Tuesday morning musings
The morning news program I watch when I'm able has a reporter on staff named Chris Christie. One of the people who reports traffic from time to time is named Chris Christie. So this morning, a beach is closed due to a sewage spill and someone tweeted to one of the anchors that they should put Chris Christie on the beach closure story.
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Speaking of the governor pictured above, a new book claims that his falling out with the Liar-in-Chief happened because Governor Christie tried to arrange for Trump to use Christie's cellphone to speak with President Obama last November once Trump was declared the winner.
Bad idea, given that the Liar-in-Chief is nearly as big a germ-a-phobe as the former host of Deal or No Deal Howie Mandel.
Christie is probably better off not being part of the tragedy of errors that is the current presidency.
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Ruben Wills is a councilman in Queens, NY. He is on trial accused of corruption for allegedly spending $30,000 of taxpayer funds for personal expenses. When the judge disallowed five witnesses his lawyer wanted to have testify, he lost his cool. Mr. Wills banged his hands on the defense table, shouted at the judge and then went on to slam a stack of papers on the table.
Not the smartest strategy.
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After reading L.A. Times pop music critic Mikael Wood's review of Fleetwood Mac's performance at Classic West this past weekend, I feel a tiny bit better about choosing not to go to either of the two days of performances.
I'm sure that the set from Fleetwood Mac wasn't quite as bad as Mr. Wood makes out, but it does sound like they may have "phoned it in." I saw them do amazing performances back in the day and I'll just hang on to those memories.
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Disclaimer: I am not a fan of Ann Coulter. But IF it turns out that an employee or employees of Delta Airlines decided to move her from her pre-booked seat to a different one, that is more unacceptable than any of Ms Coulter's tweets about the incident. You don't hassle customers because you don't like their politics.
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Want to send good wishes for a speedy recovery to Ara Parseghian, former head football coach at Notre Dame. He is 94 and suffering from an infection in his hip. Get well soon, Coach.
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Steve Whitmire was the puppeteer for Kermit the Frog for more than two decades after Jim Henson died in 1990. Now he's been fired from that role by Disney, who purchased the Muppets in 2004.
He had a lot to say about his firing and now Disney is claiming they had warned him about his "unacceptable business conduct" for years and he had not responded to the feedback.
I hope he saved his money, he may find it hard to find similar gigs in the future.
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Eric Trump picked a fight on Twitter with Keith Olbermann and when he didn't have a good comeback, wound up blocking the commentator. Then he questioned the "moral compass" of CNN, because it gave debate questions in advance to Hillary Clinton.
Actually, it was one person, working for CNN and not the network itself that did that, but Eric Trump has no business questioning the moral compass of anyone else. Especially considering the self-dealing and diversion of funds by his personal foundation.
Wonder if he will block me for pointing that out? Probably not. I called his dad a moron, among other things and he hasn't blocked me...yet.
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Stan Lee, the man, the myth, the legend, the genius behind Marvel Comics and the movies/television shows they've spawned, is being honored today. He will add his handprints and footprints to those already enshrined at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
I still remember being impressed by an autographed photo of him hanging in the office of a podiatrist I used to go to.
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Most of my clients who drive for Uber or Lyft really do not make much money doing the gig, when you analyze their actual hourly rate of earnings after expenses. There are exceptions, usually those who are doing it full-time and working during surge pricing periods.
But one lucky Uber driver got a far that brought him pay of roughly $49 per hour for a 14 hour round trip. Four minor league players in the farm system of the Seattle Mariners wound up using that driver to take them from Phoenix to Albuquerque to make a game. Their cost for the trip was $683.52. No word on the amount of tip, if any.
I've had a few clients who actually lost money driving for Uber after deducting their expenses.
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Speaking of the governor pictured above, a new book claims that his falling out with the Liar-in-Chief happened because Governor Christie tried to arrange for Trump to use Christie's cellphone to speak with President Obama last November once Trump was declared the winner.
Bad idea, given that the Liar-in-Chief is nearly as big a germ-a-phobe as the former host of Deal or No Deal Howie Mandel.
Christie is probably better off not being part of the tragedy of errors that is the current presidency.
* * *
Ruben Wills is a councilman in Queens, NY. He is on trial accused of corruption for allegedly spending $30,000 of taxpayer funds for personal expenses. When the judge disallowed five witnesses his lawyer wanted to have testify, he lost his cool. Mr. Wills banged his hands on the defense table, shouted at the judge and then went on to slam a stack of papers on the table.
Not the smartest strategy.
* * *
After reading L.A. Times pop music critic Mikael Wood's review of Fleetwood Mac's performance at Classic West this past weekend, I feel a tiny bit better about choosing not to go to either of the two days of performances.
I'm sure that the set from Fleetwood Mac wasn't quite as bad as Mr. Wood makes out, but it does sound like they may have "phoned it in." I saw them do amazing performances back in the day and I'll just hang on to those memories.
* * *
Disclaimer: I am not a fan of Ann Coulter. But IF it turns out that an employee or employees of Delta Airlines decided to move her from her pre-booked seat to a different one, that is more unacceptable than any of Ms Coulter's tweets about the incident. You don't hassle customers because you don't like their politics.
* * *
Want to send good wishes for a speedy recovery to Ara Parseghian, former head football coach at Notre Dame. He is 94 and suffering from an infection in his hip. Get well soon, Coach.
* * *
Steve Whitmire was the puppeteer for Kermit the Frog for more than two decades after Jim Henson died in 1990. Now he's been fired from that role by Disney, who purchased the Muppets in 2004.
He had a lot to say about his firing and now Disney is claiming they had warned him about his "unacceptable business conduct" for years and he had not responded to the feedback.
I hope he saved his money, he may find it hard to find similar gigs in the future.
* * *
Eric Trump picked a fight on Twitter with Keith Olbermann and when he didn't have a good comeback, wound up blocking the commentator. Then he questioned the "moral compass" of CNN, because it gave debate questions in advance to Hillary Clinton.
Actually, it was one person, working for CNN and not the network itself that did that, but Eric Trump has no business questioning the moral compass of anyone else. Especially considering the self-dealing and diversion of funds by his personal foundation.
Wonder if he will block me for pointing that out? Probably not. I called his dad a moron, among other things and he hasn't blocked me...yet.
* * *
Stan Lee, the man, the myth, the legend, the genius behind Marvel Comics and the movies/television shows they've spawned, is being honored today. He will add his handprints and footprints to those already enshrined at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
I still remember being impressed by an autographed photo of him hanging in the office of a podiatrist I used to go to.
* * *
Most of my clients who drive for Uber or Lyft really do not make much money doing the gig, when you analyze their actual hourly rate of earnings after expenses. There are exceptions, usually those who are doing it full-time and working during surge pricing periods.
But one lucky Uber driver got a far that brought him pay of roughly $49 per hour for a 14 hour round trip. Four minor league players in the farm system of the Seattle Mariners wound up using that driver to take them from Phoenix to Albuquerque to make a game. Their cost for the trip was $683.52. No word on the amount of tip, if any.
I've had a few clients who actually lost money driving for Uber after deducting their expenses.
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posted by me at 11:58 AM
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