As I've been doing every Monday for the past couple of weeks or so, I thought I'd update all my readers with regard to my upcoming books. I'm now through the proofreading/editing/researching/footnoting step for two of my four books. I'll now attempt to get through with adding smart aleck comments to each and every footnote in the next week, before going through another round of proofreading and editing. I'll then have another do likewise, before touching up on a few things, adding a cover, and sending away for the proof copies. I'm still hoping to have the two books available sometime in late-February or early-March, but I still have a lot to accomplish if that's going to happen, so I won't make any promises at this point in time. Well, that's all I have for now. I better get back to work, but will likely post another update around this time next Monday. 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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