Famed TV Producer Sidney Sheldon has Died!

Sad news.  TV producer as well as author, Sidney Sheldon, has passed away at the age of 89 years old.  He produced two classic TV shows: "The Patty Duke Show" and "I Dream of Jeannie."

He'll be missed.  Generations of TV viewers grew up watching his shows.

RIP, Sidney

The Patty Duke Show Theme Song



I Dream of Jeannie Season 2 Opening

Happy Hoax Day in Boston, MA, Thanks to the Cartoon Network

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is not amused that ten devices were found around the city of Boston caused a security scare throughout the city today.  Bridges and subway stations were evacuated because of these devices.

It turns out that the devices were promotional devices for a show on the Cartoon Network.

I was listening to the whole thing this afternoon on my radio at work.  Even Boston Mayor Tom Menino was steamed about what happened today.

Happy Birthday to An Easy Lover

Happy Birthday, Phil Collins

"Easy Lover" with Earth, Wind, & Fire's Philip Bailey




"You Can't Hurry Love"

Eileen Explains Asperger's

Eileen Costello, co-writer of the book Quirky Kids, has written an op-ed piece about Asperger's in today's Boston Globe.  It is titled "The Facts and Myths of Asperger's Disorder.  She wrote this in response to the tragedy that happened at Lincoln-Sudbury High School in Massachusetts nearly two weeks ago regarding a student with Asperger's allegedly stabbing a fellow student.

It is an excellent piece.  Thanks, Eileen.

"Thwarting the Bullies in Our Schools" is article written by Jack Levin which is a companion piece for Eileen's op-ed essay.

Happy Birthday, Hawkeye!

Happy 71st Birthday,
Alan Alda!
Star of M*A*S*H

Clip from a M*A*S*H documentary

Vote for Clint Eastwood!

Attention all Clint Eastwood fans.  Clint's movie, The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly, is in a FILM vs. FILM CHALLENGE at the IMWAN website in their main forum called the Playroom.  It's going against The Godfather starring Marlon Brando.  Joining IMWAN is easy and free of charge.

Direct link to the FILM vs FILM Challenge:
http://www.imwan.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10283&start=22

Please, help Clint out.  Also, Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima won a Golden Globe recently.  Way to go, Clint!

Voting ends on Sunday night at midnight.

The Duel Scene from "The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly"

Letter to the Editor "Understand Asperger's"

I found this in today's Boston Herald.  It is a letter from a parent who has a child with Asperger's Syndrome.  It is very good.  I decided to paste this into my blog because what he wrote is so true about how difficult it is to be a teenager with Asperger's.

Understand Asperger’s
By Steve Sherman/ Letters
Tuesday, January 23, 2007

As a parent who has both lost a child and who has another child with Asperger’s syndrome, I would like to offer some comments on the killing of the student at Lincoln-Sudbury High School (“School stabbing,” Jan. 20). First, I extend my condolences and deepest sympathies to the Alensons.
    Secondly I have to both criticize and praise the Herald’s coverage. As a parent, I have seen how Asperger’s affects every aspect of a child’s life and have witnessed the ostracism and outright cruelty these children are subjected to.
    Asperger’s is a brain disorder and a disability - not learned behavior. For the Herald to uncritically print comments that the boy was “the guy people make fun of” and “was a really creepy kid” without mentioning that these children are commenting about a child with a disability is irresponsible. Kids can be cruel but adults should know better. Would the Herald print comments like that about a child with MS?
     I will commend writer Jessica Heslam in acknowledging that these children are not well served by public schools. This is the understatement of the new century. In reality the treatment of these children in the school systems is disgraceful and inexcusable. I have been engaged in a five-year battle to obtain proper placement and support for my son. With few exceptions, the reactions and responses from the staff have been somewhere between trivialization and indifference toward the problems.
     In no way would Itry to rationalize or excuse the tragic killing of the Alenson boy because the other child had a disability. However, I would emphasize that the treatment of children with Asperger’s in the schools is abysmal and the toleration of the bullying of these children is beyond disgusting.
    Steve Sherman, Roslindale

http://news.bostonherald.com/letters/view.bg?articleid=178621&format=text