Author Archives: Lawrence Grobel

I saw a movie that touched all of my emotions today. It was a documentary called Searching for Sugar Man and it won both a Special Jury Prize and an Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival this year. Deservedly … Continue reading →

It’s Saturday and I thought I’d spend the day catching up with my magazine reading—which has become a chore, because I get so many damn magazines.  How can I help it? I hardly pay for subscriptions any more because I … Continue reading →

Mike Wallace, who died at the age of 93, didn’t remember working for 60 Minutes.  60 Minutes! You can’t think of that show without thinking of Mike Wallace and how he asked the Ayatollah Khomeini if he was a lunatic, … Continue reading →

I see that Microsoft has paid AOL $1 billion for their patents, and it’s made me nervous, because I own Microsoft stock, and I was once an AOL customer, until I couldn’t take all the screwups any longer.  I wrote … Continue reading →

I heard from an old high school friend who helps organize our reunions every 10 years. The upcoming one is a pretty big one, and I suggested we do something at the old high school. She said that the school … Continue reading →

I recently saw four new films: Wanderlust, Salmon Fishing in Yemen, John Carter, and 21 Jump Street. I wish I could recommend them with huge thumbs up and give them a high rating…but I was disappointed with all of them, … Continue reading →

Last week my wife and I were walking in Runyon Canyon, stopping to say hello to the two chestnut horses and one goat that stand in a small space behind a wire fence before you reach the iron gate entrance. … Continue reading →