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Red Badge of Cowardice?
During our lifetime, there comes a minute, a day, or an event that implores us to make a decision separate from our own personal gain and in the best interest of the least and the unprotected around us. The decision could be as personally horrific as rushing into the carnage of a terror attack to [...]
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Episode 17 – “The ‘Schmootz on Katherine Bailess”
Katherine Bailess will premier Monday, May 27th on VH1 as Kyle Hart in the new scripted drama, Hit the Floor, about the Los Angeles Devil Girls, the dance team surrounding the city’s professional basketball team. “Kyle” is the tough talking Southern girl that uses what she’s got to get what she wants, and she’s [...]
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Episode 18 – “The ‘Schmootz on Alec Mapa, America’s Baby Daddy”
I met Alec Mapa about ten years ago at a charity fundraiser. He performed a stand-up set that left me in pain; I laughed so hard my side hurt. Rare is the occasion that giving to charity not only exercises your heart, but also works your abdominals. As I sat down with Alec last week, [...]

Episode 17 – “The ‘Schmootz on Katherine Bailess”
Katherine Bailess will premier Monday, May 27th on VH1 as Kyle Hart in the new scripted drama, Hit the Floor, about the Los Angeles Devil Girls, the dance team surrounding the city’s professional basketball team. “Kyle” is the tough talking Southern girl that uses what she’s got to get what she wants, and she’s [...]

Episode 16 – “The ‘Schmootz on Being Human Writer, Chris Dingess”
I have reached the point where I have to ask myself, why am I so drawn to entertainment that is dark and depraved yet decidedly humorous? At any given moment I’m yelling at my television, “Oh my God!”, and then in the next moment guffawing, “Oh, my side.” How do I justify these acts of [...]

Episode 15 – “The ‘Schmootz on The Good Wife Stand-ins, Danielle Sepulveres and Carlton Tanis”
As much as I make fun of social networks, I have to admit, had it not been for Twitter and my better three-quarters boasting all the time about her Tweet-ship with two insiders on the set of The Good Wife, I never would have gotten the chance to chat with Danielle and Carlton. In that [...]
