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Behind the Fake Report of Jeff Goldblum's Death

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A friend of mine received an e-mail from Global Associated News reporting the death of Jeff Goldblum.  She forwarded it on to others, including a reporter, without realizing the story originated at FakeAWish.com.  (more)

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Side Effects of Medical Marijuana

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I talked with the authors of Dying to Get High: Marijuana as Medicine, about medical marijuana's side effects, such as forgiveness, joie de vivre, and personal transformation. (more)

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Welcome to Camp Mogul

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I really wanted to spy on a summer camp for billionaires, so I served as the official wheelchair pusher of my friend at the 26th annual gathering of the nation's most powerful executives and their trophy wives in Sun Valley, Idaho. (more)

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Remembering George Carlin

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watched as he continued to be genuinely gracious with every fan who 
stopped by.  If they wanted his autograph, he would gladly sign his 
name.  If they wanted to be photographed with him, he would assume the 
pose.  If they wanted to have a little chat, he indulged them with 
congeniality.
"You really show respect for everbody," I observed.
"Well," he responded, "that's just the way I would want to be 
treated."     
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Tom Waits Meets Super Joel

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The anonymous Vietnam War protester who was photographed placing a flower in the barrel of a National Guardsman's rifle later appeared in a lyric by Tom Waits: "Joel Tornabene lies broken on the wheel..." (more)

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My Brief Encounter with Fidel Castro

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I gave Castro a copy of my magazine, The Realist, and requested an interview. Then a palace guard handed him a cablegram from President Dwight Eisenhower calling off diplomatic relations with Cuba. (more)

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