Sorry I haven't posted all day. I kept meaning to but the phone would ring or something else would happen. And when I don't post here, it doesn't mean that I've totally forgotten you, dear blogosphere audience. Sometimes, I'm working on a long post that won't appear for a few days.
Today when the phone rang, it was often a unsolicited solicitor trying to sell me on home repairs, solar energy or, in one case, a reverse mortgage. That's a new one, the reverse mortgage. Even if I needed money, I think I'd try everything else — including selling my blood, selling my body and holding up Burlington Coat Factories — before I took out a reverse mortgage. In fact, I think all three of those are more honest professions than selling reverse mortgages.
Trump continues to be Trump, as he always will be. Every day, he says or does something which his die-hardest supporters would consider a disqualifying outrage if it had been said or done by Barack Obama…or worse, President Hillary. It's going to be fun watching those people shrieking any time the next Democratic President — there will be one, sooner or later — does something that's a milder version of something they cheered when done by Donald. Just wait'll they accuse him or her of being divisive or unpresidential.
I believe many of my friends in the comic book community are still overreacting to Bill Maher. Folks, it's Bill Maher. And I wish they wouldn't try the old "Who's Bill Maher? What has he ever done?" rebuttal. Jerk though he may be at times, Maher is one of the most successful TV personalities of the last few decades. Between his current series, which has been on HBO for sixteen seasons and his previous program, he's had his own TV show now for more than twenty-four years and 80+ Emmy nominations.
And you wouldn't be that upset if you really thought he was a nobody that no one listens to. It's like Trump's silly comebacks where everyone who criticizes him is a "failing" newspaper or if they're on TV, their ratings are terrible. You should never listen to someone whose business is declining….or so says the man who gave us Trump Steaks, Trump Vodka, Trump Airlines, Trump University…