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carolyn hinsey

  • we interrupt our regular programming…

    April 21, 2009

    •   to bring you... It's only April, and so far 2009's been a rough year for viewers in the New York metropolitan area who watch Guiding Light on WCBS. Last week, it was live coverage of the installation of a new archbishop that enraged GL fans in general, Otalia fans in particular. Actually, I think it was the press conference preceding the ceremony - doesn't matter. Earlier, Phillip Spaulding's ...
  • where or where to begin…

    August 14, 2008

    • I just packed away my hazmet gear after what I can only hope is my last visit to the cesspool into which l'affair Hinsey has descended. It looks as though the numbers have topped out at 1800+. Mostly dreck towards the end (I think a lot of people were hoping to round things up to 2000). But floating among the chest-high muck were a couple of late-entry pearls of wisdom. Since posting my ...
  • and they say nothing happens in august…

    August 11, 2008

    • I had planned to ease my way back into the habit of writing after a bit of time off. Maybe start off by acknowledging (I hope not too belatedly) my second place showing in Red Room’s Housewarming Party; when I left for vacation, I was in third place, but by the time I returned, it was two women writing about soap operas on top, me, and winner, Jennifer Gibbons. But, as John ...