September 20, 2011

Weak Daze

Well, it’s Blog Mondays and I’m almost out of time.  I’m tired from traveling to Iowa and Ohio this weekend.  But I gotta write about something so here goes. Btw,…

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September 13, 2011

“If That Thing Had 9 Lives, He Just Spent ‘Em All”

“If I got one thing against the black chappies, it’s this:  no one gives it to ya.  Ya have to take it.” How’s that for two rather different movie quotes…

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September 5, 2011

Greatest Comedies

I was just on an email string with my two brothers and two friends, Neil and Miraj.  I should probably have written that sentence differently because that makes it seem…

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August 30, 2011

What’s Your Favorite Natural Disaster?

My clip this past Video Friday focused on natural disasters.  What I want to do with the blog sometimes is use it as a testing ground for new material.  So,…

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August 14, 2011

Shoot First & Ask Questions Later

Like many, I was thinking about the debt crisis. I have a tendency to just say things or write things and then later decide if I really believe them. It’s…

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August 8, 2011

Rajiv Answers His Own Questions: #3

I’ve now recorded 54 episodes of my weekly hour-long podcast. My podcast currently has 30 questions that I ask my guests.  (They’re listed in the link above.)  The show is…

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August 2, 2011

Quick Jokes & Thoughts on The Debt Ceiling

I know the debt ceiling crisis is still unfolding but it’s Blog Mondays so I had to stick a pin in it somewhere. I was in Vegas all week and…

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July 25, 2011

Rajiv Answers His Own Questions: #2

I’ve now recorded 52 episodes of my weekly hour-long podcast.  I’ve dropped one every Thursday (with perhaps two weeks off for Thanksgiving and Christmas) since a year ago. My podcast…

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July 18, 2011

Isn’t It Ironic? Don’t You Think?

“Yeah, I really do think.” I don’t think it’s ironic but I do think a lot. And so I thought about irony. On Friday, I dropped a blog post that,…

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July 15, 2011

Are You Really Gettin’ It?

It’s now international news.  I mean, it’s even big enough for me to drop a post on a Friday instead of on Blog Mondays. The 405 between the 10 and…

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July 11, 2011

Still One of The Most Amazing Things I’ve Seen

I know this is old news but my Obama post is taking longer to write than I imagined. I can’t believe this video doesn’t have a Bieber number of views….

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July 4, 2011

Go Fo(u)rth and Multiply… or Divide?

“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for…

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June 27, 2011

Defining Greatness

“I’m great.”  That’s a standard response whenever you ask someone, “How are you today?”  It’s kind of funny that we throw around the word “great” so easily.  Of course, in…

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June 21, 2011

Who Are The 26 Actors Who Have Appeared in at least 3 Feature Films of at least 2 Sets of Trilogies Released in The United States?

With a little help from my friends, including some new ones on the website Quora, I’ve revised my question below about actors appearing in multiple series. I joined Quora a…

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June 14, 2011

Trivia: Actors in Two Trilogies

I first heard this question several years ago when somebody told me that the answer was 6. OK, so which question?  Well, first of all, the reason for so much…

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June 6, 2011

Trivia – Questions and Answers

Ever need some good trivia questions for a party? Well, I managed to somehow play “game show host” last weekend at this party in Crooklyn.  For some reason, I was…

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May 30, 2011

The Answers

A few weeks ago, HBO aired Talking Funny, a one-hour program in which Ricky Gervais had Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, and Louis CK on to discuss standup comedy.  It was…

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May 23, 2011

Sometimes I Feel Like

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May 16, 2011

Out-Liars

That’d be a good title if I hated the book.  But I don’t. I finally got around to reading Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book.  Late, indeed.  It came out in 2008. …

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May 9, 2011

O Man

It’s my last day in the Sultanate of Oman.  We’ve had a great stay here.  I was booked to do a show this past Friday, May 6.  That’s the flyer…

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