SAD ALL OVER

It wasn’t too long ago that I questioned the inclusion of the Dave Clark Five in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
And I suppose I still do.
But this is sad.
Less than two weeks before their induction, lead singer Mike Smith has died.
Smith gave the DC5 its sound…a little harder-edged, a little more rockin’ than [...]

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UP YOURS!

As I mentioned last week, I’ve scheduled a colonoscopy, and you should too if you’re of a certain age or have a family history.
So today, this story crosses the wire.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Aetna insurance company says it will delay a new policy that would no longer cover the cost of using anesthesiologists during [...]

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JUST AN OBSERVATION

Spoke to a friend this afternoon for the first time in a couple of weeks. She was home, I was at my desk.
The last time we talked, I was in my car and she was in Hawaii.
Today’s conversation was so much more pleasant, because we were both on regular old telephones.
The exchanges were clear, and [...]

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TWO SECONDS

Just walked into the beautiful NBC 30 cafeteria for a cup of coffee, and caught the last two seconds of a commercial.
Sometimes two seconds is all you need to be glad you didn’t see more.
Sometimes two seconds is all you need to be totally turned off.
Sometimes two seconds is all you need to make a [...]

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THE MAN’S A FERRARI

Tiger Woods says he’s playing the best golf of his life.
That means the rest of the field of the events he enters is playing for second.
And the rest of us (who care) are witnesses to history. OK, golf history.
I’ve always enjoyed rooting for the underdog (unless “my” teams are favored)…but I enjoy seeing Tiger win.
And [...]

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A GOOD SNOW DAY

I’m sure kids on vacation think it’s a waste of a good snow day, but it really is a GOOD SNOW DAY.
Would I rather be on the first tee at Tallwood? Sure.
But it’s February 22nd (the day formerly known as Washington’s Birthday), and as I think about getting ready for work (so I can tell [...]

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CINDY, BILL, AND MICHELLE

The headline in the paper this morning said, “Obama’s Wife Watches Mouth.”
That’s too bad. I enjoy it when the candidates and their spouses act like…well…human beings.
God knows Hillary Clinton’s husband…Bill, is it?…has proven time and again he’s only human.
And apparently Michelle Obama has been put on notice after her statement that “for the first [...]

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BY BYE

We get our bottled water from Maine?
Hey, let’s find a nice local stream and some empty bottles and make a few bucks.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — State Rep. Beth Bye says she wants Connecticut to stop buying bottled water for the state Capitol and legislative office building.
Instead, she says lawmakers and the people who work for [...]

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ISN’T THAT SPECIAL?

So I had my annual physical last week.
The prognosis: I’ll live.
But as a bonus, I got to make an appointment with another specialist. That brings to SIX the number of specialists I’ll see for one thing or another, not counting my regular doctor. (Who I really like, by the way, just in case he should [...]

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MAKE IT STOP!

Look at the time this was posted.
That’s not good for anyone who does the 11pm news, especially a grumpy old man. (OK, not that old, but very grumpy right now.)
The rain woke me up. Went down to the basement. No water. Good. Very good.
But I’m up. Bad. Very bad.
On any other day, I’d go out [...]

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