Posted in Cable Hell, Diatribes, Media, Politics, tagged cable news, onion news network on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you haven’t checked out The Onion lately, their work is every bit as funny and slick as the Stewart and Colbert shows, and have more bite.
This, for example, pretty well sums up all the bitching I’ve ever done about cable news talk.
more about “Gaffe-Prone Biden Embarrasses Nation …“, posted with vodpod
Posted in Diatribes, Media, News, People, tagged Michaele Salahi, reality tv, Tiger Woods on November 28, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Tiger Woods’ car accident and the White House party crashers have me thinking about the famous and those who wannabe.
Very few manage fame better than the world’s number-one golfer. Woods is a control freak. Right now, the only thing we know he lost control of was his car. But by doing so, he lost control [...]
Posted in Diatribes, tagged education, recess on November 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
As in play, which my youngest nephew informed me he doesn’t get to do during recess P.L.A., Post-Lunch Activity.
I learned this as we were going to get ice on Thanksgiving morning. (It’s a Brooks family tradition called “The Getting Of The Ice.”)
“So what’s your favorite subject, recess?”
“We don’t have recess.”
“You don’t have recess?”
“No. We have [...]
Posted in Greeting Cards, tagged Thanksgiving on November 25, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I woke up to the smell of the Dearly Beloved cooking for Thanksgiving.
I will come home from work to a full house of family. (Asleep.)
Tomorrow we will add friends to the mix. We will enjoy each other’s company, eat well, and toast another Thanksgiving spent together. And toast anything else worth toasting.
And speaking of toasts, [...]
Posted in Digital World, It's all about me, Toys, tagged cell phones, Droid, Verizon on November 24, 2009 | 21 Comments »
I was at Corbins Corner in West Hartford the other day with a few minutes to kill, so I dropped into the Verizon store to find out when I was due for a new phone on the “New Every Two” plan.
“January, 2008.”
“Really.”
“You were notified.”
“I’m sure I was.”
I don’t use my cell phone much. I’m on [...]
Posted in It's all about me, Living in the Past, Noticed, People, TV Stuff, tagged Art Lake, Edward Convery, Framingham MA, Knickerbocker beer, WJAR on November 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Art Lake, one of the originals at WJAR, NBC10 in Providence, died Sunday. He was 85.
I didn’t know Art, but I came across this in his obit in the Providence Journal, and it blew me away.
The TV station WJAR arrived in July 1949, and the first newscasts were anchored by Lake and Russ Van Arsdale.
In [...]
Posted in It's all about me, People, TV Stuff, tagged American Music Awards, Black Eyed Peas, Fergie, Kate Hudson, Keisha Grant on November 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »
While NBC served up the Eagles and Bears Sunday night, ABC had on the American Music Awards at the same time. It’s called counter-programming.
I had my manly man eyes on the football game, while Mmes. Keisha Grant and P.J. DeCordova-Boyd, our crack production assistant, were checking out the music. Or what the musicians were wearing. [...]
Posted in Digital World, Noticed, People, Sports, tagged Big Sean, Notre Dame, UConn football on November 22, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Big Sean is apparently some kind of Notre Dame cult figure who posts his thoughts on N.D. football on YouTube.
Here’s his take on the UConn game. Enjoy.
Posted in Diatribes, Noticed, tagged Connecticut, Hartford Courant, Houston Texans on November 21, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Listening to the radio on Thursday, I heard someone mention the Houston Texans of the NFL.
Lacking any truly meaningful thoughts at that moment, I wondered how many states would make acceptable nicknames for sports teams.
All I could come up with were the Virginians, the Mainers, and the New Yorkers (which is what Chrysler once called [...]
Posted in News, People, Politics, tagged Charles Teale, Eddie Perez, Hartford on November 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“Chief Teale is an outstanding role model and an excellent example of homegrown talent.” (Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez to Hartford Courant)
But will Mayor Perez feel the same way if and when departing fire chief Charles Teale announces he wants his job?
Teale is retiring in April. Perez goes on trial in May on corruption charges.
Go figure.
