He Went Bump In The Night July 31, 2007

We had a “first” in our family this past weekend. We’ve had kids hanging around the house for about 18 years now. In that time, naturally, there have been visits to the emergency room. Lots of them were asthma-related. Other times were the result of typical kid behavior. Our oldest [...]

Wasting Time July 30, 2007

Last week on FirstNews, there was a story about a survey done by Salary.com, indicating that the average employee wastes nearly two hours of a typical eight to nine hour work day. The leading reasons: personal Internet use and socializing with co-workers. That last one is not a problem for me since nobody here [...]

Pride Goeth Before A Fall July 26, 2007

There’s not much to this story and I’m pretty sure there is no deeper meaning to it…but, why should today’s literablog be different from any other day. I get into the station around 3:00 a.m. As I’m driving in, I often hear the voice of Sinatra: “It’s quarter to three. There’s no [...]

Weighty Issue: Part Two July 25, 2007

My intention was to write this bloggeriphany yesterday. But, as often happens, I went off on a tangent and never got back to my point. I was off on that tangent for so long, I had to stop for gas, a giant Hershey bar and a chocolate shake. So, I decided to make it a [...]

Weighty Issue: Part One July 24, 2007

Several weeks ago a friendly person, who is a regular viewer of FirstNews, approached me to say she was upset with something I had said on the show. She simply couldn’t believe her ears. Why would I say what I said? Now, before she filled in the details, I was doing a mental checklist of [...]