- - - The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself. -James Thurber My mom insists her autobiography will be titled I Laugh Alone, but she has always cracked me up. When I was little, a stranger showed up at our door with […]