The reason I wasn't able to blog as much last week as has been typical most weeks was the fact I was feeling better health wise and busy working on a pair of books. I finished all 374 footnotes for both books by late Thursday night and have been resting my mind until today. My goal this week will be to proofread and edit the books one more time, before having a second person do likewise, and then sending away for the proof copies. I'm hopeful I'll be able to finish my part by Thursday, since my birthday is on Friday. Hopefully the second party will be able to finish their proofreading over the weekend or by the following weekend at the latest. If all goes according to plan, the books should be available to purchase sometime between March 7th and March 14th. I'll be sure to post another such update next week with more specifics (I hope). Stay tuned...
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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