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My Interview with Carole King
I was treated to some fine singing while doing a skit for "The Colbert Report." None other than Carole King was the lady at the piano, and it was a treat to hear her perform...
Me, digital?!
I am in the center of a campaign for the iPhone. It’s at the end of an odyssey for me, since I have come into the digital age drip by drip. I was one of...
Elections 2008, who is your choice?
I have been answering questions for a long time, and I think it is time to ask you one: "Who would you vote for president? As you all know Obama is my choice for president...
The Weight of Your World: How Proper Eating Can Help You Lose It
(Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) Certain things are inevitable. Death and taxes, of course. A famous athlete will indignantly deny using steroids, then get caught. An A-list actor will go on all the talk shows and brag about...
A Mystery Lesson
I love mysteries. I’m a huge fan of the Sherlock Holmes stories, as well as hard-boiled writers like Chester Himes, Raymond Chandler, and Dashiell Hammett. Desperate criminals chased down mean streets by world-weary detectives, now...
Herbie Hancock’s River: The Joni Letters: Smooth sailing Kareem_hancock
It’s easy to dislike Herbie Hancock. The man is 67 and looks 40! (Someone needs to check his attic for that hidden Dorian Gray portrait.) But then you listen to his music and you are...
My thoughts on UCLA
Video Credit: Courtesy of UCLA My eyes were seeing it, but I couldn’t believe what I saw. I had stumbled across my grade school graduation – autograph book and saw in the “favorite college slot”...
