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Lead Picture
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
My cousin and roommate (for nine more weeks; she’ll be graduating U of Mass, 4.0 average, in December and will no longer have need of the room,) Lauren, had gone to see Sebastian Maniscalco last Friday night and had been talking about him ever since. To quiet her I agreed to watch him in a one-hour stand-up, Stay Hungry,
He is set to appear in Martin Scorsese's The Irishman playing "Crazy" Joe Gallo alongside Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino. The film is set to premiere on Netflix in late 2019.
Read more in the blog.
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Commentary
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
I took a time out Sunday night to watch a one-hour Netflix presentation of the stand-up comic, Sebastian Maniscalco.
He was funny from beginning to the end.
People constantly recommend shows or movies, one to another.
How many times does that work out?
Probably a lot, right?
It’s how social media postings become popular.
And yet.
And yet I am hesitant, skeptical even, to give credence to such.
A stick in the mud?
Or old enough to have been stung often enough to shy from them.
Does the recommending party really know what we like?
Is she really a good judge of movies or shows?
Is she insisting I go tomorrow to view it?
Worse yet, what about “There’s someone I want you to meet?
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News re: existentialautotrip
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Am spending time on finding social media for the podcasts and then on the technology to become providers of content.
Nothing is easy.
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A “Conflicted” podcast
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Chapter Four Conflicted, posted.
In this chapter Diana engages in a meditative introspection in which she makes life decisions that will greatly upset her parents.
Chapter Five to be posted on Saturday, Nov 2.
The podcasts go out first on the blog and then on many of the major social media.
Dom’s website: existentialautotrip.com
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A “Hello, my friends!” video.
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Kat’s 21,
a smart-ass Swarthmore College junior and
President of the Student Government,
and stills seeks my advice.
Bonding with your children
Dom’s website: existentialautotrip.com
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Monday’s Dinner posted on
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Slow-Roasted Organic, Frre-Range, Air-Chilled Chicken.
Stunningly good.
Served it with Broccoli rabe, recipe in our recipe index.
To check out our recipe: Click the magnifying glass on the top right of the screen. Type Slow-Roast Chicken and then hit “Enter.”
Or scroll through our Recipe Index.
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Chuckle of the day:
Tuesday, October 29, 20
Three From George Carlin”
“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”
“That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.”
“May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.”
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We love getting mail.
Contact me at domcapossela@hotmail.com
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
This, from the first ‘hee’ is our friend, Sally C:
(hee hee hee!)
Dom, I wouldn't put it past you to include a recipe for "Uninspired Roast Pork Tenderloin" in your recipe section.
(hee hee hee!)
Have I regaled you yet with a review of the dreadful recipes my mother and I discovered in a recipe book created by a group of southern Californians in the late 1940s?
The proceeds of the sales were to benefit the British in the aftermath of WWII, many of whom were suffering mightily from food shortages.
This cookbook, called "Epicurean Recipes," was decidedly inspired, but with what hallucinogens, I cannot fathom.
Although I believe that the "Fricasseed Iguana" would probably be quite tasty, neither of us could get past the recipe for "Minted Mushrooms."
The book, which apparently is quite rare (copies in decent condition selling for hundreds of dollars), provided us with much giggling and mock gagging.
(This copy, which my mother acquired at a used-book library sale for a dollar or less, was held together by containment in a plastic bag.) We gave it to an English woman who is a good friend, and she's been chortling over it ever since.
Sally
Web Meister responds: Yummy! And what great entertainment!
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Thumbnail of Career of Sebastian Manicalco
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
In 2005, he began performing regularly at The Comedy Store in West Hollywood.
Maniscalco cites Jerry Seinfeld, George Carlin, Brian Regan, John Ritter, Johnny Carson, Andrew Dice Clay, Bill Burr and Don Rickles as comedic influences.
Since then, he has done a half-hour for Comedy Central Presents and five hour-long specials.
His first special, Sebastian Live, was released on June 2, 2009.
His next three specials were aired on Showtime, with What's Wrong With People? released on January 5, 2012, Aren't You Embarrassed?, taped in Chicago, released on November 14, 2014, and Why Would You Do That?, taped at the Beacon Theatre in New York City and released in 2016.
Maniscalco was one of four comedians featured in Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland, along with Ahmed Ahmed, John Caparulo, and Bret Ernst.
Maniscalco has also been on Russell Peters' Best Night Ever, Comedy Central Presents,
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Jay Leno Show, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Conan, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Additionally, he appeared in several films, such as The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, The House, Tag and Cruise, and he has a podcast called The Pete and Sebastian Show with fellow comedian Pete Correale.
As of January 2017, they have a show on Sirius XM satellite radio's Raw Dog Comedy channel 99.
In 2016, Maniscalco appeared on the seventh season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
He published his memoir Stay Hungry on February 27, 2018.
A Netflix special also entitled Stay Hungry was released on January 15, 2019.
In 2018, Maniscalco made his feature film debut, as Johnny Venere in the Academy Award-winning film Green Book.
He is set to appear in Martin Scorsese's The Irishman playing "Crazy" Joe Gallo alongside Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino. The film is set to premiere on Netflix in late 2019. Maniscalco hosted the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards on August 26.
A tip o' the hat (U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, 1924) after signing an Indian treaty
Sly devil that he was.
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Acknowledgements
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Thanks to Funny Jokes for today’s chuckle.
Thanks in general to the Microsoft team at the Prudential Center for their unflagging availability to help with a constant flow of technological problems.
Always thanks to Wikipedia, the Lead and the Thumbnail sections of the Blog very often shaped from stories taken from that amazing website. They are truly worthy of public support.
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Good Morning
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
I have two tickets to his next show.
Come with me!
But now? Gotta go.
Che vuoi? Le pocketbook?
See you soon.
Your Taeyeon