Writer/producer/author/lazybones. linktr.ee/rcblong. Shoutout: @southfoodways @mfpla @ptseminary
Princeton, NJ
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A hero and an inspiration. A brilliantly funny, sneaky smart writer and the ideal drinking companion. He did the impossible: he made you laugh at the bad news. Except for today. P. J. O’Rourke. Irreplaceable.
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Need some time to collect my thoughts to properly describe this man and his genius, but here's a start: effortlessly funny, utterly professional, brilliantly economical with words and looks and silence. The word "legend" was invented to describe Bob Newhart.
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He was funny and gentle and was the best kind of comic actor: he knew how to do just enough when that was called for, and to pull out the stops when that's where the joke was. Nobody could walk into a bar like George.
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Question: does her fiancée have a twin brother? Need answer asap as I’m outlining the second act.
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Pitch for a TikTok trend: running through these and stealing French Fries off plates to something by Fleetwood Mac.
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One lesson from Tom Wolfe’s genius: to write a great novel, to capture a time, you must first sit quietly and pay attention to the world. As it is. Stop talking, listen, and take notes.
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Outrageous, funny, and also a little nuts -- she was ferociously talented and luminous onscreen. And a joy to work with.
Kirstie Alley, ‘Cheers’ and ‘Look Who’s Talking’ Star, Dies at 71 variety.com/2022/tv/obituari…
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For my Christmas present to myself I am currently manufacturing, inside my body, a bespoke Covid vaccine in a totally sustainable way. Merry Christmas to everyone!
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My favorite 4 hours in show business was what was supposed to be a 1 hour meeting with Burt Reynolds. RIP
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Because it’s not all darkness:
Funny moment here, shot by @rossdomoney, where a French policeman aiming a flashball gun at #YellowVests protesters stop to greet and kiss one of them who he appears to know.
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Literally impossible that Brian Williams was on that helicopter. And I know because that very night he saved my life from a deadly cobra.
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Oh please. At most it’s this Omicron thing which is basically Diet Covid. I had the real stuff, back when it meant something.
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Feature film pitch: "You don't understand! He has my children! He has my family! He'll kill them all!" vine.co/v/igHFKFWVDnO
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It's 7PM in New York. For the past weeks, that's meant neighborhoods all over town erupting into applause and cheers for hospital and health workers. This evening, silence. What a disaster this all is.
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Today, still rattled by the death of one of my heroes, Anthony Bourdain, I went and sat outside and drank a cup of coffee and scrolled through the heartbreaking testimonials. Many of them had Suicide Prevention lines attached, which was nice 1/
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Milton Friedman once told me — sorry for the name drop — that everything got better when he decided to assume that everyone he was debating with was arguing in good faith. He said it led to better discussions, lower blood pressure, and more effective persuasion.
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He could always learn to code.
Robert De Niro 'will be lucky if he makes $7.5 million this year', lawyers say independent.co.uk/arts-enter…
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This will clear all of the bad things out of your head. Repeat as necessary. instagram.com/tv/CB5-G3aDIHx…
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Final thought about the great, departed Tom Wolfe, the master of the keyboard: he wrote about life. About America. About art and politics and money and greed and kindness and people. He didn’t write about himself, or mommy, or My Awful Childhood.
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I was assigned Gen X at birth. But I identify with the generation that fought at the Somme. Preferred pronouns: this-fuckin'-guy/who-you-lookin'-at.
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Some trivia: those were real Cuban cigars, Cohiba Esplendidos -- the best -- which I provided -- I had a friend in Hong Kong FedEx about 25 boxes. And the guy at the door at the end is the legendary agent who packaged the series and who always wanted more season.
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My goal for the next few days is to post things that have zero to do with the Current Crisis. Here, I'm remembering the great LA restaurant, Chasen's:
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it’s covered in fraises des bois, wild strawberries, which are rare and don’t last long and delicate and when they’re around it’s a sin not to enjoy them with gratitude and love. And yes, that’s a metaphor.
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She was immensely funny and weird and gifted and utterly without vanity. I worked with her once and she said words I wrote and I was dazzled. Am still dazzled. Photos are from performances she gave only a few years apart. Talk about range. She invented it. Chloris Leachman, RIP.
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America is neither an “idea” nor a “nation” — it is pouring from the side of the pitcher:
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Shout out to the kid in Greenwich Village Trick or Treating in a #MAGA hat and red necktie. Honorable mention to his dad, walking behind him, mouthing the words, “It’s just a costume it’s just a costume...”
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What I see is, Intellectual Property Theft and Violations of Licensing Agreements.
But then I’m not a parent.
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And the amazing thing is, Tom Wolfe managed to unobtrusively report on the world around him in a blinding white suit and bespoke Cleverly shoes! Just proves the power of listening, watching, and taking notes.
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Just in case anyone needs to be reminded of what a good and decent and gentle person looks like:
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Good to know The Times has two reporters covering the Dershowitz/Martha’s Vineyard story. “We’ll get to the bottom of this! We’re here anyway!”
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By getting rid of Trump but keeping the Republican Senate, voters threw out the baby but kept the bath water.
...is what I’d say if I were a TV pundit zooming into a cable news outlet in front of books.
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Am I the only one hearing “Tiny Dancer” in the background? Is that something I should be concerned about?
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I've written two books about Hollywood, and do a weekly commentary on @kcrw about it. This, though, is spectacular. If I could get away with it, I'd steal it outright.
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Two weeks ago, I felt like I was in the news because I was in Brett Kavanaugh’s class at Yale. Now I feel like I’m in the news because a few years ago I discovered that I am 10% Native American. Is this a TED talk?
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Every single thing about the Internet is captured here, in this masterful and moving dramatic reading.
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Every word of this is true.
On the occasion of Lilek's last column for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, I would like to say he is my favorite internet find of all time, an American national treasure, and deserving of a Mark Twain Medal.
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I have known this young man since the day he was born and I have informed him that if this works, he is now officially my retirement plan:
I gave GPT-4 a budget of $100 and told it to make as much money as possible.
I'm acting as its human liaison, buying anything it says to.
Do you think it'll be able to make smart investments and build an online business?
Follow along 👀
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A personal disclosure:
"When my center-right audience discovers my public-radio work, the only reaction I’ve noticed is mild curiosity. [...]
But when my center-left public-radio listeners find out about my right-wing leanings, it’s trouble."
Read more from @rcbl 👉 lttr.ai/ASxdZ
#NPR
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Ask. Check in. “How are you? I noticed that you’re hiding yourself” is a question maybe we need to ask each other more. I know why we don’t — well, I know why *I* don’t: because we’re worried that we can’t offer a solution, can’t direct our hopeless friend to the right 3/
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To be fair, the passenger has a "troubled history."
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Your weekly, 4 minute dose of me, back again:
New episodes of Martini Shot are now available on all podcast platforms and at MartiniShotPodcast.com!
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That happened to a friend of my cousin’s after he got vaxxed. #DoYourOwnResearch
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The NYTimes quoted me and took my photo for this article. Happy to say that it was a classic NYTimes photo: looking off while thinking of a sad thing. I was thinking of La Super Rica taqueria in Santa Barbara and how much I miss my weekly trips there. nytimes.com/2020/02/23/busin…
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To be fair, she's not being paid for this speech. For $250,000 (plus travel) she throws in vocal/tonal modulation.
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This was hard to write. And very hard to record. But I’m glad I did. kcrw.com/culture/shows/marti…
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Cannot fully express how much I hate that author's photo. Need new headshots. Need to lay off the bread. variety.com/2017/biz/news/ro…
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....because the entire cast is the new National Security Council.
"Duck Dynasty" will end its run on A&E in 2017 nyti.ms/2fAFyp2
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“When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature they will like the strong horse.”
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George H.W. Bush dies at 94. The 41st president of the United States helped guide the world out of a four-decade Cold War. wapo.st/2KLoPwP
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but also complicated. “Talk to someone” people kept saying, which is fine advice, but not always possible. The mind shuts off escape routes, a person on the brink often can’t make that call. So in addition to that, I’d add this: 2/
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He was a giant. Hard to tweet with eyes full.
Rest in Peace Charles Krauthammer (1950-2018), a friend, a mentor, and a role model to so many of us.
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Annika is a fearless reporter with a big big heart.
THREAD: Went to a Mexican restaurant here in NYC and I heard something in the waiter’s accent that made me ask if he was from #Venezuela , and when he said “Yes” I told him I had just come from there. I wish I could show you all his face as he heard this, the sheer excitement.
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I was a fool to think this couldn't happen and to condescend to those who did. May the next 4 years humble me with prosperity and progress.
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expert, the right answer. But maybe we don’t need to do that. Maybe all we need to do — all we can do — is be present and quiet and attentive and hope and pray that we break the fall a bit, that we interrupt the cascade down into this. 4/
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