Eric Abramovitz is a successful clarinetist, who was a music student at McGill when he met Jennifer Lee, his soon-to-be girlfriend. This week, about five years after they first started a relationship and a couple of years after it ended, an Ontario judge ordered Lee to pay Abramovitz CDN$375,000 (USD$284,000). Her infraction? Intercepting an email…
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Chris Sacca Was The Best Guest Shark On ‘Shark Tank’
At some point, I plan to write a blog post that ranks all of Shark Tank‘s guest sharks, because thinking about Shark Tank makes me happy. I don’t have a definitive ranking established yet, although I know who will come out on top: Chris Sacca. Not just because he wore those cool cowboy shirts. But because he…
‘Kiksuya’ Is ‘Westworld’ At Its Easiest And Most Compelling
There hasn’t been much to enjoy about Westworld this season, with its confusing, overloaded episodes that bombard viewers with multiple timelines and several plotlines all at once. Every word is somehow significant, or not — it may solve the entire puzzle, or it may be a miscue, or you could be making things up just to…
‘Cupcake Girls’ We Barely Knew Ye
In 2018, it seems odd anyone would call their business after the generic name of a product. “Cupcakes,” like “milk,” “bread,” “nuts,” or any other single word you could look up in a dictionary, is hardly SEO-friendly. That may be one reason why it’s so hard to figure out exactly what happened with “Cupcakes,” the…
Superstore: Labor (S 1 E 11)
Great Episodes is a series of blogs on my all-time favorite episodes of, well, everything. There’s a lot to love about Superstore, from its hauntingly familiar set that you swore you just visited a few hours ago, to its sharp dialogue and insightful storylines. None of that was more true than in Season 1, when the…
‘Shark Tank’ Needs A Wiki So We Know What Happened To Everyone Who’s Ever Been On The Show
In December 2016, Don Wildman and Jake Sullivan came on to Shark Tank pitching their product, Hand Out Gloves, that gives you full hand dexterity while you’re on the ski slopes. Sullivan, in his late-20s, was an able Shark Tank sales person; Wildman, in his early-80s, had a hefty business credential: starting Bally’s Fitness, a brand many…
‘Westworld’: Just William And Ford Playing A Game
I’m trying, Westworld, to stay with you here. I’m trying to care, and tonight (Episode 7, “Les Écorchés.”) I made myself care by reading a bit too much into that conversation between Maeve and Dolores, when one is severely injured, experiencing a deep mourning, and the other is running amok around the park, drawing blood with…
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Older and Far Away (S 6 E 14)
Great Episodes is a series of blogs on my all-time favorite episodes of, well, everything. A lot happened in Seasons 4 and 5 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and I know this because I skipped ahead from Season 3 to 6 and it was a totally different show. This was back when binge-watching meant gathering up…
Olivier Noel Of DNASimple Came To ‘Shark Tank’ As Part Of A Revolutionary Movement
Olivier Noel came on to Shark Tank touting the benefits to researchers of his company DNASimple: relevant biological tissues, available on-demand so studies could run more quickly. Instead of spending precious time finding samples, academics could have access almost immediately, allowing them to jump ahead to the testing and analysis part of the research. But there’s…
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