Bunheads-Could Amy Sherman-Palladino Have Found a Worst Title?

As a diehard fan of Gilmore Girls it’s impossible to watch Bunheads and not get a strong sense of Déjà vu.  We have three generations of strong willed women living in a small town.  We have a gruff and lovable man serving beverages.  We have a main character who speaks in paragraphs and tends to roll her eye rather a lot. Gilmore Girls flashbacks aside, I like Bunheads, even if it has one of the worst title for a TV Show since Suddenly Susan or maybe GCB. It’s the story of a Vegas showgirl who marries an older man from…

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On Growing A Beard

“When I stroke the beard thusly, do I not appear more intellectual?” ~Data from Star Trek Next Generation I’ve been clean shaven pretty much forever.  Dear Old Dad had a muschtache and looked a good deal like Juan Valdez from the coffee comericals.  One of my older brothers has a goatee that he has had forever.  My boss has one of those neat and trim little goatees that he keeps at a constant quarter of inch length.  Whenever I have tried to grow a beard or a goatee or anything, I have been unhappy with how it has looked.  That…

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