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We Need To Talk About Mens Mental Health Awareness

June is Mens Mental Health Awareness Month. I’m not surprised if you don’t know. Mental health is taboo too much with men. No one really wants to talk about it until someone goes nuts and shoots up a school, church, parade, concert, movie theater, etc.  And then it briefly gets mentioned for a few daysContinue reading “We Need To Talk About Mens Mental Health Awareness”

Leno Leaves On A High Note, Then Ruins It With An Encore And Coda

With Stephen Colbert gone, the future of late-night talk show TV looks bleak. But Jay Leno once went out in the best way. No not that time, the first time.  It had been announced in the mid-2000s that Leno would leave with Conan O’Brien taking over as host of The Tonight Show.  For a weekContinue reading “Leno Leaves On A High Note, Then Ruins It With An Encore And Coda”

Keep On Strokin’ Clarence Carter

Forty years ago during the waning years of the Satanic panic, a lot of songs were still under scrutiny by several Christian and/or parental groups. Therefore, a song like “Strokin’” would’ve never played on the radio or even MTV but only late at night.  Clarence Carter recorded the song for his album ‘Dr. C.C.’ onContinue reading “Keep On Strokin’ Clarence Carter”

‘Class Of 1984’ Foretold The Future

Now that the Class of 2026 is winding down as the robes have been returned and the tassels have long been turned from one side to the other, education in the first quarter of the 21st Century is a lot different than when the graduates’ parents and grandparents went to school.  I saw a socialContinue reading “‘Class Of 1984’ Foretold The Future”

Fuhrman’s Legacy Shows Some Cops Are Just Racist, Violent Bullies

Almost 32 years have passed since Nicole Brown and her friend, Ron Goldman, were murdered outside her home. The chief suspect in the case was O.J. Simpson, Brown’s ex-husband. Simpson was later charged, tried and acquitted of the double murder. No one else has ever been charged in connection withe case.   On the night ofContinue reading “Fuhrman’s Legacy Shows Some Cops Are Just Racist, Violent Bullies”

The Point Of No Return For The Decline Of ‘The Simpsons’

Whenever a TV show starts to go downhill, you can see the cracks begin to form very early on. But they’re often so small, no one really seems to know.  The Simpsons started off wirh a rocky beginning with less than stellar animation and a feel that it seemed more like a parody of Married…withContinue reading “The Point Of No Return For The Decline Of ‘The Simpsons’”

‘Lord Of The Flies’ Adaptations A Monster To Connect With Audience

A movie or TV adaptation is like a step-parent. No matter what it does or doesn’t do, people will still be weary. But at the same time, just like a step-parent, it shouldn’t be forced to be appreciated just because someone wants you to. I read William Golding’s Lord of the Flies over 30 yearsContinue reading “‘Lord Of The Flies’ Adaptations A Monster To Connect With Audience”

Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied Adding Insult To Injury

Prom Night is supposed to be one of those events that are a rite of passage as you making those last transitions from childhood into adulthood. Sadly, it’s one of the nights too many people fall victim to sex crimes that go unreported. A past superintendent of a nearby school that I never did agreeContinue reading “Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied Adding Insult To Injury”