… Lovely Dana Perino is looking less than great. The Wall Street crisis must be serious. Now I really am worried!
Wait! A little TV camera soft focus to the rescue. She looks like herself here. Whew! Things aren’t so bad after all.
Year: 2008
Medical Bulletin
My sister ‘Jeanie Beanie’s’ daughter, 13, has just been diagnosed with a fairly serious medical problem. It’s an acute condition, and she’ll be fine after surgery, but for now everybody is very worried. Fortunately, our oldest sister is a surgeon in the right specialty.
Jon Provost on CBS Early Show
Don’t miss Jon Provost tomorrow, on The Early Show. I’ll set my FiOS DVR for you, just in case. No need to guess when — 8:40 am ET on CBS.
If you want to get a real sense of what the social changes in America were like, going from the staid 50’s to the swinging 60’s, John’s fabulous autobiography, written with his wife Laurie Jacobson, Timmy’s In The Well, is the place to get it. You’ll also get to know a whole lot about Jon, including the good stuff about growing up in Hollywood.
Jon recently lent his name to the worthy cause called the New Child Actor’s Guild.
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On a personal note, Jon was very supportive and helpful not long ago with a difficult situation we were having next door. I’m happy to say we no longer have that problem. Thanks, Jon!
Another one after 9/09
On my birthday I posted the audio to a Captain Zoom record D.F. Rogers, aka Denro, gave me as a joke thirty years ago, when we were already a college grade-you-ates. Then my buddy Bismo, who remembers hearing the record when I got it, pointed out that Captain Zoom birthday records still exist, and he sent the current version of my name. Thanks, Bismo!
[audio:http://www.dograt.com/Audio/2008/SEP/Sept10.mp3]Definitely not the same recording, but with some of the original effects, along with an impression of Caroll Spinney as Big Bird. It’s no surprise that those who were very young in the 70’s wax nostalgic about Captain Zoom.
Supermen
Here’s more about the initiative to restore and preserve the boyhood home of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel. I can see the point of getting ordinary people to contribute, and I’m glad there are famous names associated with this project, including Stephen Colbert and David Letterman, but why doesn’t Warners take care of it? They own Superman.
The real Sarah Palin
This video has been around, most notably on the Huffington Post. This is Sarah Palin three short months ago.
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Sorry if I’m doing so many political posts, but after the latest financial upheavals I’m getting very nervous about November. Today McCain flip-flopped from saying the economy is fundamentally strong to saying it’s in crisis. In a matter of hours he suddenly realized that things aren’t good. Bright boy.