Bob Garfield

Bob GarfieldWere you ever in a public place and became aware that a guy nearby was frantically scribbling in a notebook, a disheveled lunatic madly writing as if the future of the world depended on his accumulated observations? Yeah, that was me yesterday. Not being the curious onlooker. I was the lunatic. I was scribbling notes in s...

Bob Garfield Fishing for rainbow trout? If you're lucky, and you catch one, it'll probably weigh about 2 pounds. If you're extremely skilled and God loves you, you can hook an 8-pounder. You will not catch a 42-pound rainbow trout. Oh, it's been done. Such mutant rainbows exist, and it conceivable somebody will hook one. But it won't be you. You a...

Bob Garfield Deep into your NCAA brackets, are you? Comparing with your friends about how your predictions are shaping up? Maybe over a beer and barbecue. Yeah, here's how pathetic I am: I talk to my friends about the future of television. Not even light snacks are served. My best pal for these geek-a-thons is Steve Rosenbaum, who run...

Bob GarfieldThis week in London, more fallout from the Murdoch hacking and bribery scandal. Media regulators are reviewing whether News International is fit to run BSkyB, the satellite channel of which Rupert Murdoch owns 39%. That was one development. Meanwhile, two Scotland Yard chiefs have disclosed that their kids received int...

Bob Garfield There will be a moral to this story, but first I must report that my adorable twin grandsons, bless their hearts, have had a touch all week of something viral. Closing in on a half million views, all told. Yeah, babies Oren and Oscar are the stars of "Twins Eating Lunch," which has racked up 200,000 look-sees on Yah...