In conjunction with my not being too terribly intrigued by recent news stories and being sick, the main reason I haven't written much in the past couple days or so is when I haven't been thinking about chugging a full bottle of Ny-Quil, I've been proofreading and editing my seventh book - LOL at the GOP - Volume 2: 47% Awesome 100% of the Time - and am now approximately 58.4% done with that. My thinking cap not being completely on during my illness has hampered me at times, but hopefully I'll be able to tough it out and get it all proofread and edited before too long here. ...to be continued...
After its first week, I gave The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore a B+ grade. While I didn't think the show appeared to be perfect by any stretch of the imagination, I also liked the Daily Show meets Politically Incorrect vibe I got from it, and thought, with the proper adjustments, the show would indeed provide a great fill-in for The Colbert Report . In the show's succeeding weeks, however, I've been less impressed by it and think that if it doesn't make certain adjustments, it could be in jeopardy of losing many long-time viewers of the show's time slot. One major issue I think the show's had to this point is a lack of direction. It's been unable to decide whether it wants to be a comedy show with serious conversation sprinkled in or a serious show with comedy sprinkled in. It's almost as if the show's writers want to give The Nightly Show a Real Time with Bill Maher feel. The problem with that idea or format is the fact Real Time is an hour lon...
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