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I loved this show, which is unfortunately most remembered when people think of the tragic death of Rebecca Schaeffer. Diane English created it a couple of years before MURPHY BROWN, and the two shows had many writers and directors in common, as evidenced by the fact that there were at least 3 jokes used in both (in 2 of those cases, SAM's rendition was funnier). It had one of the great theme songs in TV history, sung by Kim Carnes. I don't know why, but the show's never been released on DVD and doesn't seem to be available via streaming. Every once in awhile I search for it, and last night I found something that isn't perfect but... Last summer a guy in Pittsburgh uploaded most of the episodes to Youtube. They were recorded on his VCR off the USA network. He cut out the commercials. The tapes have begun degrading, and there's the mild green tinge you get with old tapes, plus occasional minor tape damage, but the margins are sharp, and the picture doesn't jump at all, so they are eminently watchable. The sound level and quality do vary from episode to episode. Play It Again, Sam; Grand Prize; Good Neighbor Sam; Life, Death, and Admiral Andy are among my favorites and they're all there. I'm posting my favorite episode, when Sam learns to play the piano, plus a link to it... if you go to the link, all the other episodes are available on the right side of the page. https://youtu.be/W9vVnD3Hj0A?list=PLK0yGET6vkNVqaP3xY4SUkDP6qMs9TLjs

Said by nobody ever who didn't have a lot of money. Sometimes the simplest investing practices are not the best: Giannis Antetokounmpo opened bank accounts with 50 different banks — each one of them holding $250,000, his boss, team owner Marc Lasry, told Bloomberg News. The $250,000 sum is the maximum amount of cash that a depositor can hold in an account that would be covered by the Federal Despot Insurance Corp, or the FDIC. FDIC protects depositors of insured banks against the loss of their deposits if that bank fails. Lasry, the billionaire hedge fund manager and founder of private equity firm Avenue Capital Group, told Bloomberg that he gave Greek Freak and other Bucks players valuable investment advice. “I spend a lot of time with them explaining where they should invest,” Lasry told a conference in New York. “I’m like, ‘Giannis, you can’t be having accounts at 50 different banks. Let me tell you something, if JPMorgan goes under, your little dinky banks are going to go under too. Let me explain what you should buy, you should buy U.S. Treasuries, you should buy this’.” Since entering the NBA in 2013, Antetokounmpo has earned a total of $146,344,870 — and that’s just from playing basketball. His off-court endorsements are at least in the eight figures. Lasry, whose son, Alex, is a Democratic Party candidate for the US Senate seat from Wisconsin currently held by Republican Ron Johnson, became a co-owner of the Bucks after buying his stake in the team for $550 million. His private equity firm, which specializes in distressed securities, manages $12 billion in assets.

First impressions can be deceiving. Speaking of first impressions, Sean Manea was removed from his first Padres start after 7 hitless innings and 88 pitches. The reliever promptly blew the no-hitter.

I think they're having a harder time than they thought they would replacing Meghan. The women the other hosts seem most comfortable with seem too much like Ana Navarro in that they are only too willing to bash Republican politicians, so there is no debating much of the time. As annoying as many found Meghan to be, she had her contrary opinions and was always willing to push back against the other hosts. They may not have liked it, but it made for good TV. These are the three I'd consider: Tara Setmayer argues back fairly well, and is often still going when the Whoopster is trying to throw it to commercial. I don't know if they like that about her. I think Stephanie Grisham has pulled into the lead this week, with her willingness to spill inside dope on the Trump administration and also talk about personal things. Alyssa Farah Griffin has also been palatable to me, though I've preferred the other two.

Scientists discover ancient cemetery of flying reptiles in Chile’s Atacama desert Geez... can you imagine the amount of poop on the headstones?

I'd say it's the other way around. He's more 'attractive' than 'handsome', but definitely sexy.

Dear Abby: I am a 47-year-old gay man. I’m well-educated, but there’s something I can’t figure out. Why do straight guys NOT want to be friends? I never hit on them, I enjoy a lot of the same pastimes like games, working on cars, etc. I want to be transparent, but when I tell them upfront, they disappear. Sometimes it gets back to me that they thought I was asking them on a date if I invited someone to go to a ballgame, for example. I have plenty of female friends, but what I really want is a male best friend or, hell, just a male friend, period. Of course, everyone has their own opinions on what I should do — “join a meeting, a group, social activities and blah blah.” I have done all of those things, and I can’t figure out what’s wrong. I have now learned to just keep my mouth shut and not invite anyone to do anything. Any suggestions would be welcomed, but I have pretty much tried everything, including seeing a counselor. — Curious in Oklahoma Dear Curious: The problem you’re having with straight men may be that they are nervous about being perceived as “gay by association” if they are friendly with you. Some may also find the concept of being friends with a gay man to be threatening. Taking part in group activities and outings is certainly a way to connect with others regardless of sexual orientation. Eventually, you’ll meet people and form friendships. In the meantime, appreciate those female friends of yours and ask them for some input, too. Try wearing something other than a jockstrap and leather harness when you speak to them.

I came late to the party as far as God's Own Country is concerned. I don't get out much, so I missed it during the nanosecond it was in theaters, and I didn't have premium cable channels, so I never had the chance to see it. A couple of years ago I actually found it on a porn site & downloaded it and it sat unwatched on my computer until this past Stupor Bowl Sunday, which is, of course, the most boring day of the year, when I decided "what the hell?" and watched it and fell in love lust with Alec Secareanu. [A couple of asides here... I have since found it for free on HULU without commercials and the same combination of reasons why I hadn't seen it apply to Call Me By Your Name. I've been looking for a place to watch CMBYN for free recently without success, then last week I found it on a different porn site & downloaded it. Maybe I'll watch it next Stupor Bowl Sunday.] ANYHOO... I've been looking for other content starring the lovely and talented Mr. Secareanu ever since, which has led me to watch a meh horror film called Amulet (also on HULU with no commercials) and the first episode of an English-dubbed Romanian series called Ruxx on HBOMax, which he turned out to be in for one minute, 43 minutes into the episode. (He's second-billed, so he'd have a bigger part in other episodes.) I didn't have high hopes for either (and I was right), but I was curious to see his 2020 film The Bike Thief. (Yes, it's a remake.) It recently became available on Tubi. The ad situation: one ad before the movie, then a fairly long way into the movie there's a break for 4 ads, then a short while later, 2 ads, then a bit later one final ad. So, not too bad as far as ad breaks go. But the movie is a disappointment. He's good, and there are good moments, but... It's about 78 minutes, yet it is feels longer (and not in a good way). It takes a pretty long time to get to his bike (a moped, actually) being stolen, then everything afterward seems a bit rushed, and the ending is too convenient. Also, 2 of his co-workers resent him because he took the place of a friend of theirs (Momo) who was just 'here one day, gone the next.' He asks a co-worker he's friendly with what had happened to Momo and gets an evasive non-answer, and we never find out what happened. So why pick that particular scenario as a reason for problems with the co-workers if you're never going to explain it? And worst of all... he's married to a woman in it. [SHUDDER!]

I was hospitalized after holding farts in for 2 years around my boyfriend

MLB great announces divorce days after wife's brain surgery Albert Pujols announced Monday that he and wife Deidre are splitting up, days after she underwent successful surgery to remove a brain tumor.

THE NEWSREADER has been renewed for another season, to be set in 1987.

And there's Chaz Bono, whose situation changes about once a decade.

Kathy Hochul needlessly handing $850M to Buffalo Bills, legal experts say Gov. Kathy Hochul’s $850 million handout for a new Buffalo Bills stadium has bewildered experts, who say a recent, headline-grabbing legal case involving the Los Angeles Rams sets a strong precedent that could enable New York to cut a better deal. This week, Gov. Hochul announced the eye-popping sweetener from taxpayers, which will amount to the most public money ever spent on building a US stadium. The New York State Assembly will consider in the next few weeks whether to approve the $600 million from the state as part of the 2022 budget. Erie County is providing the other $250 million. Meanwhile, insiders point out that New York is taking on the massive tab despite the fact that in November, the city of St. Louis won a $790 million settlement in a suit against the NFL and Rams owner Stan Kroenke for moving the franchise to Los Angeles without first engaging in “good-faith” negotiations to stay put. A year after the NFL granted Kroenke the right to move the Rams to Los Angeles, officials for St. Louis, St. Louis County and the government entity that owns the stadium sued the NFL and Kroenke, citing league relocation guidelines it claimed require teams “to work diligently and in good faith to obtain and maintain suitable stadium facilities in their home territories.” Cities including Oakland, Calif. in the past have sued the NFL for moving teams over antitrust issues but not the NFL’s own relocation policy. The windfall for St. Louis — which had sued for $1 billion in 2017 and whose case had been slated to go to trial in January — has sparked an intense debate on whether Kroenke should foot the entire bill himself or whether other NFL team owners should also pony up. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has created an ad-hoc committee of owners to hash it out. Whoever ends up paying, it’s clear that the NFL wouldn’t be enthusiastic about another such case, notes Mark Rosentraub, a sports management professor at the University of Michigan who has done extensive research on public funding for sports facilities. “That settlement told me the NFL didn’t want to go to court,” Rosentraub said. “That is evidence if Buffalo put forth a real proposal it would be hard for the Bills to move since we know you can challenge the NFL. It is not a hypothetical.” In particular, NFL teams — the Buffalo Bills included — face the awkward fact that they effectively are granted monopolies by local governments in their respective markets. In exchange, it can become complicated for a franchise to pick up and move to another market, Rosentraub said. “We disagree with this flawed legal analysis, and the conclusion that Buffalo should be more like St. Louis — a city with no football team,” a spokesperson for Gov. Hochul told The Post in a statement. Privately, sources close to the situation say Hochul’s team never spoke to the St. Louis legal team to inform their negotiations with the Bills’ billionaire owner Terry Pegula. Hochul’s team claimed it was aware of the Kroenke case, but felt that it was a different situation because Kroenke allegedly misrepresented his intentions to St. Louis, according to the sources. Nevertheless, Gov. Hochul’s largesse to the Bills has baffled bystanders including Michael Agguire, a California-based attorney who on Jan. 25 sued the NFL and the Los Angeles Chargers in San Diego Superior Court for moving the team in 2017 to LA from San Diego. “It is kind of surprising if Governor Hochul didn’t reach out to the St. Louis lawyers and speak about her options,” Agguire told The Post. “The St. Louis result basically means cities now have a Magna Carta that protects them from unreasonable demands from the NFL monopoly. St. Louis opened up a whole new corridor of cases.” Responding to the suggestion that the Bills would have a hard time moving, a Pegula Sports Entertainment spokesman told The Post: “Relocation could have been a very real possibility if the governor had not worked so hard to get everyone to the table.” The governor’s spokesperson added that “The Buffalo Bills franchise is a proven economic driver for the Buffalo region and the state,” noting that it generates $27 million annually in direct income, sales and use taxes for New York State, Erie County and Buffalo. The governor’s office predicts that those revenues will total $1.6 billion over a 30-year lease period and bring more than $385 million to the Buffalo area each year. https://nypost.com/2022/03/31/kathy-hochul-needlessly-handing-850m-to-buffalo-bills-legal-experts-say/

Google employees in the Bay Area are unhappy over the company’s plans to remove heated bidet toilets from the office premises. ASSHOLES! BUTTHEADS! PARTY POOPERS! ASSWIPES! The tech giant started removing the Toto-branded toilet seats because they were in violation of California’s code for commercial buildings, according to Protocol, which reportedly saw a maintenance ticket ordering the removals. Company staffers took to the internal meme generator to complain about the new policy, with one worker noting: “The removal of bidets in the office is my #2 issue with RTO,” referring to returning to the office. Edgar Tovar, who handles maintenance at company facilities, told staffers that the bidet removal “has the added benefit of supporting Google’s water sustainability commitments.” “Many of our buildings are migrating to recycled water systems which cannot support bidets,” he wrote. Bidet toilets are specially outfitted so that those who need to go to the bathroom can have a stream of water strategically aimed at the relevant areas. The word “bidet” is French for “pony” or “small horse” — which is appropriate since the use of a bidet requires one to straddle it as if riding a four-legged animal. Proponents of bidets argue that it would be beneficial for the environment since it would save trees that are needed to be cut down in order to produce toilet paper. In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, sales of bidets skyrocketed as shoppers started panic-buying toilet paper. Google employees will be required to return to the company’s offices for at least three days of in-person work per week starting on April 4, the company said earlier this month. https://nypost.com/2022/03/25/google-gets-rid-of-heated-bidet-toilets-for-employees/

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WHEN HE WAKES up in the morning, Josh Hart is greeted by a smiling family. Every morning he opens his eyes and looks at the wall in his bedroom, where he sees a wedding photo and a picture of a newborn baby. Except it isn't from his wedding. And it isn't his kid (he doesn't have any). The pictures hanging on the wall of the Portland home are of Larry Nance Jr., his wife Hailey and their daughter. And that's just the way Nance wants it. "Oh I told them he can't take that off," Nance told ESPN. "Every morning he's gotta tell me good morning." Nance and Hart -- once teammates with the Los Angeles Lakers -- were on opposite ends of the Feb. 8 deal that sent CJ McCollum to the New Orleans Pelicans, with Nance and Tony Snell also going to New Orleans, while Hart, Didi Louzada, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Tomas Satoransky became Portland Trail Blazers. Instead of being reunited, as they'd hoped, the two were passing each other in the air. And while they couldn't help each other on the court, there was one thing they could do to make the transition easier: swap houses. HART AND NANCE became close friends when the two played for the Lakers. Nance had purchased a house in the Portland area upon being dealt there last summer, while Hart owned a home in the New Orleans area, having played there for the past three seasons. Nance, who has a year left on his contract, wasn't planning on buying a home in New Orleans when he could be on the move again next summer (or even sooner if another trade materializes). Hart, who has two non-guaranteed years left on his contract, was in a similar situation in Portland. That's when the idea to swap homes -- at least temporarily -- materialized. When Hart made it to Portland, he checked out Nance's digs and reported back that he liked what he saw. "Yeah, I know it's nice, I'm living there, man," Nance joked. Nance sent movers to pack up some of the essential items in the house -- he left the couches and TVs -- so Hart could make room for some of his belongings. "I'm gonna be honest with you, I have no idea what they took out of the house [in New Orleans]," Nance said. "I guess just the immediate essentials. There's a lot of their stuff still in there. We tried to be a little more courteous and take most of our stuff outta there." Nance, who got married with only immediate family present in 2018, said if he'd had groomsmen, Hart would have been one of them. The day Nance was traded to Portland seven months ago, he was headed to stand in Hart's wedding. And while the next trade didn't make them teammates again, they'll still enjoy their friendship -- and their houses. "That's a relationship I'll have way beyond basketball," Nance said. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/33568309/what-happens-best-friends-traded-other-middle-nba-season