Archive for June, 2007

I heard clips from an interview with Bob Barker regarding the possibility of Rosie O’Donnel doing Price is Right.  He said something to the effect that “He thought Rosie could definately do it.”
Do what, exactly?  Say “come on down” and “spin the wheel, Shirley?”
In the recesses of our minds, most of us view the business [...]

It’s supposed to be, my friend.  Isn’t it?
I know, I’m being hard on an injured golfer, but really, this isn’t his first loss, his first tournament.  He ought to know better than to whine about a course on national television.  Seriously, that’s what family is for–to absorb all the bitching so you can come across [...]

For me, Part I means the part where I haul the kids up to the club, sweating my ass off so that I can say twenty years from now, remember that first Open you went to–you got ten autographs–two on golf-balls, one on a golf-glove (which by the way feels as though it’s made from [...]

MAKE SURE YOUR FREAKING SOUND GUY ISN’T SPENDING HIS DAY AT THE OPEN RATHER THAN MAKING SURE THE SHOW IS ACTUALLY WATCHABLE!!!! 
Yes, I’m shouting on purpose.  It’s 9:17 and Big Love is on but I can’t hear a stinkin’ word of it–bingo–it just went on.  Sorry for freaking people but TV is thin right now.
Okay, [...]

WEll, almost, anyway.  We had a little Oakmont gig with Bill Deasy–who was fantastic.  He was the lead singer for the Gathering Field, but is now solo and an author.  His sister lives up the street from us so it was fun.  Nothing like small town, blocking off the roads type stuff.
Anyway, as promised I’m giving [...]

So, I blogged some more serious stuff the last week or so because I figured that instead of holding back the things that move me just because they are heavier than my usual cafe fare and then not blogging at all because it actually makes me disgusted with myself that big things are happening and [...]

Adding to my string of posts that highlight some things I find disgusting, I  offer this.  This link doesn’t provide the picture that accompanies the hard version I found on my sidewalk this morning.  And that’s too bad because in this case a picture’s worth a million words.  Two ladies standing behind a policeman, are screaming [...]

I saw this in the Post-Gazette’s Saturday Diary this morning.  Diana Nelson does a fantastic job of getting to the heart of why people have a hard time saying “My yes, let’s help educate those who come from so much less.”  She’s not talking education, specifically, but she ferrets out our inability to see others [...]

The little girl who was kidnapped in Portugal brings all sorts of feelings to the surface. 
I come from a family where as a kid, no one left the house without being told to “keep your wits about you.”
Paranoia about unseen events, the possibility a piano could fall on your head, was king.
So, would I ever [...]