Based on the title of this little bit of blogginess, you probably have decided that I have finally, unsurprisingly, lost complete touch with reality. “We are heading toward the 4th of July and this internet dingleberry is wishing us a Happy New Year? He can’t read a calendar any better than he can a weather [...]
Archive for June, 2006
Almost Happy New Year
June 29, 2006
Leaves of Grass…To Mow
June 28, 2006
When Walt Whitman decided to name his famous collection of poems, Leaves of Grass he must have had some neighborhood kid doing his mowing for him. Our lawn needs to be mowed and I am not the least bit inspired to write a poem: “O Captain! My Captain! The Lawn, it must be Shorn. The [...]
All About The Green Stuff
June 27, 2006
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are obviously very smart and generous people. Just about everyone admires their efforts to use their enormous wealth to better the lives of others. Having said that, let me say clearly and forcefully, that I totally disagree with their disdain for inherited wealth! I would welcome any help from my [...]
Alert the Fire Department!
June 26, 2006
Whenever I am gone from Channel 9, like this past week, the phones light up…but, despite the enthusiastic and hopeful response to my absence, I am back…for awhile. Thanks to the folks I visited with at the Rhythm and Ribs festival a week ago Friday and the fine journalists-to-be at the Barstow Summer Camp I [...]
You Deserve a Break Today….
June 16, 2006
As we head into the Father’s Day weekend, don’t forget, among all the great activities, is the Rhythm and Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th and Vine starting Friday afternoon. I get the special honor of introducing the legendary McFadden Brothers this afternoon about 5:00. They are absolutely the best. Over the years, they have been [...]
