Well, as I've been doing every Monday for the past 3 weeks or so, I thought I'd briefly update regular readers on my coming books. I don't have too much new to say, since I posted an update this past Friday. While my two books have yet to be proofread by another set of attentive eyes and I'm awaiting for that to happen before finalizing matters, I will begin researching and footnoting two more rough drafts I've completed. Hopefully all four books will be available for purchase by May. If I really push myself, perhaps I could sneak them all in before that month, but I'll try not to push myself too close to the brink of insanity. Hopefully two of the four books will be proofread before next Monday and I'll be able to receive my proof copies of them sometime next week. In any case, I'll be sure to post another update next Monday, or before then, if something major happens. 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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