Carnie Wilson was on The Today Show this morning, talking about how she’s about to have another surgery to make her stomach smaller. She’s also pumping up her new reality show. The five-foot-three singer once weighed more than 300 pounds, had her stomach stapled, lost enough weight to end up posing for Playboy, and then [...]
TV Tuesday – The TV Show That Changed My Life
March 27, 2012 1 Comment
It’s not the sort of thing you want to admit, to anyone — that a television program changed your life. It simply isn’t dignified. And yet in the case of the excellent BIO network reality series I Survived: Beyond and Back, it’s true for me. The show changed my life. The series features the true [...]
Herding Cats, Super Bowl Ads, and my cowboy
February 3, 2012 1 Comment
Well, it’s that time of year again, when everybody starts talking about Super Bowl ads. Companies pay millions to have their ads aired during the big football game, and millions more for companies to come up with original, clever ideas. Back in 2000, my handsome cowboy starred in one such ad. Yup. He and a [...]
I Love The Big Bang Theory
December 5, 2011 5 Comments
My son recently passed a developmental milestone, known to experts as “Can’t Be Caught Dead Watching Disney Channel Anymore”. Four months away from turning 11, Alexander can no longer tolerate children’s programming. This is mostly for fear that the eighth graders on his basketball and football teams will find out. I suspect he still likes [...]
Humiliating Confession: I’m Addicted to Celebrity Ghost Stories on BIO
December 3, 2011 Leave a Comment
The only good thing about being in the city instead of at the ranch on a Saturday night is the fact that in the city we have cable. There is no TV at the ranch because the cowboy prefers to read or watch classic DVDs. He has some strong opinions on TV that are not [...]
Ashton Kutcher Makes a Mockery of Country
When I saw the outfit Ashton Kutcher chose to wear to present the best female vocalist award at the ACM country music awards Sunday night, all I could do was shake my head. When I heard him attempt to sing on that stage, surrounded by some of the best singers on earth, and when I [...]