Category Archives: general observations

Pick A Winner

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Keith Hirshland

I am a terrible prognosticator. I realize it. I readily admit it. I know why it’s true. I bet with my heart and not with my head. All you have to do is look at my 2017 March Madness Bracket … Continue reading →

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Home Means Nevada

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Keith Hirshland

“I tell ya, I get no respect. If I was a politician I would be honest.” Rodney Dangerfield   The year was 2004, it was March. We were at a bar in Myrtle Beach or Austin, Texas, or West Palm … Continue reading →

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Belize Day Four… Snorkeling And More

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Keith Hirshland

“You’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat” Martin Brody to Captain Quint in JAWS   Thursday was snorkel day for our group and I am not ashamed to admit I opened my eyes that morning with a knot of dread in my gut. We … Continue reading →

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Have You Been To Belize? Come Along With Me

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Keith Hirshland

  “Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce”                                                                                                                                Ignition  R. Kelly     My wife, Sarah, and I have now lived in New Jersey for just more than five years and in that time we’ve learned … Continue reading →

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On Reading, Writing, and Watching

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Keith Hirshland

I am a writer. I am a reader. I am a movie watcher. Sometimes none of those things align. Occasionally two of those things are connected. If I’m lucky, one day all three will come together.   In 1928 the … Continue reading →

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I Long To Be Bowled Over Again

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Keith Hirshland

We in the Hirshland household are not necessarily resolute people, instead we prefer to think of ourselves as goal oriented. So, at the beginning of each new year we don’t fall prey to the resolution trap and make vague and … Continue reading →

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It’s Time To Silence The Voice

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Keith Hirshland

If you’re visiting this site for the first time, welcome. If you’ve been here before you probably know my taste in television viewing starts with live sports events and ends with live sports events. In the middle there is a … Continue reading →

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Arnold Palmer 1929-2016

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Keith Hirshland

I first wrote this piece on April, 11 2016. Since then Muhammed Ali and now the great Arnold Palmer have passed. May they rest in peace.   “Mama, put my guns in the ground I can’t shoot them anymore. That … Continue reading →

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Just Musing, Pondering and Pandering

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Keith Hirshland

Pressure is an interesting thing. Many great athletes succumb to it at times, the best in the world embrace it. Those of us who don’t deal with it in any way, shape or meaningful form have no idea. The start … Continue reading →

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Another One in the Books

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Keith Hirshland

  Three years ago, almost to the day, I published my first book. Cover Me Boys, I’m Going In (Tales of the Tube from a Broadcast Brat) was a memoir about a life and career in television broadcasting. It took … Continue reading →

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