After 42 days of faint hope, confirmation that abducted 8 year old Tori Stafford is indeed dead is like a tiny knife to the heart.  She became “our” little girl as we got to know her and worry for her. …
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The deadly consequences of putting mediocre workers in important positions are illuminated in the freshly released transcripts of the conversation between the pilot and copilot of the doomed flight at Buffalo in February. These fools crashed a plane into a home, killing 50 people. In hindsight, it’s all so obvious and almost predictable. …
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A few blogs back I waxed on about the city’s forestry department and its efficiency. They even came and picked up the remnants of our huge, dead tree before last weekend. For an 8 man department, they’re pretty good. For us, at least. We learned that some people have been waiting for months for them to tend to their deceased trees. We got lucky. But I digress. …
Ixnay on the Ompliments-cay! Read More »
I read a review yesterday of the new Angels and Demons movie. It stars Tom Hanks and is based on another best-seller by The Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown. …
Pretentious Intentions Read More »
“I ALWAYS find it funny that so much skin-cream advertising features, like, Jessica Alba. She’s gorgeous and 12!” — Brooke Shields to More Magazine. …
About 300 motorcycle riders rode to Woodstock yesterday in support of missing Tori Stafford. …
This irks me as a broadcaster and as a person. …
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Filmmaker Ed Burns and supermodel Christy Turlington never became Edsty or Chrisward or, in short, the kind of star-powered couple that the tabloids feed on. …
Celebrity Voices for a Worthy Cause Read More »
I had just started down my street to go get my doggie pal Echo for a walk when some idiot kids in a passing vehicle tossed a full pop can at me, narrowly missing me, and spraying me with ginger ale. The can struck the sidewalk as I fixed my eyes on the speeding car (and heard the cackling from within) and repeated the license plate number out loud, over and over, until I could get my Blackberry out of its holster and write the number down. …
I was on a slow drive to nowhere for a while yesterday morning. …
More Grammatical Infractions Read More »
Listening to Tucker and Taz on the FM96 morning show the other day, they yakked about a photo on their webpage of a wee tree that supposedly grew in a Russian man’s lung. …
Where is 8 year old Tori Stafford? …
Heavy Hearts For Little Tori Read More »
The London Downtown Business Association is defending its decision to hire a Toronto firm to promote doing business in London. Apparently the word “irony” is lost on the organization. …
Do As I Say, Not As I Do Read More »
And if I were, I would first praise Ryan Seacrest for being as smooth as silk and dependably affable. Ben Mulroney, you could only dream of ever coming close to Seacrest’s level of professionalism. …
I Wish I Were An Idol Judge Read More »
Sorry if you dropped by earlier today or late yesterday and got an error message on this website. Some of you have told me you’ve had problems posting comments recently, too. That’s as frustrating for me as it is for you but apparently it has been fixed. (I’m taking bets on how long before the first email comes in telling me it’s not!) …
Site Out of Sight Read More »