SOMETHING DIFFERENT

Every man should get in touch with his feminine side from time to time. 
Personally, I like to bathe and shave first, but to each his own. 

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STUCK IN THE MIDDLE

So Northwest is canceling the Bradley to Amsterdam service…the only transatlantic flight out of Hartford. Delta’s doing away with BDL-LAX nonstops, and Continental is eliminating Hartford-Houston.
Is anyone surprised?  Oil costs $140/barrel and the airlines are choking to death, some by their own hands.
We all wish we could fly anywhere we wanted from Bradley, direct or [...]

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I SCREAM

AAAARGH!!!!!!!  BRIGHAM’S IS NO MORE!
It isn’t often a business deal gets me feeling all sentimental…but the news that H.P. Hood is swallowing Brigham’s brings back wonderful memories.
There was nothing finer than being led by the hand up Stedman St. in Brookline, Massachusetts to the “promised land.”  The leader might have been my grandmother, grandfather, aunt, one [...]

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NIKE STATE

Now we know.  Connecticut’s not a “blue” state or a “red” state.  It’s a NIKE state!
One of the more fascinating stories this week is the 46-million dollar deal between Nike and UConn.  Basically, Nike gives UConn a ton of dough, and everything UConn sports will have a swoosh on it.  And this has nothing to [...]

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COURANT AFFAIRS

The nation’s oldest continuously published newspaper will look much different in September.  The Hartford Courant is about to be eviscerated by parent company Tribune.
Editor Cliff Teutsch sent the memo out to employees Wednesday.   You can read it here.
The new owner of the Tribune Company, Sam Zell, is on record that he wants one page of advertisements [...]

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GOOD LORD

I find it oddly comforting that Connecticut is near the bottom of the barrel in a well-publicized study conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
It finds that we (and other New Englanders) question God’s existence more than people in other parts of the country do.  We also rank low on whether we believe God [...]

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THE GLOUCESTER GIRLS

Teenage pregnancy is no joke.  It’s an epidemic. 
And it’s a downright plague in the old fishing town of Gloucester, Massachusetts. 
17 girls pregnant at the high school, and Time Magazine has reported some of them made a “pact” to get pregnant and raise their babies together.  
The mayor and school superintendent (right) held a news conference Monday to say [...]

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TRUE TO HIMSELF

“Why do they lock gas station bathrooms?  Are they afraid someone will clean them?”
That’s why I always liked George Carlin.  From simple observational humor to one step beyond the cutting edge (Seven Dirty Words You Can Never Say on Television), he was the rare comedian who could make you laugh and  think.
Some nights at work [...]

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LET’S PUT ON A SHOW!

If you caught our Travelers Championship special Friday night at 7, you saw something truly extraordinary.
We were in our live location overlooking the old driving range at the TPC right up until 6:57, when, with a significant thunderstorm approaching, it was deemed unsafe for us to be there.  Or at least broadcasting live from there.
Within [...]

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BEST AD EVER

It may be…if you’re a long time Celtics fan or a Bostonian.  On the goosebump/get misty scale, it’s a 10.

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