Chris Grieb

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  1. I love reading O'Rourke's stuff, but I can't stand listening to him talk, at least not when he's speaking extemporaneously. I caught a little bit of his appearance last night on the Laura Ingraham show and had to shut it off due to the annoying staccato "uh-uh-uh-uh-aw-aw-aw-aw-aw"-ing that O'Rourke uses to fill space while selecting the words that he might use in a sentence: "I think that Obama is not to be uh-uh-uh-uh-aw-aw-aw-aw-aw trusted, a-a-a-a-a-a-a-and I think he's uh-uh-uh-uh-aw-aw-aw-aw-aw less than uh-uh-uh-uh-aw-aw-aw-aw-aw honest." It almost makes him sound more haughty and phony than Bill Buckley.

    He had a prepared text at Cato. He did alright during the Q&A. He prehaps does not due well speaking off the cuff.

  2. I have heard that Capote had to leave the execution chamber before Smith was executed. That was the Robert Blake character. Capote remained friends with Alvin Dewey after the book came out. In the Feb 66 Objectivist Barbara Branden had a very harsh review of In Cold Blood.

  3. Psyche and the Mentalist are both shows that have detectives who are very good observers. People watching them think they have esp. Of the two show I like The Mentalist more. Simon Baker projects a wonderful benevolence.

    Psyche while it has the wonderful Dule Hill as Gus. The lead James Rodale just comes across as brash.

    I must it is nice to see TV shows that debunk esp rather than giving the character super powers.

    I haven't seen The Mentalist, but I'll look for it now. I really enjoy Psych, and don't find the character of Shawn to be too brash. I love his (and Gus's) quick 80s pop culture references. It's also kind of fun to watch the show and then catch either an old episode of The West Wing, in which Dulé Hill practically looks like a baby in the role of Charlie, or a recent episode of Mad Men, in which Elisabeth "Zoey Bartlet" Moss is all grown up and not the sweet and innocent president's daughter that Charlie dated. :-)

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    Jonathan; Thanks for the reply. I like Mad Men and did not realize that Elizabeth Moss had been on West Wing. The West Wing was a very well written and acted show.

    Do try and watch The Mentalist.

  4. It was good this year and I didn't need to use my mute. They got a great group of male country singers for the tribute to George Jones.

    Laura Bush has great legs.

    The Tharp tribute was well done with dancing done Frank Sinatra's songs.

    Members of the NYC Fire and Police Departments joined in the tribute to the Who. The first concert after 9-11 was done by the Who.

    It's always a good show and this one stayed up to the standard.