RIP: Gene Reynolds

He was on the other side of the cameras of M*A*S*H from day one.

Yes, he had a long run. But, still...attention must be paid.

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/gene-reynolds-mash-co-creator-dead-obituary-947905/

Dark-Side Phone Fundraiser Calls

I finally got a phone call from the "Canadian Taxpayers Federation" last night. I got to tell them "I'm one of those people you have complaints about, so 'no!'" when they asked for a donation.

It was satisfying.

It's going to be far less satisfying to say "no" to the organizations that I want to support when they next call me.

BLOGS/NEWS: PressThink - A Nosy Question

Is everyone else on Dreamwidth who's reading pressthink_feed doing so at source rather than on Dreamwidth?

I like reading about journalism. The business, the ways and means, the people who do the work...all of it. I praise/blame Spider-Man and Superman for that, at least in part.

(For that matter, assuming that the Big Development in the Superman comics titles is old news to the public by now...how's the fact of Clark Kent going public about his dual-ID going over so far?)

A Hard Day in Washington

I've been reading the news from Washington this afternoon. It was as I expected. As many of you reading this expected, as well. But it's no less Disturbing for being expected.

I can't imagine that it's going to end here, no matter what the Mar-a-Lago Malefactor or his enablers across the planet want. Nor should it.

MOVIES: Knives Out

To everyone who recommended this movie to me: thank you. As with The Good Liar, I feel a little guilty over having paid less than full first-run fare to see it because discount cinema chain.

To all the people who worked on both sides of the cameras on Knives Out, thank you all! No idea if any of you will read this here, but I'm saying it anyway.