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Today’s Pick
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Whitney Houston: My Frequent AM Companion. FM too.
17 February 2012 11:24 PM | No CommentsThere’s no question I listened to more Whitney Houston than people the age of my children, who were toddlers at the height of her vocal prowess. I’m guessing I heard...
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Thanksgiving and the Grandma noodles.
24 November 2011 12:25 PM | No CommentsIn my mind, I’m sitting at a big table with all my family at Thanksgiving. There might be a couple of strangers there too, or neighbors who had no other...
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NCAA Football: SEC, 1-2-3.
21 November 2011 10:47 AM | No CommentsWhether you are a believer in the BCS system or not – it is the plan in place for NCAA football for the foreseeable future and what it is telling...
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Music.
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Whitney Houston: My Frequent AM Companion. FM too.
17 February 2012 11:24 PM | No CommentsThere’s no question I listened to more Whitney Houston than people the age of my children, who were toddlers at the height of her vocal prowess. I’m guessing I heard...
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TV and the Memory Blast.
02 February 2012 1:08 AM | No CommentsI happened to catch Woodstock the other night. Don’t know the channel or network, and I came in late. One of those channel-flipping things. When I recognized what it was,...
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Winehouse cause of death: Tragic, no surprise.
26 October 2011 9:23 AM | No CommentsPeople are not freight trains. Tons of metal hurtling down the track toward a broken bridge cannot be brought to a halt with the snap of the fingers. People are...
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One Famous Name!Politics.
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The Old Guard and the New Media.
14 February 2012 1:46 AM | No CommentsHaving spent the majority of my adult life in the news media, it is increasingly difficult to admire the current product, both written and electronic versions. While many newspapers have...
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Perry gaffe: Does presidency require unscripted oration?
10 November 2011 11:01 AM | No CommentsIn all likelihood, the critics predicting the end of the Rick Perry campaign have never stood before an audience to give unscripted answers to unrehearsed questioning. If they had, they...
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The Old Guard and the New Media.
Posted on February 14, 2012 | No CommentsHaving spent the majority of my adult life in the news media, it is increasingly difficult to admire the current product, both written and electronic versions. While many newspapers have... -
Could Angelina be one of the 12 Monkeys?
Posted on February 9, 2012 | No CommentsIf you could travel back in time, and ran into yourself as a kid, would it influence your life to come? What if you witnessed – as a kid –... -
What the Dickens? Happy 200th Birthday!
Posted on February 7, 2012 | No CommentsRaise your glass in a toast to honor the creator of Uriah Heep, David Copperfield, Little Dombey, Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Bill Sikes, and Fagin – the headmaster of young... -
Cinema grit: It’s true.
Posted on January 21, 2012 | No CommentsForgive me, Laura. Despite your devotion to him, I was never a John Wayne fan, likely predicated on my less-than-passing interest in Westerns – Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven notwithstanding. Given my...
