In Case You Were Wondering What I Was Thinking
• Why would hotel management think that tying the hair dryer cord or robe belt into a Gordian knot every day might be helpful to a guest?
• Where are all the alarmists, fiscal cliff people, and doom and gloomers now? They should confess their sins and undertake a vow of silence.
• There’s a thin line between Paul Revere and Chicken Little, if you catch my drift.
• Carding people who are OBVIOUSLY over 21 in ballparks is just another sign of rampant bureaucracy and regulation addiction overcoming common sense and judgment.
• If you don’t believe it’s all about the writing, I saw a new play in Providence the other day so poorly and amateurishly written that even veteran, admirable members of the repertory company looked like lousy actors. I could have written something better in a weekend while watching TV.
• The route to self-esteem is not to give everyone meaningless awards and recognition, but to teach everyone the work and discipline required to win, and why that’s so important.
• Every newsreader on television is beginning to look and sound exactly alike, and is settling into a vast field of mediocrity.
• I can’t understand what goes through women’s minds, because when I buy a pair of expensive shoes I can wear them right out of the store in total comfort.
• Newsies is the best musical I’ve seen since In the Heights.
• Alas, really good Jewish delis are disappearing in New York as the older customers move to Florida or die off, and their progeny prefer fast and/or healthier food. In all of Manhattan, I only know of two outstanding places for an old-time, really good pastrami sandwich.
• TSA pre-check is fabulous, but it’s a little sad, with an entire squad of people taking care of perhaps one person every couple of minutes. (Nothing is easy, of course, and it takes a while to figure out which number you place in what area on your airline profile page.)
• You gotta love people who buy a $16 book at discount on Amazon and then send email asking the author for free consulting or coaching help! I’ve written 50 books in 11 languages, perhaps sold 450,000 over that time. If you purchase a book, you’re not a customer, you’re a book purchaser. (You can try being Amazon’s customer!)
• Except for Khaleesi and her dragons, Game of Thrones is getting self-indulgent and boring. We’re tuning in to see Tora Tora Tora, not Casablanca. The Vikings is now far better.
• Sign of the times: Carrie Ann Inaba on Dancing with the Stars feels free to utter vulgarisms on network, live TV. She ought to focus on screaming about her obsession with “lifts” and otherwise watch her mouth.
• Watching seniors play golf on TV must mean that you’ve watched everything else ever broadcast and are at the bottom of the barrel.
• People on Facebook seem obsessed with applauding themselves. Well, enough about me, what do you think of me?
• Canlis Restaurant in Seattle just made my top ten list in the U.S.
• If someone doesn’t get Lindsay Lohan psychiatric help, they are going to find her dead on a floor somewhere. How many cries for help do you ignore?
• I wouldn’t mention this to my daughter, but I’m pretty certain that my dogs view my granddaughters as peers, at best.
© Alan Weiss 2013
