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Patty Kimerer

‘Home Alone’: Is it a quarantine forecaster?

Here we are, less than a week away from the New Year. hurrah. No, I really mean it. Sorry, I should have probably proclaimed that point more passionately. Let me try that again: I’m solidly, and significantly super-stoked to say sayonara to this stinking stretch. Seriously. Ah, that’s more like it! A perfectly punned PK plosive, if you please. Ahem. The point I belabor is this: 2021 is a not-so-old acquaintance I’d actually prefer “be forgot.” Frankly, that big glittery ball just can’t drop fast enough for old PK. If this past year was a Christmas present, I’d ...

’Tis the season to be snarky in an annual ripoff

I think it’s time for me to sum up 2021, no? Because, if I’m being honest, this year’s been a bit of a stinker. Sorry, but it has. Stupid 2021. Which is why I try to use this space to make way for a little smile or two. Now THAT is my jam. And jelly. And chocolate sauce, I s’pose. ...

Keep your politics; give me ‘Rom-Com for the Soul’

And just like that, I’m done with the “Sex and the City” franchise. We had a great run, SATC and me. I watched it faithfully for, well, since its inception in the late 1990s. It kept me company on many a sleepless evening back in early 2000, when I was up almost all night every night ...

PK produced proudest premier 22 years ago

I’m sure you’ve heard of it by now. I mean, it’s quickly become a phenom in its own right, a’ight? The show title alone sounds all-at-once powerful, intriguing and evocative: “Yellowstone.” No, not the national park. The Paramount program that is my new obsession. Please do not ...

Thanksgiving 2021 — ‘It’s always something’

I don’t know if you remember her. Anyone under the age of, hmmm, let’s say, 21 isn’t likely to recognize her name. Or her photo. Or even her hideous hair. Well, not her actual mane but the motley mop of her arguably most iconic character: Roseanne Roseannadanna. It’s difficult to ...

Hacked, sacked and completely bushwhacked

I am trusting by nature. Always have been. Always will be. Still, I ought to have known better. Look, I realize I’m no Einstein. Or Descartes. Or Newton. Or da Vinci. Many people don’t realize it but, in addition to his artist gig, Leonardo da Vinci was a bona fide genius. ...