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If you have a crush, that’s one thing. If you’re trying to go out on a date, that’s really nobody else’s business. That’s the trouble with social media. You have everything out there for the world to see, at the expense of having privacy.

Okay, animation can give you some leverage. You get a copyright on your characters, and then you can lease them to SW. They pick up the tab of physically producing the show, and you retain the rights to them.

It sounds like a promising idea. But SW (just like Disney) has a bank of lawyers to fight any copyright infringement. Making something with puppets is great. But you gotta be real careful no legal toes are stepped on. Something that might work (again, I wouldn’t pitch this without a lawyer in...

It’s been quite a while since I’ve been to the library. Some libraries have a one-hour policy you can renew if there’s nobody else waiting to use the computer. The library a block away from where I used to live, they had enough computers you could camp out there all day if you wanted to. The...

Okay, if I was to buy you lunch somewhere, where would you want to go?

Your show can have references to anything you want. But if you want to pitch it to NBC, 1) You’ll need some kind of agent to represent you. Unlike the Muppet Movie, you don’t just walk into the big boss’s office and expect the Rich and Famous Contract. 2)Networks get thousands of proposals for...

Okay, I might have put you on the spot (but here’s the caveat, with all people who say “Ask me anything”, you might get some tall orders.) So a little softer question- what kind of food do you like?

Disclaimer: you did say ask anything, so... If crime fighters fight crime, and firefighters fight fire, What do freedom fighters fight? Think that one over.

On this day in 1970, Time magazine did a feature story on Sesame Street, and Big Bird was put on the cover. The second season was just two weeks old, but the article pointed to a few new surprises. The first human addition was Jaime Sanchez as Miguel. He would only last a season, but a year...

In the earlier days, the focus was clearly on the adults. In the very first episode (and through much of the first season) Arayanna and Ronald were constant fixtures. A few years later Joey was a mainstay. But clearly the focus was on the grownups. Occasionally a kid might help Big Bird solve a...

Well, around here, if you don’t have a mask on, good luck trying to get into any store, bank, or any place you need to conduct business. A while back a notorious former member made a huge stink about not wearing masks. He thought it was a rush to go around being defiant and possibly putting...

Well I still applaud you for trying. Nobody likes rejection, nobody likes disappointment, nobody likes failure. I’ve had my share too. Like a decade’s worth. Yes, it sucks when you try your darndest and things don’t work out. That’s when so many throw in the towel. Michael Jordan is probably...

But if you don’t have high expectations, it keeps you from trying. That’s a dangerous thing. It leads people to give up, or settle for mediocrity. I’ve spent a good number of years there in my twenties, and it’s not very satisfying.

That’s where you need to be careful. Drtooth, who used to rule this site with Snowthy and Sarge, once said he was going for therapy, but felt he wouldn’t get anything out of it. Sure enough, he didn’t. If you expect 2021 to suck for you, you just guaranteed it will. Can bad things still happen...

True, but I have a headache or two to thank him for.

If there is something good about this year, a certain member who alienated everyone has so far made good on his word and not come back. There were times he tried my patience (and that takes some doing). It’s not that his views were bad, but he changed his views depending on how the wind blew...

Kamala, durn you, spellcheck!

Yes, I’m aware of that. Kanaka Harris, first woman of color. Obama, first black president. But the first woman who almost became VP was Geraldine Ferraro in 1984, who supported Walter Mondale. But people who want to know that a minority can hold the second-highest office in the land can go...

A lot of people are excited about Kamala Harris being the first woman of color to become Vice President. But the first V.P. person of color was Charles Curtis. He was a Native American who served under Herbert Hoover 1929-1933. Curtis was forgotten by history because nine months into Hoover’s...

I vaguely remember this show. About a year earlier Rubik’s Cube came out, and everybody (and I mean everybody) had one. This little thing screams 80’s. It was common for people to pull the cube apart and put it back together, and rub the insides with Vaseline to make it turn easier. There was a...